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In Los Angeles, Locals Show Some Love For Compton Creek Bike Path

Posted 11/28/12 by Jake Lynch in Trail Use, Taking Action | Tagged with California, Community Events, Local Organizing, Schools and Young People, Urban Pathways

The urban environment of Compton, Los Angeles, provides a strong example of why Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC) Urban Pathways Initiative is such urgent and important work.

Photo of school children walking to school in Crete, Neb © Natalie Kingston

School in N.Y. Wants Rail-With-Trail for Much-Needed Route for Students

Posted 11/27/12 by Jake Lynch in Taking Action, Building Trails | Tagged with New York, Rail-with-Trail, Schools and Young People, State and Federal Programs

Many communities have developed in such an auto-centric way that their roads and streets don't have sidewalks, and walking or riding is either unsafe or, in some instances, banned.

New Thanksgiving Traditions Form Along America's Rail-Trails

Posted 11/26/12 by Jake Lynch in Trail Use | Tagged with Community Events, Connecticut, Encouraging Trail Use, Health and Active Living

We are all familiar with the traditions of the Thanksgiving holiday - the food, football on TV, catching up with friends, and the leftovers, of course. But it is great to see energetic Americans starting new traditions, creating their own Thanksgiving rituals that add to the spirit of togetherness that the holiday is all about.

Hit Your Local Rail-Trail for a Thanksgiving Fun Run

Posted 11/20/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Best Of, Community Events, Encouraging Trail Use, Health and Active Living

Thanksgiving fun runs are a great way to spend time with family and friends outdoors, and many are in support of noteworthy charities and trail organizations.

Movement Begins Westward On Tennessee Central Heritage Rail Trail

Posted 11/19/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Tennessee

The people of central Tennessee are excited about the potential of an extensive rail-trail in their region, and are wasting no time making that dream a reality.

Sally Jacobs, 'Force of Nature'

Posted 11/15/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, Maine

People like Sally Jacobs are rare and treasured. Renowned in her adopted state of Maine as a committed rail-trail advocate and builder, among other roles, Sally's more than three decades in the service of conservation and outdoor recreation forged a tremendous legacy that includes the establishment of the Downeast Sunrise Trail.

In D.C., Met Branch Community All About a Good Time

Posted 11/14/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with Community Events, District Of Columbia, Health and Active Living, Local Organizing, Urban Pathways

It was wonderful to see our efforts on the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) in Washington D.C. over the past five years bloom into an energetic and supportive trail community.

Photo of Londonderry Trailways volunteer working on the corridor © derrynews.com

For $40 a Foot, Londonderry Grows Rail-Trail Plans From the Grassroots

Posted 11/13/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, New Hampshire, Private Fundraising

Inspired by the great popularity of rail-trails all around them, the people of Londonderry in southeast New Hampshire continue an impressive volunteer-driven effort to build a rail-trail in their community.

500 Miles Through the Carolinas

Posted 11/12/12 by Nancy Pierce in America's Trails, Building Trails | Tagged with Connected Systems, Design Strategies, Ecology and Environment, North Carolina, Private Fundraising, South Carolina

By the time she's a college senior, sophomore Bridgette Conboy will have a healthier option than driving or taking a shuttle bus: she will be able to bicycle or walk on a 1.3-mile rail-with-trail between North Carolina's Belmont Abbey College and the town of Belmont.

From the Courtroom to the Cowboy Trail, Chuck Montange Builds First Blocks of the Rail-Trail Movement

Posted 11/08/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails, Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, Corridors and Railbanking, Legal Issues, RTC in Action

Few have been as vital to the enduring success of the rail-trail movement nationwide as Charles "Chuck" Montange.

Waves of Change, and Unchanging Ways

Posted 11/06/12 by Herb Hiller in America's Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Florida, Trail Businesses

My friend Ted and I recently completed a 250-mile journey by train and trail from West Palm Beach to Key West. We experienced waves of change juxtaposed with unchanging ways. Who knew you could now ride commuter rail through South Florida? Who knew that next to Miami International Airport, two lines by next year will converge with Amtrak, Greyhound, public bus, rental car stations and a bike facility with showers at the mammoth new $1.7 billion Miami Intermodal Center?

All Systems Go for First Stage of 93-mile Rail-Trail in Vermont

Posted 11/05/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Champions, Local Organizing, Vermont, Winter Uses

Local business leaders have joined the groundswell of support for a rail-trail project which, when complete, will run 93 miles through the communities and recreational and rural lands of northern Vermont.

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