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LaHood Hails "Eye-Opening Report on the Value of Investing in Nonmotorized Transportation"

Posted 05/01/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Policy, Trail Use | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Products of Good Policy, RTC in Action, State and Federal Programs, Statements of Support

The U.S. Congress last week was handed the statistical analysis of the first three years of the groundbreaking Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP), which dedicated $25 million to each of four communities across the country to accurately demonstrate whether such investments equate to significantly higher levels of walking and bicycling, and a reduction in vehicle miles traveled.

Photo of the Bayshore Bikeway © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Greg Cox Shaped Active Transportation in California

Posted 04/25/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories, Taking Action | Tagged with California, Champions, RTC in Action

The rail-trail movement is fortunate to have a number of active supporters in positions of municipal leadership-men and women well-placed to convert an understanding of the benefits of trails and active transportation into actual projects and programs. Greg Cox is one such champion.

Report on Bike/Ped Pilot Handed to Congress

Posted 04/12/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Policy, Trail Use | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Products of Good Policy, RTC in Action, State and Federal Programs, Statements of Support

Word just came in from the Department of Transportation that the U.S. Congress will later today receive the much-anticipated report detailing the measureable impacts of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTPP).

Photo © M.V. Jantzen

RTC's Urban Trails Work a Key Moment in Public Health Shift

Posted 04/09/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Health and Wellness, Trail Use | Tagged with Encouraging Trail Use, Equity, Health and Active Living, RTC in Action, Urban Pathways

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is continuing its growing involvement in combating some of America's most pressing public health issues.

High Hopes for the Harsimus Embankment

Posted 09/12/11 by Jake Lynch in Building Trails | Tagged with Heritage and Restoration, Legal Issues, New Jersey, RTC in Action

Standing next to the towering walls of century-old brownstone, looking up at the mist of sunlight pouring through wild foliage above, the vision for what the Harsimus Embankment could one day become forms easily.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Stephen Miller

RTC Partners with D.C. After-School Program for Bike Giveaway Along Rail-Trail

Posted 10/28/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with District Of Columbia, RTC in Action, Schools and Young People

On Friday, October 23, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) partnered with Beacon House, a tutoring and mentoring organization in the Edgewood neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to give free bicycles, locks, helmets and safety instruction to 40 students enrolled in Beacon House programs.

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