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Photo © Michael Johns

Trolley Trail, Iowa

Posted 06/01/13 by Laura Stark in America's Trails | Tagged with Heritage and Restoration, Iowa, Rail-with-Trail, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

From nostalgic train buffs to cherubic Thomas the Tank Engine aficionados, the Trolley Trail in north-central Iowa has something for everyone. Although only six miles long, there are so many nearby attractions that a visitor could easily make a day trip out of it.

From City to Coast, Salmonberry Corridor has Huge Potential for Oregon

Posted 05/08/13 by Barry Bergman in Building Trails | Tagged with Oregon, Rail-with-Trail

Support is building for the development of an 84-mile section of underutilized rail-corridor between the western reaches of Portland and the Oregon coastline. Known as the Salmonberry Corridor, the line that once carried the Port of Tillamook Bay railroad now presents an opportunity for what would certainly be one of the country's most spectacular rail-trails, and a trails tourism lifeline for the region.

Photo © Newport Patch

Rhode Island Taps RTC for Help with Rail-with-Trail Project

Posted 12/12/12 by Jake Lynch in Building Trails | Tagged with Rail-with-Trail, Rhode Island

With the people of Aquidneck Island, R.I., keen to improve their amenities for walking and biking, they've called on Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) to examine the feasibility of a rail-with-trail along a line currently used for tourist service.

Photo of a local coffee shop beside the section of Frisco Trail along active rail line © City of Fayetteville

In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Business is Booming Around Urban Trails Network

Posted 11/28/12 by Jake Lynch in America's Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Arkansas, Rail-with-Trail, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

The third largest city in a state that was this year judged the least bike-friendly state in America, Fayetteville, Arkansas has for the past decade put an urban trails system, and bike and walkability, at the heart of its development plans.

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.

Photo © Metro Transit - St. Louis

Outside St. Louis, Rail-With-Trail Boosts Capacity of Transit System

Posted 10/17/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use, Building Trails | Tagged with Connected Systems, Missouri, Rail-with-Trail, Urban Pathways

In St. Clair County, Ill., on the outskirts of St. Louis, Mo., the county transit district continues to extend its heralded MetroBikeLink Trail, a paved, multi-use trail that provides a fast and efficient connection from local neighborhoods to the metro stations.

Photo © Rotary Club of Cleveland

Rotary Club Pursues Grand Rail-With-Trail Plan for Cleveland

Posted 09/20/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Maintenance and Volunteers, Ohio, Rail-with-Trail

In Cleveland, Ohio, a local Rotary Club is demonstrating once again the remarkable creative and physical energy of America's volunteers working to improve their local surroundings.

Photo © phillyburbs.com

Just Outside Philadelphia, Energy Grows to Recycle Former Rail Line

Posted 09/19/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Pennsylvania, Rail-with-Trail, State and Federal Programs

"Build Our Trail - A Rail Trails Initiative," is advocating for the now unused Fox Chase-Newtown line (right) owned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA), to be developed into a shared-use trail that would connect to the established Pennypack Trail as well as the proposed Neshaminy Creek Trail.

Map © Crouch Engineering

Rail-With-Trail Project Moves Ahead in Tennessee

Posted 08/07/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Rail-with-Trail, State and Federal Programs, Statements of Support, Tennessee

Great news from the city of Cookeville in central Tennessee with an exciting rail-with-trail project there moving through the stages of approval.

Rail-Trail Sparks Bike Boom in Denton, Tex.

Posted 12/09/11 by Jake Lynch in Building Trails, Success Stories | Tagged with Corridors and Railbanking, Design Strategies, Rail-with-Trail, Texas, Urban Pathways

One very farsighted investment 18 years ago is paying off, big time, for the city of Denton, Texas.

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