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Miami the Latest to Say: All Aboard Florida Must Include Trail

Posted 07/23/14 by Ken Bryan in Building Trails, Taking Action | Tagged with Florida, Local Organizing, Rail-with-Trail, Statements of Support

Miami now joins a groundswell of communities standing up and saying loudly that the rail project has the potential to transform Florida's transportation system for the better—but only if it includes a parallel rail-with-trail pathway for biking and walking.

Much At Stake for States in Battle of Bikeability

Posted 05/01/13 by Jake Lynch in Building Trails, Success Stories | Tagged with Statements of Support, Walkability and Bikeability

Trail building has become a competitive sport. And there is much at stake. As America's communities continue to jostle for position in the annual League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly State rankings, what they are really competing for is new residents, new businesses, a reputation for livability and to be at the forefront of smart transportation, health and recreation planning.

Kentucky Police Chief: Trail Likely to Deter Crime in Hopkinsville

Posted 04/29/13 by Jake Lynch in Building Trails | Tagged with Kentucky, Overcoming Opposition, Safety and Law Enforcement, Statements of Support

As the community of Hopkinsville in southeast Kentucky pursues its rail-trail ambitions, the New Era editorial board decided to respond to concerns about crime and safety by going to straight to an expert. This week the paper conducted and published a discussion on trails, crime and safety with Hopkinsville Chief of Police Guy Howie, who had experience with trails relationship to crime during his time with the police department in Ocala, Fla.

Today's House of Reps Hearing on Transportation Funding

Posted 04/24/13 by Marianne Wesley Fowler in Policy | Tagged with Federal, State and Federal Programs, Statements of Support

Earlier today the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives hosted a hearing on the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. As generally acknowledged, current funding sources for the Trust Fund (notably gasoline and diesel taxes) are not sufficient to maintain a reliable transportation system. You can read all the testimony from the hearing at the House website here.

Talking 'Bout a Revolution? It's Simpler Than You Might Think.

Posted 04/19/13 by Jay Walljasper in Health and Wellness, Taking Action | Tagged with Case Studies, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Encouraging Trail Use, Facts and FIgures, Statements of Support

The next big health care breakthrough - which could cut rates of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and Alzheimer's by at least 40 percent and save Americans $100 billion a year - comes from a place you'd least expect. On your block. At the park. Everywhere.

Rail-Trail Fears Fail to Materialize, Support Grows for Phase 2

Posted 02/27/13 by Jake Lynch in Building Trails, Success Stories | Tagged with New York, Overcoming Opposition, Safety and Law Enforcement, Statements of Support

Fifteen years after the completion of the first stage of the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville (FJ&G) Rail-Trail in Fulton County, officials are working to build the rest of what will be a 22-mile pathway.

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Wasson Way Rail-Trail a Key to Cincinnati's Future

Posted 02/26/13 by Eric Oberg in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Ohio, Statements of Support, Urban Pathways, Walkability and Bikeability

There was terrific news for the people and businesses of Cincinnati last week with city manager Milton Dohoney Jr. unveiling a proposal to fund a number of innovative and much-needed development projects in the city by raising downtown car parking rates, currently among the lowest in the country.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Obama Must Replace LaHood With Worthy Successor at USDOT

Posted 02/05/13 by Jake Lynch in Policy | Tagged with Champions, Federal, Statements of Support

With Sec. LaHood announcing last week he would step down from the role of the nation's top transportation official he has filled since 2009, the urgency is building for supporters of trails and active transportation to find a worthy replacement.

Photo © TrailLink.com

New York Exec Puts Rail-Trail at Center of Ambitious Health Goal

Posted 12/04/12 by Jake Lynch in America's Trails, Health and Wellness | Tagged with Champions, New York, Statements of Support, Walkability and Bikeability

The community leaders of Ulster County in New York have set some of the nation's most ambitious rail-trail planning goals. And they are determined to make them a reality.

Do Trails Really Equal Dollars for Trail-side Communities? Here's What Business Owners Say

Posted 10/10/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Pennsylvania, Statements of Support, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

Though the communities that have developed significant rail-trail networks can attest to the positive impact trail traffic has on local businesses, elsewhere this phenomenon still has its doubters.

Powerful Story of N.Z. Rail-Trail Rejuvenating Rural Communities

Posted 09/28/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories, Trail Use | Tagged with Overcoming Opposition, Statements of Support, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

This wonderful video from the folks at Path Less Pedaled demonstrates that the power of rail-trails is universal.

Photo © Middlesex County Freeholders

Middlesex County, N.J., Converts Unused Land Into Valued Local Asset

Posted 09/24/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories, Building Trails | Tagged with New Jersey, Statements of Support

The Middlesex Greenway, which runs between Woodbridge, Metuchen and Edison in north-central New Jersey, now forms an important link in the developing East Coast Greenway, an ambitious project to connect nearly 3,000 miles of trails between Canada and Key West, Fla.

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