Trail Blog by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Athens, Ga., Lauches New Rail-Trail Project

Posted 03/23/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Georgia, Local Organizing, Trail Communities

Looking wistfully at the famous and much-loved Silver Comet Trail about 70 miles to the west, local organizers near Athens, Ga., are hoping to build a similar rail-trail attraction in their region.

Photo of the Danvers Rail Trail sponsored mile-marker © Danvers Rail Trail Advisory Committee

Grassroots Go-Ahead: Massachusetts Communities Take On Their Rail-Trail Ambitions

Posted 03/07/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action, Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Massachusetts, Private Fundraising, Trail Communities

Undeterred by all the debate about trail funding at the federal level, local communities continue to let their trail-building actions do the talking.

Join the Maiden Voyage! Volusia County to Celebrate Opening of Regional Rail-Trail

Posted 02/23/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails | Tagged with Connected Systems, Florida, Trail Communities

This coming Saturday, February 25, the residents of Volusia County will celebrate a significant milestone in their remarkable trail-building schedule with the opening of the first segment of the much-heralded East Central Regional Rail Trail.

RTC Welcomes East Bay Bicycle Path to Rail-Trail Hall of Fame

Posted 12/02/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Success Stories | Tagged with Hall of Fame, Rhode Island, Trail Communities

At a ceremony held on the pathway itself in Bristol, R.I., the East Bay Bicycle Path officially became part of the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame on October 9, 2009.

Photo © City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services

San Jose's Annual Trail Count Sees Usage Increase 10 percent

Posted 11/09/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with California, Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Mode Shift, Trail Communities

For the past three years, the Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services of the city of San Jose, Calif., has conducted an extensive user count and survey of its major trails and greenways. This year's count, which was conducted on September 23, has resulted in some encouraging statistics.

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Chicago's Englewood Neighborhood Aims for its Slice of Green with New ERA Trail

Posted 10/19/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Illinois, Trail Communities, Urban Pathways

Running through the Englewood neighborhood, which was recently described by the Chicago Sun-Times as "impoverished and desperate," the New ERA Trail would run on a nearly two-mile inactive elevated corridor currently owned by Norfolk Southern.

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