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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, The Story of Railbanking and Rail-Trails by the Numbers (report prepared for the Railroads Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives, Washington, DC, July 1996), available at http://www.michigantrails.org/sites/default/files/story-of- rail-banking.pdf.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit organization with more than 100,000 members and donors, advocates for healthier lifestyles by creating a nationwide network of public trails, many from former rail lines and connecting corridors.
Contact the
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy by writing to 2121 Ward Court, NW, Fifth Floor, Washington, D.C.
The
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is an organization of more than 100,000 members and a leading advocate for trail and greenway 'recycling' of obsolete railroad corridors and rights of way.
The nonprofit
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) answers this dilemma by turning unused rail corridors, at least temporarily, into hiking trails.
More than 1,000 participants from 20 countries met in Pittsburgh, June 23-26, for the
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) Second International Trails and Greenways Conference.
David Burwell, chief staff executive,
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), Washington, D.C., believes America needs a new front porch.
"Rail-trails are America's new front porch," says David Burwell, president of
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC).
In Columbia County, Taconic State Park at Copake Falls is the terminus of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, recognized by the national
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy as among the most desirable, useful and attractive in the nation.
It is through similar long-term efforts that the
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has been able to help transform thousands of miles of abandoned railroad corridors from eyesores to public trails and green-ways.
Incorporating art became a key part of the success behind
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's Urban Pathways Initiative, which works to encourage active transportation (such as walking and bicycling), healthy recreation, and community engagement around trails in urban areas.