- News about the Golden Spike 2018 Conference this July
- CHECKOUT THE PROGRAM FOR GOLDEN SPIKE 2018
- 5 Things To Know About The Rail Trail under development in Weston and Wayland, Mass.
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On Thursday June 28 Valley Bike opened for business.
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Two Wheels and 3,000 Miles To Go
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WITH THE RISE OF BIKE-SHARING PROGRAMS, A RAIL TRAIL THROUGH LYNN IS IN THE WORKS
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Adirondack Rail Trail for all
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Forget the Car, Biking Is the Best Way to See Your State
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North Buffalo Rail Trail and Minnesota Linear Park – At the Crossroads of Creativity
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An invitation to share a bike path in Boulder
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Rail Trail Newsletter June 24, 2018 #22
- News about the Golden Spike 2018 Conference this July
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Check out the new page on the Golden Spike 2018 Event site!
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Mass Central Rail Trail – RULES OF THE TRAIL
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TWICE A WEEK, I GET CALLS ABOUT A MAP OF THE MCRT
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A RAIL TRAIL DEVELOPING IN NEW YORK FROM THE HUDSON RIVER TO THE CATSKILLS
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3 old railroad tunnels help make the Elroy-Sparta Trail one of Wisconsin's most popular
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From RTC's report on Tunnels
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The almost 1,000 foot tunnel on the MCRT at Clinton was featured several years ago in the Creepy-chusetts website.
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Rail Trail Newsletter June 4, 2018 #21
- REGISTER NOW for the Golden Spike Event
- More news about the MCRT and Golden Spike 2018
- AND OUR GOLDEN SPIKE AWARDS ARE UNDER PRODUCTION
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One Man's Big Idea: A Series Of Connected Bike Paths, Including A Bridge And Special Ferries on Long Island, NY
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NEW BRIDGE ON SLATE FOR 2023. Northfield likely to see Schell replacement soon
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North Brookfield, MA gives up on railroad, moves to create rail trail
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Mass Lt. Gov Karyn Polito cuts ribbon on a new $10.5 million segment of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
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A Great Letter to the Editor
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Here's the champion group for really, really wanting to convert their dead derelict railroad into a regional show-place.
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- REGISTER NOW FOR GOLDEN SPIKE 2018
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Some great videos to check out! Friends of Northampton Trails & Greenways /FNTG
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Linked above to this image is a press release about the conference
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Belmont Feasibility Study Plan would Renew Transportation Infrastructure and Create New Public Spaces
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Manchester CT Property Board to consider sites to expand Cheney Rail Trail
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Decades-old bridge gets new life connecting Harrisville, Hancock trails in NH
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Bringing new voices to the table: Strong partnerships featured at New England Bike-Walk Summit
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Dedham Selectmen seek new study for rail trail proposal
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Rail Trail Article FAILS at Dedham Town Meeting
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Norton Rail Trail Update
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Take a grand tour of New England — by bike
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See the abandoned RR line some Springfield, MA residents want trans-formed into a trail.
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Wakefield Town Meeting Says YES to the Rail Trail
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PARKS TRAILS NY Helps Troy, NY Envision a Bike-Friendly Futur
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Chelmsford, area towns unveil rail trail phase
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Rail trail reality: 'It's perception' Swampscott voters face same rail trail concerns Danvers did
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Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous for Safety and Must Be Replaced Now
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New York agency to tout vision for connected Hudson Valley, Wallkill Valley rail trails at New Paltz event
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Bike Path to ‘Float’ Along Italy’s Largest Lake
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- News about the Golden Spike Conference this July
- Dedham's Finance and Warrant Commission begins hearing on rail trail article
- Lynnfield Rail Trail Supporters Talk Facts, Figures
- Swampscott rail-trail alignment presented, discussed
- Here's a story about reassembling a long-gone trolley corridor to become a trail
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See the abandoned RR line some Springfield, MA residents want trans-formed into a trail.
(drone video, photos)
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Ped Bridge Being Installed in Manchester, CT
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The Bright Future of the Pedestrian Bridge
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Buffalo Dipping Its Toes into the Linear Park Pool
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Ground breaks for Philly Greenway along former Conrail heroin hotspot
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- Rail Trail Construction Beginning in Weston Now
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Weston Historical Society introduces a new narrative
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Rep. Walsh’s Transfer Rail Trail Language Included in Gov. Baker’s Bond Bill
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Public hearing on Albany Electric Trail
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Lynnfield Rail Trail A Great Opportunity To Add Value To Our Community
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Hudson Valley Rail Trail getting $3.6M boost
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Final link in Hudson Valley Rail Trail project unveiled
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Don't leave Queens behind. E very other borough is getting a next-generation signature park
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Light Seen At End Of New Haven to Northampton Canal Trail 'Tunnel'
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SCHELL BRIDGE UPDATE from MassDOT
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Types of Placemaking Using Placemaking to Jump Start Downtown Revitalization
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Transform an Unused Railroad Corridor into a Lively Trail
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Game-Changing Rails to Trails
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- The City of Waltham had a design meeting for the Wayside section of the Mass Central Rail Trail
- Tom Kelleher, mapmaster for the Mass Central Rail Trail and president of the ARRT has done a lot of updating on the Google Map of the Mass Central Rail Trail
- PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE BRIDGE OVER THE MYSTIC RIVER DCR MEETING
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$1.5 Million for Northern Strand Community Trail
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Plainville-Southington trail project moves forward
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Music + performance filled day with trail procession from Northampton to Easthampton.
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Pick Up Trash While You Exercise. It's Called Plogging.
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Capital District of NY Trails Plan
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Our picks: Five homes close to Greater Boston bike trails
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MONTCLAIR-AREA GREENWAY GETS SUPPORT FROM ESSEX COUNTY
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The price we pay for liveability
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Cuomo administration to change Adirondack Park rules, clearing way for rail-trails
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The Design Bible That Changed How Americans Bike in Cities
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A Brief History of How American Transportation Engineers Resisted Bike Lanes
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Here's some updates about Golden Spike 2018 this coming July
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Open Secondary Line To Bikes - Letter
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Making the connection for the Cape Cod Rail Trail
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Bikeways Committees Wrestle With Rail Trail Branding
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Air Line Rail Trail - Informational Meeting
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Baker-Polito Admin-istration Awards $1.5 Million to Design Northern Strand
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A CAR-FREE PATH TO NORTH SHORE BEACHES GETS A $1.5M BOOST
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- One of the things I love most about land trusts is their can-do spirit.
- Golden Spike 2018 0 JULY 27 and 28, 2018 at Northampton Union Station
- Selectmen Approve Belmont Community Path Route
- Letter to the Editor about the Tunnel being open now
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And here it is, HOT OFF THE PRESS from the Governor's office this morning
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‘I’m tired of riding my bike everyday and constantly feeling like I’m going to die’
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Rail Trail: Luxury or necessity?
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25th Anniversary for the Minuteman Rail Trail
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Looking To Bridge Another Trail Gap
- SO, BMW WANTS TO BUILD NETWORKS OF ELEVATED CYCLING PATHS
- The Bay Area’s Expanding Bike Share Is Part Of Ford’s Transition From Cars To “Mobility”
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- State is providing $1.7 million for Construction of the Wayland, Weston section of the MCRT
- GLX constructors picked for Green Line design-build contract
- Grassroots Effort Leads To Rebirth Of The Air Line Railroad In Portland
- Holliston OKs CPA funds to cover budget gap for 8 Arch Bridge repairs
- Bellingham bike ride promotes rail trail
- 2017 City Election Candidate Survey Responses
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Court Rules in Favor of the West River Rail Trail
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Ulster County lawmakers approve removal of tracks to create Ashokan trail
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Parks Trails New York's New Report About The Economic Impact Of Investing In State Parks
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- SAVE THE DATE: GOLDEN SPIKE 2018
- NEWS from the Community Path Extaka CPX
- Rockland, Abington receive grant to pave Hanover Branch Rail
- Chicopee bike path nearly ready for construction
- Next step on East Side Greenway plan
- Public Invited to Discuss Bike Path Routes In Plainville
- Southington’s rail-trail is closing the gap with Plainville
- In N.H.'s North Country, ATV Tourism Revs Up A Culture Clash
- At 92, Carroll crosses the bike path off her bucket list
- Support the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative at the Annual Greenway + Industry Event
- Rail trail connections coming to Salisbury
- Initiative to close trail gaps in MetroWest
- Benefits of Greenways in the Triangle Region of North Carolina
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- Some bits of good news from Somerville and Cambridge
- Mass DCR awards $50,000 to extend the Mass Central Rail Trail in the Leeds section of Northampton
- Dissecting the proposed rail trail in Weston, MA
- Now live on one of my websites, an ARCHIVE for you.
- Swampscott, MA Advances Its Rail Trail Plans
- STANTEC lands $240K contract for Swampscott Rail Trail
- Local residents gather, share memories of the evolution of Keene NH's rail trails
- Bicyclist says she didn’t pull over for Arlington, MA police as a bit of a protest
- Communities receive grants for recreational trails
- Here's TWO stories about the Regional Plan Association plan to connect 1,650 miles of trails in the tri-state area
- BPAC holds first meeting in Narragansett, RI
- EPA Announces Superfund Cleanup Completion and Rail Trail Opening in Southington, Conn.
- Charter Oak Greenway in CT Nearing Completion, Bridges On The Way. [Another column by Peter Marteka of the Hartford Courant; one of the region's best writers about trail development.--CDP]
- Carmel, Indiana, Shows Suburbs How to Go Big on Biking
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- Input wanted on new Weston rail trail
- Northampton Underpass update
- THE RAIL TRAIL IS COMING TO WESTON
- North Adams, MA Bike Path Plans Draw Complaints, Praise
- Swampscott, MA Advances Its Rail Trail Plans
- A love affair, on two wheels
- Forgotten River Will Get a Walkway
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Greenways attract Nashville home buyers and developers
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Great TED Talk on the Walkable City
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If You Build It, the Dutch Will Pedal
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ATLANTA BELTLINE RESTORES ECONOMY, NATURE & CONNECTIVITY: IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEXT?
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Bicyclists celebrate East Coast Greenway in NH
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Abandoned Railroads Become Vibrant Paths But Some Communities in EMass Voice Concerns
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Here's NY's REALLY, REALLY, BIG PLAN
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Turn over a new leaf: Chase that autumn foliage on foot
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How the Malden River can rise from a polluted past
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How One Massachusetts Downtown Bounced Back From The Crippling Shadow Of A Mall And Walmart
[pssst, the Rail Trail passes through the downtown--CDP]
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Unused bridges, and former rail corridors find new life as urban trails
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The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS Recently Gave Me an Award for My Work on Rail Trails
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Seven Stunning Sights From RTC’s New England Mapping Trips
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National Grid Owned Former Trolley Corridor In Eastern NY Is Now Becoming A Rail Trail
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The Plan For The State To Pay For Long-Term Maintenance Of The "Electric Trail"; Gets Positive Review From Locals
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Eagle Scout Project Brings Stories to the Rail Trail in Holliston
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Rail Trail Planners Urge NH DOT To Buy Newly Abandoned Line at Concord, NH
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Swampscott Puts Out a RFQ for Engineering Firms Interested in Moving the Rail Trail Project Forward
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- Mass DOT's Bike-Ped Advisory Board recently met in Northampton at DOT District 2 HQ
- Did you know that AMC now has an experienced trail building crew available for hire?
- Proposed Tiverton Bike Path
- Editorial: Railing about the trail in Plainville and Southington, CT
- Biking across Lake Champlain on an old railroad causeway
- Therapy on Wheels: Biking in Western Mass
- The ARRT Now Sees Kayaks, Too
- More New Yorkers Opting for Life in the Bike Lane
- TWO NH Communities Appeal for Federal Leeway on Trails. They Want to Allow ATVS on Their Rail Trails.
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- Interesting Op-Ed by Larry Tucker
- Eversource makes case for Sudbury-Hudson power line
- The Friends of Northampton Trails and Greenways have hired a part-time staffer!
- A couple of videos from Edison, NJ that talk about the rail trail there. A part of the East Coast Greenway.
- Bridge Rehab starts on future Columbia Greenway river crossing
- Residents voice opposition to Plainville-Southington, CT trail alignment
- In other news in CT along the Farmington corridor
- Looking for some great INFOGRAPHICS to help get the trail built in your town?
- Ground Breaking for Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Extension in Concord, MA
- Governor Attends Event Celebrating Opening of New Cape Cod Rail Trail Bridge
- Taxes on Bikes?
- The biggest infrastructure project in the US is a 3,000-mile bike path
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- STATUS UPDATE: MCRT route through Somerville is not fully locked-down
- Mass Central Rail Trail tunnel project on schedule
- My Memories of David Burwell, his Mother and the Inspiring House in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
- Assabet River Rail Trail progress report
- Neponset Greenway Trail Open for Use
- Canadian tourism officials would like the East Coast Greenway to connect into the Canadian Maritime provinces.
- Ashuwillticook Rail Trail is now 12.2 miles
- Clashing Visions for Old Rail Bed (Just Don’t Call It the High Line of Queens)
- 40 Rail Trails on YouTube
- STATE OF NH SUED BY ADJACENTS OVER TRAIL PLAN
- How the Cape Cod Rail Trail Came To Be.
- Rail-Trails Celebrated as ‘Vibrant Sign of Renewal’
- New York Resident Makes His Mark In PBS Show
- Trail Loved by the Economic Development Corporation in Putnam County in eastern New York
- Adirondacks are Anomaly in ‘Rails-to-Trails’ Doc
- The plan to Connect Two Major Bike Paths at the Albany Waterfront
- A Guide To CT's Trails, Long And Short
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- To Advance the MCRT, Massachusetts DCR endorses Sudbury-Hudson Power Line Project
- Three Routes Presented As Finalists for Belmont’s Community Path on the MCRT
- MASS DCR --An Agency in Need of a Vision.
- Lamoille Valley Rail Trail in VT Launches a $3M Capital Campaign
- LETTER: Yes to rail trail (in Dover, MA)
- Bike or Run Along These 3 Former Railroad Routes (in New England.)
- Bridges, rail corridors find new life as urban trails
- Rail Trail Article Approved By One Vote! Town Meeting says YES! by 342-341 vote.
- Harlem Valley Rail Trail extension planned for 2018
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Titles of articles:
- MCRT in the news
- Was There an Earlier Bike Lane, than Davis, CA?
- Swampscott is still debating the worthiness of a trail that connects several schools
- Clipper City Rail Trail seeking mural artists
- Trail Extensions being planned in Manchester, NH
- Voices from the Valley, Interviews Gary Briere
- Plainville, CT the primary gap in the longest interstate trail in New England. Here's an update.
- News from Dover, MA
- Study on Naugatuck Greenway notes potential economic impact
- New Option Floated for Rail Trail Extension on Cape Cod
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Titles of articles:
- Go West, Young Rider! Mass Central Rail Trail's Westward Progress
- Do Homebuyers Value Recreational Trails?
- The Burke-Gilman Trail
- The Back Story for the Shining Sea Trail that is Still Reverberating Today
- 50 Years Ago the First Bike Lane in U.S. Opened
- Rail-Trail Effect: On the Success of the Minuteman and Other Bike Paths
- In the Last Newsletter, the Story of Schell Bridge in Northfield, MA was the Most Popular One. But Here is the Bigger Story!
- Construction on Greenway Trail in Seymour, Connecticut - Due to Begin on April 1
- Building More Bike Paths Right Into Downtown
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- Wayland section will be under construction in 2017
- NY, a State "Hungry for Trails" and Savors Gov. Cuomo's 750 Mile Plan!
- Farmington Canal as a Green Space
- New Book about the Farmington Canal is Now Available!
- First came transit-oriented communities, now it’s ‘trail-oriented’ development.
- MassDOT plans network of bike paths to keep pace with demandThe Quick Story of Schell Bridge in Northfield, MA and How it is Spawning Copy-Cat Bike-Path Bridges in Keene, NH.
- TOURING THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR THE RAIL TRAILS IN THE CONN. RIVER VALLEY NEAR NORTHAMPTON, MA.
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Titles of articles:
- Mass Central Rail Trail Tunnel Takes Shape
- Greater Walkway Experience
- Railways and Trailways Co-exist
- Leominister-to-Fitchburg Rail Trail Nearly Underway
- Seabrook to Request Funding for Section of Rail Trail
- Travel by Train and Bring Your Bike Along!
- Feasibility Study for Dedham Heritage Rail Trail Released
- Video #8 Northampton/Hadley on the Mass Central Rail Trail. Largely about the Bridge and environs.
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