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Walter E. Bickford, environmentalist and former MassWildlife commissioner
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Building Trails All over the city of Northampton. Goal is to have 80% of the population within easy access.
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An Op-Ed Piece by Sharline Nabulime who gave the most dramatic testimony at the Energy Facilities Siting Board last month.
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The town of Hudson's Cons-Com held a meeting about the Eversource/ DCR project on the MCRT that unveiled the design and plan for the MCRT in Hudson and Sudbury.
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This image above was sent to me by a rail trail friend from Natick who noticed that the featured real estate listings were very close to both the Mass Central Rail Trail in Wayland and the Upper Charles Trail in Holliston.
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The MCRT's Feasibility Study is finishing up and will be released this spring.
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Dedham Rail Trail Referendum Question
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BIG NEWS! – Prospect St Tunnel Funding approved!!
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$1.3M grant awarded to link rail trail in Franklin and Bellingham, Mass
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MassTrails Wants To Fund Your Trails Projects Grant applications are due by February 1.
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The completion of a 93-mile rail trail across northern Vermont would help link an ever-expanding network of recreation trails across New England and beyond, advocates say.
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Lamoille Valley RT UPDATE
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This Epic Massachusetts Railroad Bridge Hike Is Truly Spectacular
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Bourne Bike Path Group To Seek More State Funding
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GROTON MA – The Squannacook River Rail Trail has metaphorically cleared another hurdle by literally clearing land.
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Ground Breaking in Westfield, MA
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Winchester, MA to improve navigation along the Tri-Community Greenway
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U.S. Congressman tours latest rail trail section
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Get Rolling on These 7 Dreamy Bike Paths. It's not the destination; it's the journey.
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The Surprising Link Between Parks and Violence Prevention
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State approves Eversource power line through Sudbury and Hudson
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Sudbury keeps fight alive on Eversource powerline project
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Derailed in Belchertown and Weston
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LETTER: Help join Clinton’s trails to Mass Central Rail Trail system
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Dr. Edward P. Yaglou Obituary
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Letter to the Editor: Protect...something
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Here's a valuable report by Edwin Hiller of NH
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PEDAL PEOPLE are working on the MCRT
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Looking for something fun to do on New Year's Day?
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Should low speed electric bikes be allowed on multi-use paths in Mass.?
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail bridge over Rte 2 in Concord, heads out to bid
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Letter To The Editor: Dedham Rail Trail Ballot Question
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Taking the first step in creating a new trail that will link neighborhoods in the city and town of Poughkeepsie...
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Another GREAT Letter To The Editor...
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White River Junction, VT Volunteers Plan Trail to Downtown
- Regional coalition wants to grow its trail network to nearly 900 miles around metro DC
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Coast-to-coast rail trail will cut through Indiana. Here's what Hoosiers can expect.
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RTC Releases Latest Research On Net Economic Impact Of Trails In Wisconsin
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The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America is all lit up.
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What is Your Design Advice for These Tilted Trashcans Next to Bike Paths?
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New from the PA Land Trust Association. The trail studies described in this guide collectively identify a variety of trail benefits...
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- It's official! Another 1/2 mile of the MCRT is OPEN in Ware.
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And another 6 miles of the MCRT just opened in Wayland and Weston
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Save the Date! Saturday, 11- 16-19 A CHILI-FEST to SUPPORT THE MCRT in Clinton!
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Belmont Community Path Abutter Site Walk on Nov. 19th.
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Video of a wheel-chair on the newly opened stone-dust section of the MCRT in Ware.
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Important news from the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail - Support State Legislation to Support Rail Trails including the BFRT
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Art and Community Celebrated on the Dedham Rail Trail
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New 11.5-mile rail trail promises great fall foliage views
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Walkway Over the Hudson turns 10 years old: How it spurred change, improved region
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Ashokan NY rail trail opens just in time for peak fall foliage
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From Industry to Open Space—Making a Transformational Change in Kingston NY
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The Lamoille Valley Rail Trail - If We Build It They Will Come
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Another Gap filled in the ECG
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Yankee Magazine did a short video interview with Tim Blagden about the Concord – Lake Sunapee Rail Trail
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A bill (S.4416B/A.5035B) to create New York's first multi-use trails plan has been sent to Governor Cuomo for his approval.
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Second Act for Shuttered Mills Revitalizes New England Towns
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When a Transit Agency Becomes a Suburban Developer
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Want Better Safe Streets? Just add paint
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The densest network of former steam and electric railroads in North America is here.
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A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston’s Suburbs
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Save the Date! Saturday, October 19 2019 Ribbon Cutting
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Sudbury Lawsuit Over Mass Central Rail Trail is now Before the MA Supreme Court
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A CALL TO ACTION FOR YOU! TWO OF THE NORTHEAST'S MOST IMPORTANT RAIL TRAILS NEED YOU TO CALL YOUR STATE REP!
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Lynnfield Voters Give Overwhelming YES To Rail Trail
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LYNNFIELD RAIL TRAIL WINS BY WIDE MARGIN
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail opens another segment
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Voters in Marshfield, MA vote to use CPA funds to build the rail trail
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CT Trails Symposium on 10-26 in East Hartford, CT.
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The NH Rail Trail Coalition is holding their conference on 10-26 in Concord, NH
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Mass Trails Conference 10-31 to 11-2.
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New bikeway planned to go straight through Boise Idaho High School campus
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The Netherlands is so good at cycling, even thier PM bikes to work
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North Coast’s Great Redwood Trail in CA would create a 320-mile pathway
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Short Trips Favor E-scooters and E-bikes Over Cars
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E-bikes get green light on Cape Cod National Seashore trails
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Nice Ride in Minneapolis considers retiring dockless bikes, adding e-bikes
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- Artifact Cider to open taproom in Florence
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The City of Northampton has re-installed milemarker
N-0 / B-104
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Starting next month this E-newsletter will be rebanded
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Complete Street Funding Program Awards
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Make Whiting Avenue Safer For Bikes And Pedestrians
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Rail Trail in to expand into the Cheney District
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First phase of Kingston Point NY Rail Trail opens
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At Providence River PedBridge opening, the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition demands funding restored to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects
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$22M Providence Pedestrian Bridge is officially open; supporters say it’s worth every penny
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Leominster City Council approves Easements for Twin City Rail Trail
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Green light for a green mile of ‘rail with trail’ in N.J.
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$5M Seacoast rail trail deal up for vote
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RIDOT Again Plans to Take Money from Bicycle, Pedestrian Projects
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Basch: Cross Vermont Trail serves up patchwork of urban and rural life
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With Swanzey rail to trails work, cyclists will see smoother ride
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Long-delayed bike path will link Mansfield and Norton
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There is a movement in cities across the world to reclaim underutilized infrastructure and reimagine it as public space.
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Calgary cyclists caught speeding on bike paths could be fined $400
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Downtown-wide Walldogs mural festival kicks off in Keene, NH
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Opinion: Supporting Trail Makes Sense For Town, Residents
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Long-delayed bike path will link Mansfield and Norton
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Why You Should Care That Fewer Kids Are Riding Bikes We owe it to our children to get them on two wheels
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Bike lanes need physical protection from car traffic, study shows Drivers left bikes less room in the presence of parked cars and painted bike lanes.
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How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
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A new bridge will connect bike trails in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s. How about DC too?
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We’ve Blamed Traffic Deaths on Bicyclists Since 1880. What About Drivers?
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Minnesota nursing homes embrace Danish cycling idea that puts older adults on wheels
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E-bikes are now allowed in US national parks, for better or worse
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How Do Fitness Levels of E-Bikers Compare to Those Who Ride Regular?
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With hipster stylings and live diagnostics, has Belgian firm Cowboy made e-bikes cool?
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Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
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Proposed e-bike rule a slippery slope
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- MA Officials Break Ground On Cochituate Trail in Natick And Reveal Bike Plan During the trail groundbreaking.
- Lynnfield, Legislative Leaders, Take Next Step Along Path To Trail. Leaders ask for release of $500,000 to complete final design.
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Almost 53 Percent Say Yes To Lynnfield Rail Trail
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The Canal Trail Connects Communities
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Squannacook rail trail gets funding boost
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Poughkeepsie, NY urban trail could connect residents with paths, waterfront
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Planning Council Takes Spin On The Greenway
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Tempers flare at Leominster info session on rail trail
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Learn more about the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvements
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Marblehead will use $41,000 MassTrails Grant to fund redesign of rail trail
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Boroughs Loop Trail to open in fall 2019
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CT Trail Census
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Sculpture lights up rail trail tunnel
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Pedal for the Path - a ride to complete the South Coast Bikeway
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NY’s $23M Adirondack ‘Rails to Trails’ project back on track
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New trail meters allow users to donate trailside to maintain area trails
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This piano crosswalk was painted by a group of strangers with no training but a lot of harmony
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Good, protected bike infrastructure makes cars drive slower, and gives more space to other modes of transit. That makes better and safer cities for all.
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New Bike Plan in Mass
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How do we get more butts on bikes? E-bikes.
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I thought e-bikes were a gimmick, but the $1,350 Schwinn Monroe has changed my mind
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Integrate electric technology into system of rail trails
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- MASS DOT IS CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A SECTION OF THE MCRT CORRIDOR--FROM BERLIN TO THE WEST-SIDE OF BELCHERTOWN
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The MCRT is awarded 6 grants for various segments
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Come out next Tuesday to Clinton and learn about the efforts to knit together the middle section of the MCRT corridor.
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The best rail trails in Upstate NY: 18 pathways to bike, run or walk this summer
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WELCOME TO THE INAUGURAL RIMACONN RELAY
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Building a rail trail by bringing together artists and advocates.
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From Key West to Calais: The East Coast Greenway
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Exploring N.H.'s Rail-TrailsHow to Cut 10,000 Parking Spaces Without Anyone Complaining
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Tri-community bike path opens at last, linking Winchester, Woburn and Stoneham
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Learn more about the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvements
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The Boroughs Trail is coming! You can help blaze the way
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‘Pedal tavern’ proposal has uncertain prospects in Easthampton
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Is it a bicycle? ‘Pedal N’ Party’ brewery bike tour owner disputes ban from Easthampton police
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Pedal 'N Party bike ordered off Easthampton rail trail
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Building historical connections Where an ill-fated railroad once ran
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GreenWay Project Will Complete Final Leg of Silver Line Extension in Chelsea
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Making The Bike Trail A Reality - Editorial
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Baker-Polito Administration Announces $5 Million in MassTrails Grants for 71 Projects
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BAKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES GRANTS TO SWAMPSCOTT’S RAIL TRAIL, LYNN’S COMMUNITY PATH
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Love them or hate them, research offers financial case for big city bike lanes
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5 ways multi-use trail systems transform communities
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Residential developments gravitate toward greenways
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Why building walkable cities is the key to economic success
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Bold corridor attracts investment
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Bettering Bike Infrastructure for U.S. Cities
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- How A Small, Little-Known River Once Powered An Economy And Shaped A Landscape
- Belmont Community Path segment of the MCRT
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A closer look at Waltham’s Wayside Rail Trail segment of the Mass Central Rail Trail
- The New Norwottuck Network
- BAD THINGS HAPPENING THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT
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Debate Discussion About Dedham Rail Trail Inaccurate
- East Boston Greenway update.
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ValleyBike Sees Plenty Of Growth Potential As It Gets Up To Speed
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Vermont's Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Puts Small Businesses on the Path to Profitability
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The Unlikely Way E-Bikes Could Transform How We Age
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How Chicago’s South Side Is Creating the ‘Un’ High Line
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E-bikes are gaining traction, though some say not so fast
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- UPCOMING EVENT Sunday, May 5th at 1 p.m.
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Clinton Dam Day Location: Clinton Dam. Rt. 70 in Clinton
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Top spots to live 2019: West of Boston
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Another Update in Belmont Community Path Design for the MCRT will Focus On the Segment North Of Tracks
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Rail trail to close key gap - Work begins on long-awaited link to Columbia County in NY
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$1 million boost City of Haverhill, MA gets state money to extend rail trail
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Trails Across New York Campaign
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Westport, MA teams with neighboring towns on biking, walking trails
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Fitchburg-Leominster rail trail takes a step forward at public hearing
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More closing the gaps in NY: Washington County gets connected to trails across the state
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Hello, Hula: Can Russ Scully Create a Lakeside Tech Scene?
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Moving by muscle — Active transportation can reduce climate change
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The closer you live to an urban greenway, the more physically active you are, says UBC study
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‘Plogging’ is the Swedish fitness craze for people who want to save the planet. It’s making its way to the U.S.
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When freeways have no futures
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Cambridge’s New Bike Lane Law is ‘Bikelash’-Proof
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How Do Drivers Not See That They're the Worst?
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The Economic Value of Actually Following Through on a Bike Plan
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Train signals to be restored and set along rail trails
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Wilmington, NC rail trail will spur local economic impact via art
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Land conservation leads to job growth
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Crowdfunding Can Reduce the Risk of ‘Bikelash’
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Open Space Institute is saving landscapes and building trails in Ulster County, NY
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Wisconsin State budget proposal restores eminent domain for bike trails
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It was 20 years ago today that Sgt Pepper taught the band to play. Not really, but
it was 25 years ago this month...
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- As I See It: Mass Central Rail Trail is a part of the Worcester renaissance
- A SPECIAL GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF TODAY FROM VISIONARY LEADERS OF THE 1970s
- LIVING LIFE DIRECTLY NEXT TO A RAIL TRAIL
- Old RR bridges on the MCRT's Wayside segment?
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ART ON THE ARRT
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SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2019 Northampton House Tour
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New bike path through Fall River, Tiverton in the works
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Lynnfield's $10.4 Million Golden Ticket
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Dutchess County and MTA Revive Talk of Beacon, NY Rail Trail
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Lynnfield Residents Continue Rail Trail Debate At MassDOT 25% Design Hearing
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The Robert Moses Built Expresway at Niagara Falls is coming down and to be replaced w a GREENWAY
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4 Trail Trends Explained
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I Lived Next To Alewife Bike Path, in Arlington and Here's My Take on the Idea of a Lynnfield Trail
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Residents give big vote of support to trail system
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Minuteman Bikeway extension to reach Concord
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The Design Bible That Changed How Americans Bike in Cities
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Cast your vote for the DL&W Corridor Design Ideas Competition
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These five cities are taking bold steps to rein in sprawl
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‘Bourbon Road Rail Trail’ in Frankfort KY could come to fruition this year
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This newsletter has won An Award from Constant Contact--for being in their TOP 10%. Wow!
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' Trails Across NY' Advocates For Empire State Trail
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‘It’s a long time coming’: $6.2 million wildlife bridge over I-90 nears completion
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East Coast Greenway: Hike or bike your way from Maine to Florida
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What's killing U.S. pedestrians? Streets that weren't designed for them.
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- Selectmen: For Belmont Pedestrians Path Route Decision is Life and Death
- HERE'S SOME NICE BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS OF WHAT THE MCRT LAYOUT WILL LOOK LIKE...
- Looking for a fun spring bike ride on the MCRT?
- Come-on people, we can do better than this
- Just another sale of former RR corridor in Mass
- Stamford, CT Granted $160,000 for Merritt Parkway Trail first mile
- Southern leg of Granite State Rail Trail nearing completion
- Schell Bridge will make this town whole again
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DOES LYNNFIELD NEED A RAIL TRAIL?
- Airline Trail Plan Links 12 Communities
- Swampscott’s Rail Trail project is moving full steam ahead
- The ATV economy has been a game changer in New Hampshire’s Coos County.
- Future of off-road riding debated at State House
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Electric bikes could provide old people with brain boost
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National rail-trail from DC to Washington State.
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The Netherlands Pays People To Bike To Work
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Complete Streets Funding Program awards $3-million in grants for infrastructure improvements
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- Alternative Transportation Corridors
- Critical Community Path Decisions for Belmont's section of the MCRT
- New path in Nassau, DEAdditonal Lewes segment to be finished by spring;
- The mode less traveled
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Kudos to Gov. Cuomo for rail trail
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Debating Bicycling Safety, Infrastructure in Boston
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State gives go-ahead to rail trail extension in Wellfleet
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State Grant Awarded For Cheney Rail Trail Project In Manchester, CT
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LETTER: The much-needed Clippership Connector
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Mattapoisett bike path extension to move forward this spring
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Wareham weighs dissolving Bike Path Committee
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New phase of Haverhill, MA rail trail chugging along
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Firm hired for phase one rail trail design in Bourne, MA
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NH communities get $1.7M for 'alternative transportation projects'
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Easthampton exploring trail expansions--to schools, parks and into residential neighborhoods
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Bicycle Plan
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The Economics Behind Reclaiming Outdated Infrastructure for Public Places
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New Animation of Bike-Ped Path on Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge
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Meet the newest sections of Greenway, designated in 2018
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- The last big remaining part of the construction in Weston is the Conant Road overpass.
- Bike to the Sea 2018 Year in Review.
- 'Mobile wetland’ showcases Tibbetts Brook Greenway in NYC benefits'
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Rockland Rail Trail final section to be completed next week
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Columbia County NY EDC and Columbia Land Conservancy study joining Harlem Valley and Electric trails.
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Adirondack Parks Agency change paves way for rail trail between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake
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VOTERS MAY DECIDE WHETHER LYNNFIELD RECEIVES A RAIL TRAIL OR NOT
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New Bike Path Work is Underway in Montpelier, VT
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Rail Trail group on Cape Cod to assist in state grant application
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Laconia, NH selects consultant to design potential Rail-w-Trail
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Chicago builds out the first section of Navy Pier Flyover
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Filling a gap in the Air Line Trail between East Hampton and Portland CT
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A Trail Proposal in Western NY Isn't Liked by the Neighbors.
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3-mile trail extension in CT opens near Manchester
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Competition opens to redesign Buffalo’s old elevated rail line
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THE FUTURE OF RAILROADS: WHY RAIL-TO-TRAIL CONVERSION IS THE KEY TO BOTH EVENTUAL RAIL RESTORATIONAND CURRENT OFF-ROAD NETWORKS
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The Pedestrian Strikes Back
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Scooters and hoverboards add to Dutch cycle lane hell
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London Launches 5-Year Plan To Entice More People To Fall In Love With Cycling
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Here's a story about a RR company in MO that wants to give 144 miles of former RR corridor to the state.
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- I've known Colleen Abrams for about 25 years and have always been in awe of her and of what she's accomplished in Central Mass.
- An important morning event for community Rail Trail leaders
- What should Boston be doing to make the city safer for bicycles?
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LET'S PUT BACK THE MISSING BRIDGES
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Blogging Belmont by Paul Roberts is a great resource for the folks in Belmont...
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LIFE OUTDOORS: Rail Trail safety
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MATTAPOISETT FILES FOR FEDERAL GRANT
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DARTMOUTH STUDENTS TO PLAN TRAIL EXTENSION
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BIKE PATHS MAKE FOR EASIER TRIPS AROUND TOWN
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TRI-COMMUNITY GREENWAY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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RAIL TRAIL X-ING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN SAUGUS
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Albany, NY is Set to Buildout the Link Between Two Major Trails -- Here's the Plan
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YONKERS GREENWAY PARK GROUNDBREAKING Putnam Rail Trail to Become Bronx-Yonkers Pathway
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Extension of the Cape Cod Rail Trail into Wellfleet should be open in 2019
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WORK BEGINS TO LINK DISCONNECTED BIKE TRAILS IN TAMPA BAY, FL
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THIS INGENIOUS HACK TURNS ANTI-TERROR BOLLARDS INTO FURNITURE
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EMPIRE STATE TRAIL ROLLS TOWARDS COMPLETION
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Call for Entries: International Design Ideas Competition
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The Delivery Trike is Coming
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HOW RALEIGH’S TRAILS WENT FROM NUISANCE TO AMENITY
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RI Turnpike Authority considers adding bike paths to Pell, Jamestown bridges
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BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LEGISLATORS IMPROVING OHIO’S OUTDOORS OPPORTUNITIES
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- Sudbury Town Meeting OKs $650K for Bruce Freeman Trail design
- New proposal for Mass. Pike rebuild would elevate bike path through Allston
- Developer plans $43 million mixed-use project in Easthampton
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Highland, NY Hops on Rail Trail Train
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New bike share program launched in Acton and Maynard
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ValleyBike Share expands into Easthampton
- Gap Filled in Cheshire, CT
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NYC unveils new plan to close gaps in Manhattan Greenway
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CT DOT to study adding second Gold Star Bridge as a path for bikes, pedestrians
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Crowd gathers for the Whittier Bridge project ceremony
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Pedestrians hit the new Garrison Trail on the Whittier Bridge
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Pressure on CSX to keep its word
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NH corridor acquisition discussions resume
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Bicyclists are paying their fair share
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MassDOT Posts Online Bike-Related Guide Public encouraged to give input on Draft Mass. Muni-cipal Resource Guide for Bikeability
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Embrace Lynnfield Rail Trail Project for Our Common Benefit
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NEW YORK IS BUILDING A 750-MILE TRAIL FROM NYC TO CANADA (AND YOU CAN USE IT NOW)
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Will Tossing Bollards Everywhere Stop Another Hudson River Greenway Massacre?
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Trails in Michigan and New York Get a $200M Boost
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New bike path goes through the old Bethlehem Steel property.
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This Lego-like bike path is made from recycled plastic
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Local trail advocates attend conference and share info at Olde Home Day in Clinton.
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The Belmont Community Path needs Belmont Community Support (Once Again)
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Red'd a nice letter!
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OUR WALK IN THE WOODS: Marshfield Mass’s Rail Trail
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Keene warns joggers about swooping Owls on trail
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Bull moose takes short stroll on Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in Cheshire, MA
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NY Governor Cuomo Announces Winners of Reimagine the Canals Competition
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Gap Filled In Farmington Canal Heritage Trail In Cheshire, CT
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Roll With It: Two Wheeling in Burlington
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Rail Trail Parking Plan for Lynnfield Compares Favorably With Others
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Bike paths from aboveCEDC Selects Weston & Sampson for Rail Trail Feasibility Study
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CEDC Selects Weston & Sampson for Rail Trail Feasibility Study
- Recent visit spoke to sense of community Laconia offers
- L.L.Bean Pledges $1 Million to The Trust for Public Land to Create Parks Where They’re Needed Most
- A bunch of firsts in Boston bicycling infrastructure
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Sections of Erie Canalway, Albany County rail trails open
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Funding Secured for Phase 1 of the Bourne Rail Trail
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6 Places Where Cars, Bikes, and Pedestrians All Share the Road As Equals
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John McCain’s Unlikely Legacy Project in Phoenix
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Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities
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Protected bikeways make cities safer and boost the economy
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Three in four Swiss voters back enshrining cycling in constitution
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The Most Dangerous Place to Bicycle in America is Pinellas County, Fla.
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- RECENT GRANTS TO FUND THE BUILD OUT OF THE MCRT, FOOT BY FOOT
- On Wednesday August 29th Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito invited me to come to the State House, to present to them, the Golden Spike Awards from the recent Golden Spike 2018 Conference held in Northampton this summer.
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NH Bike-Walk Summit identifies next steps
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Westside Greenway Bollards Still Causing Injuries And Mayhem To Cyclists They Are Supposed to Protect
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Big Win for the Malden River Greenway
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Lynnfield-Wakefield Delegation Secures $500,000 For Rail Trail
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Pedal for the Path - a ride to help complete the South Coast Bikeway
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Crossing the Black Bridge at Albany, NY
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Maine Voices: East Coast Greenway a true gem, and Maine could help it reach full potential
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Natick wins state approval to build rail trail
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On the Mascoma River Greenway in Lebanon, NH
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LANDLINE: Connecting people and places with an active 1,400 trail network in Metro Boston
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Map: What a regional bike trail network could look like in the D.C. area.
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Coming to Montco: Nearly 800 Miles of Bicycle-Friendly Paths
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What's Crazy About Biking to the Hospital to Have a Baby ?
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A TRAIL FITTING FOR THE EMPIRE STATE
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The Modern Automobile Must Die -- If we want to solve climate change, there's no other option.
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- Conference Presentations now on-line
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Belmont to Officially Launch Lime Dock-free Bikeshare Program
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Here's the most recent East Quabbin Land Trust newsletter.
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Ulster County NY Legislature Approves Ashokan Rail Trail Funding
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Cape Cod Rail Trail projects get kick start
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Baker-Polito Administration Announces $6.4 Million in Complete Streets Funding Awards
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Cape-to-CT ride shows progress, bumps on Greenway
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Riding the Rail (Trails) in NH
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New Rockland, MA Rail Trail
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NY County seeks help with study for possible Hudson, to Philmont rail trail
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Trail Grant Funds Announced in Brewster on Cape Cod
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RIDOT vows to study intersections at bike paths after fatal crash
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Victim of bike crash ID’d as 6-year-old from Somerset
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Holliston’s 8 Arch Bridge opens
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LIFE OUTDOORS: Rail Trail ribbon-cutting ceremony
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Springfield seeks design firm for McKnight Neighborhood bike-ped trail
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Here is some more great info about the Holliston, section of the Upper Charles Trail
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The Bright Future of the Pedestrian Bridge
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The largest infrastructure project in the US is a 3,000 mile bike path
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- 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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