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Trail Moments | Swapping a Car for a Bike? Here’s What I Learned.
July 06, 2022

I decided to purchase my own e-bike and conquer my own fears of biking in the city. That was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

Biking in D.C.'s Rock Creek Park | Photo by Hayden Duncan, courtesy Victoria Yuen
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Tom Petri Awards Honor 13 Outstanding Trail Projects and Programs in 2021
November 10, 2021

The Coalition for Recreational Trails (CRT) honored this year’s recipients of the Tom Petri Recreational Trails Program Annual Achievement Awards.

Vermilion River Regional Greenway in Minnesota | Photo by TrailLink user travistschepen
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Winter “Share the Trail” Etiquette and Safety Tips
January 31, 2021

Find out how we can “Share the Trail” together safely with winter etiquette—while still gleaning the best that winter has to offer on trails.

Pennsylvania's Trout Island Trail | Photo by TrailLink user vicki1960
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Seattle E-Bike Pilot Program Promotes Safe Shared Use on Local Trails
October 06, 2020

Seattle often sees the first waves of new technology, and recently, that tech has made its way onto the city’s trails in the form of e-bikes, e-scooters, hoverboards, solo wheels and more.

Seattle Parks and Recreation staff gathered data on nearly 10,000 trail users over the course of 25 intercept studies on five local trails for the city's e-bike pilot program. | Courtesy Seattle Parks and Recreation
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Micromobility Devices on Multiuse Trails
August 27, 2019
Transportation in communities across America is changing with the advent of many small and light personal-mobility options, which typically run on electric motors, such as electric-assist bicycles (e-bikes), e-scooters (scooters) and hoverboards. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) offers this perspective to assist communities, trail managers and policy makers in making decisions about how best to manage these devices […]
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E-Bikes Got This Baby Boomer Back on the Trail After Asthma
May 21, 2019

A one-day rental there led to a weeklong adventure in Hawaii, followed by my first of two e-bike purchases three years ago. Since then, I’ve logged more than 1,000 road and trail miles, and for me, it’s been a win-win.

Libby Rose on e-bike | Photo courtesy Wandering Rose Travels
Trail survey graphic with black female bicyclists on trail in winter next to RTC green t-shirt