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Trail Moments | 21 Easy Ways to Enjoy Your Local Trails
September 10, 2021
If you're looking to create a new healthy habit outside, we’ve created a list of 21 easy-to-do actions you can take immediately on your nearest trail.
Graphic by RTC
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Trail Moments | How To Long-Distance Bike Tour With (Six!) Young Kids
September 03, 2021
We’ve found that good rails-trail routes can be very forgiving to those new to bike touring. We’ve learned so much since then.
Photos courtesy Dale Majors and TrailLink user protoolned, graphic by RTC
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Trail Moments | The Great Bike Shortage? For Me, It Was the Great Bike Summer!
September 02, 2021
During the early days of the COVID-induced Great Bike Shortage, I stood in line with a neighbor to buy a used bike. Her first bike.
Photo by Lisa Watts, graphic by RTC
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Washington’s Snoqualmie Valley Trail
August 09, 2021
Tokul Trestle on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail | Photo by Eli Brownell, courtesy King County Parks
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Trail Moments | How a Rail-Trail Helped Save My Life and Redirect My Focus
August 06, 2021
As I’ve watched outdoor recreation interest explode, it’s made me reflect on how a simple bike ride on a rail-trail saved my life.
Breeden Trestle on Tunnel Hill State Trail in southern Illinois | Photo by Shawn Gossman
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What’s Ahead for the Movement to Create Safe Outdoor Space in Every Neighborhood
August 02, 2021
An analysis of 31 trail counters for the week of March 16–22 found a nationwide trail usage increase of nearly 200% from that same week in 2019.
42nd Street Slow Street in Oakland, California | Photo by Ben Kaufman
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Southern New Mexico’s Cloud-Climbing Trestle Trail Preserves Unique Piece of Railroad History
July 26, 2021
The Cloud-Climbing Trestle Trail is one of a network of trails rooted in the history of the Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway (A&SM), also known as the Cloud-Climbing Railroad.
The 122-year-old Cloud-Climbing Trestle, also known as the Mexican Canyon Trestle | Photo by Cindy Barks
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Trail Moments | Adapting to the Pandemic: Finding Safe Outdoor Spaces in a Changed World
July 07, 2021
After finding a tandem bike I could use the sky (or at least as far as we were able to drive) has been the limit in exploring rail-trails.
Photo courtesy Marjorie Turner Hollman, graphic by RTC
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Trail Moments | Older, Wiser and Faster: A Friendly Competition Among Family
June 30, 2021
We became a daily fixture on the sidewalks of our neighborhood. Soon, we became known as “the riding couple” on the weekends.
Photo courtesy Thresa Giles and Albert Grant, graphic by RTC
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New USDOT Report Provides 25 Years of Lessons Learned for Rails-with-Trails
June 25, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) released Rails-with-Trails: Best Practices and Lessons Learned—a long-awaited update to its first release, published in 2002.
Three Rivers Heritage Trail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Photo by Jake Lynch