Webinar – Working With Railroads Part 2: RTC Expert Q&A
Join the TrailNation Collaborative, powered by Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC) as we explore key challenges and opportunities in working with railroads. Following Working with Railroads Part 1: Productive Partnerships for Successful Projects, this hour-long Q&A session offers a unique opportunity to engage with a panel of RTC experts. This highly interactive event is designed for you to get answers to your specific rail-trail/ rail-with-trail and railbanking dilemmas.Â
This is the second in a two-part series. You can view the first webinar here: Working with Railroads Part 1: Productive Partnerships for Successful Projects
Speakers
- Liz Thorstensen, Vice President of Trail Development, RTC
- Andrea Ferster, General Counsel, RTC
- Ken Bryan, Senior Strategist for External Relations, RTC
- Eric Oberg, Senior Director of Programs, RTC
- Yvonne Mwangi, Trail Resources and Planning Manager, RTC (moderator)
Resources
- Our new toolbox page, Working with the Railroads, helps you understand the motivations behind railroad decisions and offers practical tips for preparing to speak with railroad representatives.
- For more information on legal issues around rail-trail conversions, check out Rails to Trails Conversions: A Legal Review Â
- Learn how RTC’s legal program defends railbanking in the courts
- Learn the basics of railbanking
- Get step-by-step guidance on the railbaanking process: How to Railbank
- Read about CSX’s approach to rail-trail conversions: CSX and Rails to Trails  Â
- Check out the Kickapoo Rail Trail on TrailLink!
- Learn more about the Urbana Park District
RTC’s TrailNation Collaborative, Trail Development and Policy teams produce a free webinar series designed to help trail professionals build, grow, manage, maintain, promote or otherwise support trails and trail networks. Sign up here to get webinar alerts.
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