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Resource Category: Trail Planning


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WEBINAR – Trail Networks and Housing Stability Part 2: Affordable Housing Development
May 18, 2022
Practitioners from the fields of affordable housing and real estate development to discuss their experiences integrating affordable housing with trails.
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Great American Rail-Trail Route Assessment Report 2022
May 11, 2022
RTC embarked on a 12-month assessment of route options using its GIS database of more than 34,000 miles of existing trails nationwide.
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WEBINAR – Trail Networks and Housing Stability Part 1: Exploring the Evidence Base
May 03, 2022
Explored research and evidence base surrounding the relationship between trails, property values and displacement.
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Connecting Ashtabula to Pittsburgh Feasibility Study
December 20, 2021
The Ashtabula to Pittsburgh (A2P) multiuse trail corridor will travel between Ashtabula, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Creating Inclusive & Equitable Trail Development: Case Studies in Detroit and Milwaukee
June 23, 2021
The key to creating inclusive & equitable trail development is ensuring every stakeholder in a community is a part of the development process
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Rail with Trails: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
May 01, 2021
This updated Rails-with-Trai ls: Lessons Le arned report documents how the state of the practice, perspectives, and context for rails-with-trai l s has evolved since 2002 and identifies updated effective practices for e ach phase of a rail-with-trail project, from development to design to construction, operation, and maintenance.
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WEBINAR – Trails & Trains Together: Trends, Challenges & Effective Practices for Rail-with-Trail Development
January 27, 2021
In 2013, RTC published America’s Rail-with-Trails, documenting trends, examples and practical tools to assist trail planners and advocates further rail-with-trail development.
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30th Street Corridor Shared-Use Trail Preliminary Feasibility Study
December 16, 2020
The 30th Street Industrial Corridor has a rich history as an industrial and manufacturing employment hub west and northwest of downtown Milwaukee, particularly for Milwaukee’s African American community.
View of the 30th Street corridor in Milwaukee, looking south from the North Avenue Bridge (taken in July 2020) | Courtesy RTC
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Glossary of Trail Terms Relating to Equitable Trail Development
November 30, 2020
The Glossary of Trail Terms provides definitions of terms like equity, equality, diversity, inclusion, cultural competence and equitable development.
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New England Rail-Trail Spine Network map
August 17, 2020
The goal of the New England Rail-Trail is to unite Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut by multipurpose trail.