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![Preferred Design - In 2020, NHDOT proposed and FHWA approved a design for the Derry Rail Trail similar to the example below. That design complied with Section 4(f) and meets the expectations of the Committee, RTC and the public](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Good-tunnel-design-from-GSRT-petition-800x442-c-default.jpg)
Press Release
Advocates Sue New Hampshire Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration Over Elimination of Derry Rail Trail Tunnel
August 26, 2024
![North Loop of the Raccoon River Valley Trail | Photo by Laura Stark](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/North-Loop-of-the-Raccoon-River-Valley-Trail-Photo-by-Laura-Stark-800x442-c-default.jpg)
Press Release
New Trail Connection Between Raccoon River Valley Trail to High Trestle
August 19, 2024
![Runners on Hawaii's Ke Ala Hele Makālae | Photo courtesy Kauai Path](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kauai_Path_2-Photo-courtesy-Kauai-Path-copy-800x442-c-default.jpg)
Press Release
Hawai‘i’s Ke Ala Hele Makālae Recognized as One of Nation’s Top Trails with Hall of Fame Honor
August 08, 2024
![Spring Garden St. rendering by Philadelphia City Planning Commission](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Renderings-by-Philadelphia-City-Planning-Commission-800x442-c-default.jpg)
Policy
Leveraging Active Transportation to Meet State Carbon Reduction and Climate Goals
August 08, 2024
![Photo courtesy Getty Images](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/4Photo-courtesy-Getty-Images-800x442-c-default.jpg)
Building Trails
Notice: Upcoming Railroad Abandonment in Pike County, Kentucky
August 06, 2024
![U.S. Civil War veteran Edward Day Cohota and his children | Photo courtesy Cape Ann Museum Library and Archives](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/U.S.-Civil-War-veteran-Edward-Day-Cohota-and-his-children-Photo-courtesy-Cape-Ann-Museum-Library-and-Archives-800x442-c-default.jpg)
America’s Trails
American Dreams: People Who Shaped the Landscape of the Great American Rail-Trail
August 06, 2024
![Wenatchee's Apple Capital Loop Trail | Photo by Robert Annis](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Wenatchees-Apple-Capital-Loop-Trail_Photo-by-Robert-Annis-800x442-c-default.jpg)
Using Trails
Washington’s Apple Capital Loop Trail
August 01, 2024
![Stretching from the Idaho border to the Cascade Range, Washington’s Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail crosses two-thirds of the state, connecting the arid eastern scablands with forested mountains in the west. | Photo by Gene Bisbee](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Washington_Palouse-to-Cascades-State-Park-Trail_Photo-by-Gene-Bisbee-800x442-c-default.jpg)
America’s Trails
A View From … Pacific Northwest Guidebook Sneak Peek
July 26, 2024
![Riders pass the Washington/Idaho state line into Idaho, where the trail becomes the North Idaho Centennial Trail and continues on toward Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and to the east. Photo by Cindy Barks](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/3-Spokane-River-Centennial-Trail-Washington-Idaho-line-800x442-c-default.jpg)
America’s Trails
Destination: Washington State’s Spokane River Centennial State Park Trail
July 26, 2024
![The northern end of the trail passes Moab Giants Dinosaur Park, which offers dinosaur experiences and the Giants Café. Photo by Cindy Barks](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/13-Moab-Canyon-Pathway-Rider-at-northern-end-at-Highway-313-800x442-c-default.jpg)
America’s Trails
Destination: Utah’s Moab Canyon Pathway and Arches National Park
July 26, 2024
![Runners on Hawaii's Ke Ala Hele Makālae | Photo courtesy Kauai Path](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kauai_Path_2-Photo-courtesy-Kauai-Path-copy-800x442-c-default.jpg)
America’s Trails
Meet the 2024 Hall of Fame Nominees
July 23, 2024
![Groundbreaking in Owensville, Missouri, along the developing Rock Island Trail State Park | Photo courtesy Friends of Rock Island Trail State Park](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Groundbreaking-in-Owensville-Missouri-along-the-developing-Rock-Island-Trail-State-Park_Courtesy-Friends-of-Rock-Island-Trail-State-Park-800x442-c-default.jpg)
Building Trails
Missouri’s Rock Island Trail State Park: Building Miles and Momentum
July 09, 2024
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