It’s nice that we have non-profits like the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.It’s vital that we get a certain level of government support for building trails.It’s important that individuals just like you and me get involved in the purchase and preservation of trail lands. But it’s also essential that we get help from businesses from the mom & …
Category: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
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Dec 18 2010
Rails to Trails Vision
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is one of the most important organizations out there. I like what they’ve done in the past, what they’re doing right now, and their vision for the future. In their “Welcome” flyer, they have proposed the following “bold ideas:” They want to, “…double the amount of funds that support trails…” biker on …
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Dec 17 2010
McQueen’s Island Historic Trail & more
In a pamphlet I recently received from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, they had brief descriptions of the following trails: McQueen’s Island Historic Trail in Georgia Big River Regional Trail in Minnesota The Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail in Utah The Capital Crescent Trail in the Washington D.C. metro area Cole Harbour Salt Marsh Trail in Nova Scotia, Canada Lake …
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Dec 16 2010
Why not use unemployed to build trails?
I know it sounds simplistic, but we can always use more trails and there are thousands of people unemployed, so why not utilize an underutilized work force? We are already paying unemployment benefits, so it wouldn’t cost much more than what we’re already paying. It just seems to make so much sense to employ those …
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Nov 13 2010
Rails to Trails Conservancy features Santa Fe Trail in Winter Magazine
Aahh, this month’s Rails to Trails magazine brought back fond memories of my time spent pedaling my bike on the Santa Fe Rail Trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As I wrote about in an earlier blog, I loved the ease with which I could ride the trail in Santa Fe, then ride the rail …
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Sep 03 2010
B-cycle bike rentals program adds third city
For those who want to visit the big city without a large carbon output or money output, there are many low-cost bike loan programs available. The b-cycle program is available in Chicago, Denver, and now Boulder, Colorado. With the swipe of a credit card bicyclists are able to borrow a bike for a half hour …
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