August 11, 2007

RTC Launches 2010 Campaign for Active Transportation: TrailLink 2007 officially kicks off nationwide drive to promote walking and biking as mainstream transportation options. See issue briefs and slideshow presentations from the conference.

July 6, 2007

Partnering Up: Regional Forums Help to Build the Movement: Looking to energize the active transportation movement, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is convening three regional forums this summer to unify the diverse voices in the national trails community.

June 27, 2007

RTC Launches Rail-Trail Hall of Fame First Inductee: The Great Allegheny Passage (Maryland and Pennsylvania)

November 21, 2006

Milwaukee Road Extends: It's the railroading equivalent of Route 66. Twenty new miles in Northen Idaho bring the Milwaukee Road Corridor closer to being the longest rail-trail in the country.
 

November 20, 2006

Fifteen Coca-Cola Grantees Named: $5,000-Grants give boost to trail organizations across the country.

 

October 2, 2006

Wall Street Journal : Forget Golf Courses, Beaches & Mountains: When it comes to finding a new place to live, today's retirees are looking for something completely different—an article by Kelly Greene. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the subhead RAIL TRAILS.

July 14, 2006

RTC Defends Railbanking: Bill threatens to open up critical railbanking statute to potentially harmful changes.

June 27, 2006

Coca-Cola Quenches Thirst for Trails: Coca-Cola makes a $500,000 gift to RTC to bolster trail development in 13-plus communities.

June 2006

Active Living Network Interviews Keith Laughlin: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is the Active Living Network's June 2006 Featured Partner. RTC president Keith Laughlin is interviewed on 20 years of rail-trails, and why the urban landscape is the future frontier. Read More

April 9, 2006

RTC Participates in the James L. Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology

2006 Dasani Blue Bikes™ Sites Announced

October 4, 2006

October 4th is International Walk to School Day

June 1, 2006

36 New National Recreation Trails Announced: Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today designated 36 trails in 24 states as new National Recreation Trails, adding more than 800 miles of trails to the National Trails System. Nine of these newly designated trails are rail-trails. Read the Department of Interior Press Release 

May 22, 2006

American Recreation Coalition Awards Representative Petri the Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award: The American Recreation Coalition's (ARC) Chairman and the President and CEO of The Coleman Company will present the 18th annual Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award – the recreation community's most prestigious award – to Thomas E. Petri, Member of Congress and Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. Read the full news release