Here's the 2019 Archive for the Norwottuck Network's
Free E-Newsletter about Trail Development in the Northeast.
Rail Trail Newsletter, December 23, 2019
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State approves Eversource power line through Sudbury and Hudson
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Sudbury keeps fight alive on Eversource powerline project
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Derailed in Belchertown and Weston
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LETTER: Help join Clinton’s trails to Mass Central Rail Trail system
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Dr. Edward P. Yaglou Obituary
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Letter to the Editor: Protect...something
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Here's a valuable report by Edwin Hiller of NH
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PEDAL PEOPLE are working on the MCRT
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Looking for something fun to do on New Year's Day?
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Should low speed electric bikes be allowed on multi-use paths in Mass.?
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail bridge over Rte 2 in Concord, heads out to bid
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Letter To The Editor: Dedham Rail Trail Ballot Question
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Taking the first step in creating a new trail that will link neighborhoods in the city and town of Poughkeepsie...
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Another GREAT Letter To The Editor...
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White River Junction, VT Volunteers Plan Trail to Downtown
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Regional coalition wants to grow its trail network to nearly 900 miles around metro DC
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Coast-to-coast rail trail will cut through Indiana. Here's what Hoosiers can expect.
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RTC Releases Latest Research On Net Economic Impact Of Trails In Wisconsin
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The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America is all lit up.
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What is Your Design Advice for These Tilted Trashcans Next to Bike Paths?
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New from the PA Land Trust Association. The trail studies described in this guide collectively identify a variety of trail benefits...
Rail Trail Newsletter, November 10, 2019
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It's official! Another 1/2 mile of the MCRT is OPEN in Ware.
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And another 6 miles of the MCRT just opened in Wayland and Weston
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Save the Date! Saturday, 11- 16-19 A CHILI-FEST to SUPPORT THE MCRT in Clinton!
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Belmont Community Path Abutter Site Walk on Nov. 19th.
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Video of a wheel-chair on the newly opened stone-dust section of the MCRT in Ware.
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Important news from the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail - Support State Legislation to Support Rail Trails including the BFRT
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Art and Community Celebrated on the Dedham Rail Trail
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New 11.5-mile rail trail promises great fall foliage views
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Walkway Over the Hudson turns 10 years old: How it spurred change, improved region
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Ashokan NY rail trail opens just in time for peak fall foliage
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From Industry to Open Space—Making a Transformational Change in Kingston NY
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The Lamoille Valley Rail Trail - If We Build It They Will Come
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Another Gap filled in the ECG
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Yankee Magazine did a short video interview with Tim Blagden about the Concord – Lake Sunapee Rail Trail
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A bill (S.4416B/A.5035B) to create New York's first multi-use trails plan has been sent to Governor Cuomo for his approval.
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Second Act for Shuttered Mills Revitalizes New England Towns
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When a Transit Agency Becomes a Suburban Developer
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Want Better Safe Streets? Just add paint
Rail Trail Newsletter, October 10, 2019
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The densest network of former steam and electric railroads in North America is here.
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A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston’s Suburbs
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Save the Date! Saturday, October 19 2019 Ribbon Cutting
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Sudbury Lawsuit Over Mass Central Rail Trail is now Before the MA Supreme Court
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A CALL TO ACTION FOR YOU! TWO OF THE NORTHEAST'S MOST IMPORTANT RAIL TRAILS NEED YOU TO CALL YOUR STATE REP!
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Lynnfield Voters Give Overwhelming YES To Rail Trail
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LYNNFIELD RAIL TRAIL WINS BY WIDE MARGIN
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail opens another segment
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Voters in Marshfield, MA vote to use CPA funds to build the rail trail
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CT Trails Symposium on 10-26 in East Hartford, CT.
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The NH Rail Trail Coalition is holding their conference on 10-26 in Concord, NH
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Mass Trails Conference 10-31 to 11-2.
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New bikeway planned to go straight through Boise Idaho High School campus
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The Netherlands is so good at cycling, even thier PM bikes to work
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North Coast’s Great Redwood Trail in CA would create a 320-mile pathway
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Short Trips Favor E-scooters and E-bikes Over Cars
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E-bikes get green light on Cape Cod National Seashore trails
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Nice Ride in Minneapolis considers retiring dockless bikes, adding e-bikes
Rail Trail Newsletter, September 9, 2019
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Artifact Cider to open taproom in Florence
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The City of Northampton has re-installed milemarker
N-0 / B-104
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Starting next month this E-newsletter will be rebanded
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Complete Street Funding Program Awards
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Make Whiting Avenue Safer For Bikes And Pedestrians
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Rail Trail in to expand into the Cheney District
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First phase of Kingston Point NY Rail Trail opens
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At Providence River PedBridge opening, the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition demands funding restored to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects
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$22M Providence Pedestrian Bridge is officially open; supporters say it’s worth every penny
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Leominster City Council approves Easements for Twin City Rail Trail
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Green light for a green mile of ‘rail with trail’ in N.J.
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$5M Seacoast rail trail deal up for vote
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RIDOT Again Plans to Take Money from Bicycle, Pedestrian Projects
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Basch: Cross Vermont Trail serves up patchwork of urban and rural life
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With Swanzey rail to trails work, cyclists will see smoother ride
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Long-delayed bike path will link Mansfield and Norton
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There is a movement in cities across the world to reclaim underutilized infrastructure and reimagine it as public space.
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Calgary cyclists caught speeding on bike paths could be fined $400
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Downtown-wide Walldogs mural festival kicks off in Keene, NH
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Opinion: Supporting Trail Makes Sense For Town, Residents
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Long-delayed bike path will link Mansfield and Norton
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Why You Should Care That Fewer Kids Are Riding Bikes We owe it to our children to get them on two wheels
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Bike lanes need physical protection from car traffic, study shows Drivers left bikes less room in the presence of parked cars and painted bike lanes.
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How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
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A new bridge will connect bike trails in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s. How about DC too?
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We’ve Blamed Traffic Deaths on Bicyclists Since 1880. What About Drivers?
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Minnesota nursing homes embrace Danish cycling idea that puts older adults on wheels
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E-bikes are now allowed in US national parks, for better or worse
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How Do Fitness Levels of E-Bikers Compare to Those Who Ride Regular?
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With hipster stylings and live diagnostics, has Belgian firm Cowboy made e-bikes cool?
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Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
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Proposed e-bike rule a slippery slope
Rail Trail Newsletter, July 25, 2019
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MA Officials Break Ground On Cochituate Trail in Natick And Reveal Bike Plan During the trail groundbreaking.
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Lynnfield, Legislative Leaders, Take Next Step Along Path To Trail. Leaders ask for release of $500,000 to complete final design.
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Almost 53 Percent Say Yes To Lynnfield Rail Trail
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The Canal Trail Connects Communities
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Squannacook rail trail gets funding boost
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Poughkeepsie, NY urban trail could connect residents with paths, waterfront
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Planning Council Takes Spin On The Greenway
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Tempers flare at Leominster info session on rail trail
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Learn more about the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvements
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Marblehead will use $41,000 MassTrails Grant to fund redesign of rail trail
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Boroughs Loop Trail to open in fall 2019
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CT Trail Census
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Sculpture lights up rail trail tunnel
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Pedal for the Path - a ride to complete the South Coast Bikeway
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NY’s $23M Adirondack ‘Rails to Trails’ project back on track
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New trail meters allow users to donate trailside to maintain area trails
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This piano crosswalk was painted by a group of strangers with no training but a lot of harmony
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Good, protected bike infrastructure makes cars drive slower, and gives more space to other modes of transit. That makes better and safer cities for all.
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On the benefits of bikes
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New Bike Plan in Mass
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E-Bike Laws
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How do we get more butts on bikes? E-bikes.
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I thought e-bikes were a gimmick, but the $1,350 Schwinn Monroe has changed my mind
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Integrate electric technology into system of rail trails
Rail Trail Newsletter, July 2, 2019
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MASS DOT IS CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A SECTION OF THE MCRT CORRIDOR--FROM BERLIN TO THE WEST-SIDE OF BELCHERTOWN
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The MCRT is awarded 6 grants for various segments
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Come out next Tuesday to Clinton and learn about the efforts to knit together the middle section of the MCRT corridor.
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The best rail trails in Upstate NY: 18 pathways to bike, run or walk this summer
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WELCOME TO THE INAUGURAL RIMACONN RELAY
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Building a rail trail by bringing together artists and advocates.
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From Key West to Calais: The East Coast Greenway
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Exploring N.H.'s Rail-TrailsHow to Cut 10,000 Parking Spaces Without Anyone Complaining
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Tri-community bike path opens at last, linking Winchester, Woburn and Stoneham
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Learn more about the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvements
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The Boroughs Trail is coming! You can help blaze the way
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‘Pedal tavern’ proposal has uncertain prospects in Easthampton
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Is it a bicycle? ‘Pedal N’ Party’ brewery bike tour owner disputes ban from Easthampton police
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Pedal 'N Party bike ordered off Easthampton rail trail
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Building historical connections Where an ill-fated railroad once ran
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GreenWay Project Will Complete Final Leg of Silver Line Extension in Chelsea
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Making The Bike Trail A Reality - Editorial
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Baker-Polito Administration Announces $5 Million in MassTrails Grants for 71 Projects
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BAKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES GRANTS TO SWAMPSCOTT’S RAIL TRAIL, LYNN’S COMMUNITY PATH
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Love them or hate them, research offers financial case for big city bike lanes
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5 ways multi-use trail systems transform communities
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Residential developments gravitate toward greenways
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Why building walkable cities is the key to economic success
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Bold corridor attracts investment
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Bettering Bike Infrastructure for U.S. Cities
Rail Trail Newsletter, May 27, 2019
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How A Small, Little-Known River Once Powered An Economy And Shaped A Landscape
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Belmont Community Path segment of the MCRT
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A closer look at Waltham’s Wayside Rail Trail segment of the Mass Central Rail Trail
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The New Norwottuck Network
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BAD THINGS HAPPENING THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT
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Debate Discussion About Dedham Rail Trail Inaccurate
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East Boston Greenway update.
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ValleyBike Sees Plenty Of Growth Potential As It Gets Up To Speed
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WALLETS ON WHEELS
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Vermont's Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Puts Small Businesses on the Path to Profitability
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The Unlikely Way E-Bikes Could Transform How We Age
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How Chicago’s South Side Is Creating the ‘Un’ High Line
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E-bikes are gaining traction, though some say not so fast
Rail Trail Newsletter, April 29, 2019
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UPCOMING EVENT Sunday, May 5th at 1 p.m.
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Clinton Dam Day Location: Clinton Dam. Rt. 70 in Clinton
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Top spots to live 2019: West of Boston
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Another Update in Belmont Community Path Design for the MCRT will Focus On the Segment North Of Tracks
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Rail trail to close key gap - Work begins on long-awaited link to Columbia County in NY
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$1 million boost City of Haverhill, MA gets state money to extend rail trail
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Trails Across New York Campaign
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Westport, MA teams with neighboring towns on biking, walking trails
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Fitchburg-Leominster rail trail takes a step forward at public hearing
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More closing the gaps in NY: Washington County gets connected to trails across the state
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Hello, Hula: Can Russ Scully Create a Lakeside Tech Scene?
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Moving by muscle — Active transportation can reduce climate change
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The closer you live to an urban greenway, the more physically active you are, says UBC study
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‘Plogging’ is the Swedish fitness craze for people who want to save the planet. It’s making its way to the U.S.
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When freeways have no futures
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Cambridge’s New Bike Lane Law is ‘Bikelash’-Proof
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How Do Drivers Not See That They're the Worst?
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The Economic Value of Actually Following Through on a Bike Plan
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Train signals to be restored and set along rail trails
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Wilmington, NC rail trail will spur local economic impact via art
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Land conservation leads to job growth
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Crowdfunding Can Reduce the Risk of ‘Bikelash’
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Open Space Institute is saving landscapes and building trails in Ulster County, NY
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Wisconsin State budget proposal restores eminent domain for bike trails
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It was 20 years ago today that Sgt Pepper taught the band to play. Not really, but
it was 25 years ago this month...
Rail Trail Newsletter, March 24, 2019
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As I See It: Mass Central Rail Trail is a part of the Worcester renaissance
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A SPECIAL GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF TODAY FROM VISIONARY LEADERS OF THE 1970s
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LIVING LIFE DIRECTLY NEXT TO A RAIL TRAIL
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Old RR bridges on the MCRT's Wayside segment?
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ART ON THE ARRT
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SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2019 Northampton House Tour
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New bike path through Fall River, Tiverton in the works
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Lynnfield's $10.4 Million Golden Ticket
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Dutchess County and MTA Revive Talk of Beacon, NY Rail Trail
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Lynnfield Residents Continue Rail Trail Debate At MassDOT 25% Design Hearing
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The Robert Moses Built Expresway at Niagara Falls is coming down and to be replaced w a GREENWAY
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4 Trail Trends Explained
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I Lived Next To Alewife Bike Path, in Arlington and Here's My Take on the Idea of a Lynnfield Trail
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Residents give big vote of support to trail system
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Minuteman Bikeway extension to reach Concord
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The Design Bible That Changed How Americans Bike in Cities
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Cast your vote for the DL&W Corridor Design Ideas Competition
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These five cities are taking bold steps to rein in sprawl
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‘Bourbon Road Rail Trail’ in Frankfort KY could come to fruition this year
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This newsletter has won An Award from Constant Contact--for being in their TOP 10%. Wow!
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' Trails Across NY' Advocates For Empire State Trail
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‘It’s a long time coming’: $6.2 million wildlife bridge over I-90 nears completion
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East Coast Greenway: Hike or bike your way from Maine to Florida
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What's killing U.S. pedestrians? Streets that weren't designed for them.
Rail Trail Newsletter, March 6, 2019
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Selectmen: For Belmont Pedestrians Path Route Decision is Life and Death
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HERE'S SOME NICE BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS OF WHAT THE MCRT LAYOUT WILL LOOK LIKE...
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Looking for a fun spring bike ride on the MCRT?
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Come-on people, we can do better than this
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Just another sale of former RR corridor in Mass
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Stamford, CT Granted $160,000 for Merritt Parkway Trail first mile
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Southern leg of Granite State Rail Trail nearing completion
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Schell Bridge will make this town whole again
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DOES LYNNFIELD NEED A RAIL TRAIL?
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Airline Trail Plan Links 12 Communities
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Swampscott’s Rail Trail project is moving full steam ahead
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The ATV economy has been a game changer in New Hampshire’s Coos County.
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Future of off-road riding debated at State House
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Electric bikes could provide old people with brain boost
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National rail-trail from DC to Washington State.
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The Netherlands Pays People To Bike To Work
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Complete Streets Funding Program awards $3-million in grants for infrastructure improvements
Rail Trail Newsletter, February 15, 2019 #30
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Alternative Transportation Corridors
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Critical Community Path Decisions for Belmont's section of the MCRT
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New path in Nassau, DEAdditonal Lewes segment to be finished by spring;
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The mode less traveled
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Kudos to Gov. Cuomo for rail trail
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Debating Bicycling Safety, Infrastructure in Boston
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State gives go-ahead to rail trail extension in Wellfleet
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State Grant Awarded For Cheney Rail Trail Project In Manchester, CT
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LETTER: The much-needed Clippership Connector
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Mattapoisett bike path extension to move forward this spring
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Wareham weighs dissolving Bike Path Committee
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New phase of Haverhill, MA rail trail chugging along
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Firm hired for phase one rail trail design in Bourne, MA
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NH communities get $1.7M for 'alternative transportation projects'
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Easthampton exploring trail expansions--to schools, parks and into residential neighborhoods
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Bicycle Plan
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The Economics Behind Reclaiming Outdated Infrastructure for Public Places
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New Animation of Bike-Ped Path on Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge
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Meet the newest sections of Greenway, designated in 2018
Rail Trail Newsletter, January 1, 2019 #29
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The last big remaining part of the construction in Weston is the Conant Road overpass.
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Bike to the Sea 2018 Year in Review.
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'Mobile wetland’ showcases Tibbetts Brook Greenway in NYC benefits'
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Rockland Rail Trail final section to be completed next week
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Columbia County NY EDC and Columbia Land Conservancy study joining Harlem Valley and Electric trails.
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Adirondack Parks Agency change paves way for rail trail between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake
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VOTERS MAY DECIDE WHETHER LYNNFIELD RECEIVES A RAIL TRAIL OR NOT
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New Bike Path Work is Underway in Montpelier, VT
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Rail Trail group on Cape Cod to assist in state grant application
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Laconia, NH selects consultant to design potential Rail-w-Trail
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Chicago builds out the first section of Navy Pier Flyover
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Filling a gap in the Air Line Trail between East Hampton and Portland CT
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A Trail Proposal in Western NY Isn't Liked by the Neighbors.
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3-mile trail extension in CT opens near Manchester
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Competition opens to redesign Buffalo’s old elevated rail line
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THE FUTURE OF RAILROADS: WHY RAIL-TO-TRAIL CONVERSION IS THE KEY TO BOTH EVENTUAL RAIL RESTORATIONAND CURRENT OFF-ROAD NETWORKS
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The Pedestrian Strikes Back
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Scooters and hoverboards add to Dutch cycle lane hell
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London Launches 5-Year Plan To Entice More People To Fall In Love With Cycling
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Here's a story about a RR company in MO that wants to give 144 miles of former RR corridor to the state.