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Rail Trail Newsletter #77 - May 2023

  • THE REPORT and a 1 page summary of the Statewide Connections Benefits Report

  • Benefits of shared use paths

  • Cambridge Crossing arrives after two decades. It was worth the wait.

  • Slide presentation showing construction in Sudbury on both the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail and the Mass Central Rail Trail

  • MBTA In Court Over Lawsuit Involving Mass Central Rail in Sudbury

  • Unresolved Accessibility Issues Push Somerville Community Path Opening to Mid-June 

  • SAVE THE DATE!! Our 9th GOLDEN SPIKE CONFERENCE will be held on Saturday 10-14-23 

  • Compelling Letter by Craig Della Penna to Maine about the Mt. Division trail.

  • FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHAMPTON GREENWAY Meeting for 2023!! 

  • The Northern Strand Trail Is Growing In Lynn and Everett

  • Fall River is building more rail trail, with a goal to connect Cape Cod to RI by bike

  • Europe just got its first solar-covered cycling path 

  • During the pandemic, cities opened their streets to pedestrians. So what now?

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​Rail Trail Newsletter #76 - March 2023

  • MBTA Seeks Dismissal Of Lawsuit That Could Stall Mass Central Rail Trail

  • 3 Major MetroWest Trail Projects Are Under Construction In 2023

  • LOOKING FOR A FUN FAMILY ACTIVITY? SATURDAY, APRIL 22 FROM 10-2. "PARK SERVE DAY"

  • Our interactive MCRT map is coming back to life.

  • SAVE THE DATE!! Our 9th GOLDEN SPIKE CONFERENCE will be held on Saturday 10-14-23

  • LYNN/NAHANT BIKE LANES MAPPED OUT

  • Westfield City Council asked to sign letter joining the 81- mile rail trail

  • The Mattapoisett Bike Path - Bike Path Boardwalk Opening Soon

  • Officials on Cape Cod Now Open To Removing Rail Line For Bike Path

  • Legislative Budget writers back NH DOT in Derry rail trail dispute

  • UNPAVED TRAILS FOR ALL.

  • Northfield seeks $12.5M federal grant to replace Schell Bridge

  • Keeping the Cochituate Rail Trail in Natick tidy

  • Vigil for Crash Victims Amplifies Need for Safer Streets in Springfield

  • Chicopee suffers third fatal pedestrian accident on one Chicopee Street since November

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​Rail Trail Newsletter #75 - February 2023

  • Sadly, we have to report that our friend, Tom Kelleher suddenly and unexpectedly passed away

  • Lawsuit Over Sudbury Eversource, Rail Trail Project Dismissed By Judge

  • Mass Central Rail Trial Economic Study with Kittelson & Associates is still under-development

  • The Town of Ware is building a kiosk dedicated to Steven Hawk

  • Magazine article by Craig Della Penna related to rail trails and living next to one.

  • Leominster and Fitchburg’s New Rail-Trail Gets Creative With Winter Maintenance

  • Lamoille Valley Rail Trail expects to open mid 2023

  • Op-ed piece from 2003, for the Hardwick, VT Newspaper, that talked about why the railroad wasn't economically viable anymore and why it needed to become a trail.

  • Another editorial by Atty. Hans Huessy in the Stowe, VT newspaper, 15+ years later, in 2019 and the trail still wasn't built.

  • As the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail nears completion, northern Vt. towns prepare for tourists

  • Danville's 151-year-old train station is getting a makeover

  • Maine State council backs the creation of a new rail trail between Auburn and Portland

  • Revival: The Story of the Minuteman Bikeway

  • Here's where the well loved Ashuwillticook Rail Trail is heading next in Pittsfield 

  • Schumer Launches Major Push For New Funding-YONKERS

  • Five Covered RR Bridges are still standing on some rail trails in VT and NH.

  • And here is Tim Blagden and his wife and daughter on the Concord & Lake Sunapee Rail Trail in NH.

  • Long Island Greenway May Roll Through South Fork: 175-mile route would be like Empire State Trail

  • The Open Space Institute unveils Ambitious Growing Greenways Plan

  • City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide 

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​Rail Trail Newsletter #74 - January 2023

  • Clinton trail development work is in process!

  • Feds Decline Sudbury Rail Line Case, Opponents Say They 'Can Prevail'

  • Friends of the Belchertown Greenway felt it was necessary to take a look at the old trestle bridge over the Jabish Brook 

  • Maine DOT unveils a series of plans across their entire spectrum of realms.

  • Rail trail running through Dutchess and Columbia Counties in eastern NY gets $375,000 grant

  • $3 Million earmarked for the BFRT's new Framingham segment

  • Trails caucus to be re-launched in state Legislature BOSTON

  • 6,000 days later: Framingham on track to buy corridor for rail trail

  • Framingham Mayor Finalizes Purchase Of 3.5 Miles For Freeman Rail Trail

  • Who Doesn't Want A Bike Path On Wauwinet Road, Nantucket?  Wauwinet Property Owners

  • The big news in this issue is that Southampton has purchased their dead RR

  • Westfield rail trail’s downtown extension on track for spring opening 

  • 3 new segments of VT's Lamoille Valley Rail Trail open 

  • National Trade Magazine for the electrical utility industry talking about a need to put a lot of the grid underground.

  • Eversource installing electric cables under the Shining Sea Trail in Falmouth this winter.

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