Rail Trail Newsletter, December 23, 2019

• State approves Eversource power line through Sudbury and Hudson

• Sudbury keeps fight alive on Eversource powerline project

• Derailed in Belchertown and Weston

• LETTER: Help join Clinton’s trails to Mass Central Rail Trail system

• Dr. Edward P. Yaglou Obituary

• Letter to the Editor: Protect...something

• Here's a valuable report by Edwin Hiller of NH

• PEDAL PEOPLE are working on the MCRT

• Looking for something fun to do on New Year's Day?

• Should low speed electric bikes be allowed on multi-use paths in Mass.?

• Bruce Freeman Rail Trail bridge over Rte 2 in Concord, heads out to bid

• Letter To The Editor: Dedham Rail Trail Ballot Question

• Taking the first step in creating a new trail that will link neighborhoods in the city and town of Poughkeepsie...

• Another GREAT Letter To The Editor...

• White River Junction, VT Volunteers Plan Trail to Downtown

• Regional coalition wants to grow its trail network to nearly 900 miles around metro DC

• Coast-to-coast rail trail will cut through Indiana. Here's what Hoosiers can expect.

• RTC Releases Latest Research On Net Economic Impact Of Trails In Wisconsin

• The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in North America is all lit up.

• What is Your Design Advice for These Tilted Trashcans Next to Bike Paths?

• 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

• It's official! Another 1/2 mile of the MCRT is OPEN in Ware.

• And another 6 miles of the MCRT just opened in Wayland and Weston

• Save the Date! Saturday, 11- 16-19 A CHILI-FEST to SUPPORT THE MCRT in Clinton!

• Belmont Community Path Abutter Site Walk on Nov. 19th.

• Video of a wheel-chair on the newly opened stone-dust section of the MCRT in Ware.

• Important news from the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail - Support State Legislation to Support Rail Trails including the BFRT 

• Art and Community Celebrated on the Dedham Rail Trail

• New 11.5-mile rail trail promises great fall foliage views

• Walkway Over the Hudson turns 10 years old: How it spurred change, improved region

• Ashokan NY rail trail opens just in time for peak fall foliage

• From Industry to Open Space—Making a Transformational Change in Kingston NY

• The Lamoille Valley Rail Trail - If We Build It They Will Come

• Another Gap filled in the ECG

• Yankee Magazine did a short video interview with Tim Blagden about the Concord – Lake Sunapee Rail Trail

• 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.

• Second Act for Shuttered Mills Revitalizes New England Towns

• When a Transit Agency Becomes a Suburban Developer

• Want Better Safe Streets? Just add paint

Rail Trail Newsletter, October 10, 2019

• The densest network of former steam and electric railroads in North America is here.

• A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston’s Suburbs

• Save the Date! Saturday, October 19 2019 Ribbon Cutting

• Sudbury Lawsuit Over Mass Central Rail Trail is now Before the MA Supreme Court

• A CALL TO ACTION FOR YOU! TWO OF THE NORTHEAST'S MOST IMPORTANT RAIL TRAILS NEED YOU TO CALL YOUR STATE REP!

• Lynnfield Voters Give Overwhelming YES To Rail Trail

• LYNNFIELD RAIL TRAIL WINS BY WIDE MARGIN

• Bruce Freeman Rail Trail opens another segment

• Voters in Marshfield, MA vote to use CPA funds to build the rail trail

• CT Trails Symposium on 10-26 in East Hartford, CT.

• The NH Rail Trail Coalition is holding their conference on 10-26 in Concord, NH

• Mass Trails Conference 10-31 to 11-2.

• New bikeway planned to go straight through Boise Idaho High School campus

• The Netherlands is so good at cycling, even their PM bikes to work

• North Coast’s Great Redwood Trail in CA would create a 320-mile pathway

• Short Trips Favor E-scooters and E-bikes Over Cars

• E-bikes get green light on Cape Cod National Seashore trails

• Nice Ride in Minneapolis considers retiring dockless bikes, adding e-bikes

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Rail Trail Newsletter, September 9, 2019

• Artifact Cider to open taproom in Florence

• The City of Northampton has re-installed milemarker

  N-0 / B-104

• Starting next month this E-newsletter will be rebanded

• Complete Street Funding Program Awards

• Make Whiting Avenue Safer For Bikes And Pedestrians

• Rail Trail in to expand into the Cheney District

• First phase of Kingston Point NY Rail Trail opens

• At Providence River PedBridge opening, the Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition demands funding restored to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects

• $22M Providence Pedestrian Bridge is officially open; supporters say it’s worth every penny

• Leominster City Council approves Easements for Twin City Rail Trail

• Green light for a green mile of ‘rail with trail’ in N.J.

• $5M Seacoast rail trail deal up for vote

• RIDOT Again Plans to Take Money from Bicycle, Pedestrian Projects

• Basch: Cross Vermont Trail serves up patchwork of urban and rural life

• With Swanzey rail to trails work, cyclists will see smoother ride

• Long-delayed bike path will link Mansfield and Norton

• There is a movement in cities across the world to reclaim underutilized infrastructure and reimagine it as public space.

• Calgary cyclists caught speeding on bike paths could be fined $400

• Downtown-wide Walldogs mural festival kicks off in Keene, NH

• Opinion: Supporting Trail Makes Sense For Town, Residents

• Long-delayed bike path will link Mansfield and Norton

• Why You Should Care That Fewer Kids Are Riding Bikes We owe it to our children to get them on two wheels

• 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.

• How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world

• A new bridge will connect bike trails in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s. How about DC too?

• We’ve Blamed Traffic Deaths on Bicyclists Since 1880. What About Drivers?

• Minnesota nursing homes embrace Danish cycling idea that puts older adults on wheels

• E-bikes are now allowed in US national parks, for better or worse

• How Do Fitness Levels of E-Bikers Compare to Those Who Ride Regular?

• With hipster stylings and live diagnostics, has Belgian firm Cowboy made e-bikes cool?

• Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level

• Proposed e-bike rule a slippery slope

Rail Trail Newsletter, July 25,  2019

• MA Officials Break Ground On Cochituate Trail in Natick And Reveal Bike Plan During the trail groundbreaking.

• Lynnfield, Legislative Leaders, Take Next Step Along Path To Trail. Leaders ask for release of $500,000 to complete final design.

• Almost 53 Percent Say Yes To Lynnfield Rail Trail 

• The Canal Trail Connects Communities

• Squannacook rail trail gets funding boost

• Poughkeepsie, NY urban trail could connect residents with paths, waterfront

• Planning Council Takes Spin On The Greenway

• Tempers flare at Leominster info session on rail trail

• Learn more about the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvements

• Marblehead will use $41,000 MassTrails Grant to fund redesign of rail trail

• Boroughs Loop Trail to open in fall 2019

• CT Trail Census 

• Sculpture lights up rail trail tunnel

• Pedal for the Path - a ride to complete the South Coast Bikeway

• NY’s $23M Adirondack ‘Rails to Trails’ project back on track

• New trail meters allow users to donate trailside to maintain area trails

• This piano crosswalk was painted by a group of strangers with no training but a lot of harmony

• 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.

• On the benefits of bikes

• New Bike Plan in Mass

• E-Bike Laws

• How do we get more butts on bikes? E-bikes.

• I thought e-bikes were a gimmick, but the $1,350 Schwinn Monroe has changed my mind

• Integrate electric technology into system of rail trails

Rail Trail Newsletter, July 2, 2019

• MASS DOT IS CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON A SECTION OF THE MCRT CORRIDOR--FROM BERLIN TO THE WEST-SIDE OF BELCHERTOWN

• The MCRT is awarded 6 grants for various segments

• Come out next Tuesday to Clinton and learn about the efforts to knit together the middle section of the MCRT corridor.

• The best rail trails in Upstate NY: 18 pathways to bike, run or walk this summer

• WELCOME TO THE INAUGURAL RIMACONN RELAY

• Building a rail trail by bringing together artists and advocates.

• From Key West to Calais: The East Coast Greenway

• Exploring N.H.'s Rail-TrailsHow to Cut 10,000 Parking Spaces Without Anyone Complaining

• Tri-community bike path opens at last, linking Winchester, Woburn and Stoneham

• Learn more about the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvements

• The Boroughs Trail is coming! You can help blaze the way

• ‘Pedal tavern’ proposal has uncertain prospects in Easthampton

• Is it a bicycle? ‘Pedal N’ Party’ brewery bike tour owner disputes ban from Easthampton police

• Pedal 'N Party bike ordered off Easthampton rail trail

• Building historical connections Where an ill-fated railroad once ran

• GreenWay Project Will Complete Final Leg of Silver Line Extension in Chelsea

• Making The Bike Trail A Reality - Editorial

• Baker-Polito Administration Announces $5 Million in MassTrails Grants for 71 Projects

• BAKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES GRANTS TO SWAMPSCOTT’S RAIL TRAIL, LYNN’S COMMUNITY PATH

• Love them or hate them, research offers financial case for big city bike lanes

• 5 ways multi-use trail systems transform communities

• Residential developments gravitate toward greenways

• Why building walkable cities is the key to economic success

• Bold corridor attracts investment

• Bettering Bike Infrastructure for U.S. Cities

Rail Trail Newsletter, May 27, 2019

• How A Small, Little-Known River Once Powered An Economy And Shaped A Landscape

• Belmont Community Path segment of the MCRT

• A closer look at Waltham’s Wayside Rail Trail segment of the Mass Central Rail Trail

• The New Norwottuck Network

• BAD THINGS HAPPENING THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT

• Debate Discussion About Dedham Rail Trail Inaccurate 

• East Boston Greenway update.

• ValleyBike Sees Plenty Of Growth Potential As It Gets Up To Speed

• WALLETS ON WHEELS

• Vermont's Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Puts Small Businesses on the Path to Profitability 

• The Unlikely Way E-Bikes Could Transform How We Age

• How Chicago’s South Side Is Creating the ‘Un’ High Line

• E-bikes are gaining traction, though some say not so fast

Rail Trail Newsletter, April 29, 2019

• UPCOMING EVENT Sunday, May 5th at 1 p.m.

• Clinton Dam Day Location: Clinton Dam. Rt. 70 in Clinton

• Top spots to live 2019: West of Boston

• Another Update in Belmont Community Path Design for the MCRT will Focus On the Segment North Of Tracks

• Rail trail to close key gap - Work begins on long-awaited link to Columbia County in NY

• $1 million boost  City of Haverhill, MA gets state money to extend rail trail

• Trails Across New York Campaign

• Westport, MA teams with neighboring towns on biking, walking trails

• Fitchburg-Leominster rail trail takes a step forward at public hearing 

• More closing the gaps in NY: Washington County gets connected to trails across the state

• Hello, Hula: Can Russ Scully Create a Lakeside Tech Scene? 

• Moving by muscle — Active transportation can reduce climate change

• The closer you live to an urban greenway, the more physically active you are, says UBC study

• ‘Plogging’ is the Swedish fitness craze for people who want to save the planet. It’s making its way to the U.S.

• When freeways have no futures

• Cambridge’s New Bike Lane Law is ‘Bikelash’-Proof

• How Do Drivers Not See That They're the Worst?

• The Economic Value of Actually Following Through on a Bike Plan

• Train signals to be restored and set along rail trails

• Wilmington, NC rail trail will spur local economic impact via art

• Land conservation leads to job growth

• Crowdfunding Can Reduce the Risk of ‘Bikelash’

• Open Space Institute is saving landscapes and building trails in Ulster County, NY

• Wisconsin State budget proposal restores eminent domain for bike trails

• 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

• As I See It: Mass Central Rail Trail is a part of the Worcester renaissance

• A SPECIAL GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF TODAY FROM VISIONARY LEADERS OF THE 1970s 

• LIVING LIFE DIRECTLY NEXT TO A RAIL TRAIL

• Old RR bridges on the MCRT's Wayside segment?

• ART ON THE ARRT

• SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2019 Northampton House Tour

• New bike path through Fall River, Tiverton in the works

• Lynnfield's $10.4 Million Golden Ticket

• Dutchess County and MTA Revive Talk of Beacon, NY Rail Trail

• Lynnfield Residents Continue Rail Trail Debate At MassDOT 25% Design Hearing

• The Robert Moses Built Expresway at Niagara Falls is coming down and to be replaced w a GREENWAY

• 4 Trail Trends Explained

• I Lived Next To Alewife Bike Path, in Arlington and Here's My Take on the Idea of a Lynnfield Trail

• Residents give big vote of support to trail system

• Minuteman Bikeway extension to reach Concord

• The Design Bible That Changed How Americans Bike in Cities

• Cast your vote for the DL&W Corridor Design Ideas Competition

• These five cities are taking bold steps to rein in sprawl

• ‘Bourbon Road Rail Trail’ in Frankfort KY could come to fruition this year

• This newsletter has won An Award from Constant Contact--for being in their TOP 10%. Wow!

• ' Trails Across NY' Advocates For Empire State Trail

• ‘It’s a long time coming’: $6.2 million wildlife bridge over I-90 nears completion

• East Coast Greenway: Hike or bike your way from Maine to Florida

• What's killing U.S. pedestrians? Streets that weren't designed for them.

Rail Trail Newsletter, March 6, 2019

• Selectmen: For Belmont Pedestrians Path Route Decision is Life and Death

• HERE'S SOME NICE BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS OF WHAT THE MCRT LAYOUT WILL LOOK LIKE...

• Looking for a fun spring bike ride on the MCRT?

• Come-on people, we can do better than this

• Just another sale of former RR corridor in Mass

• Stamford, CT Granted $160,000 for Merritt Parkway Trail first mile

• Southern leg of Granite State Rail Trail nearing completion

• Schell Bridge will make this town whole again

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: DOES LYNNFIELD NEED A RAIL TRAIL?

• Airline Trail Plan Links 12 Communities

• Swampscott’s Rail Trail project is moving full steam ahead

• The ATV economy has been a game changer in New Hampshire’s Coos County.

• Future of off-road riding debated at State House

• Electric bikes could provide old people with brain boost

• National rail-trail from DC to Washington State.

• The Netherlands Pays People To Bike To Work

• Complete Streets Funding Program awards $3-million in grants for infrastructure improvements

Rail Trail Newsletter, February 15, 2019 #30

• Alternative Transportation Corridors

• Critical Community Path Decisions for Belmont's section of the MCRT

• New path in Nassau, DEAdditonal Lewes segment to be finished by spring;

• The mode less traveled

• Kudos to Gov. Cuomo for rail trail

• Debating Bicycling Safety, Infrastructure in Boston

• State gives go-ahead to rail trail extension in Wellfleet

• State Grant Awarded For Cheney Rail Trail Project In Manchester, CT

• LETTER: The much-needed Clippership Connector

• Mattapoisett bike path extension to move forward this spring

• Wareham weighs dissolving Bike Path Committee

• New phase of Haverhill, MA rail trail chugging along

• Firm hired for phase one rail trail design in Bourne, MA

• NH communities get $1.7M for 'alternative transportation projects'

• Easthampton exploring trail expansions--to schools, parks and into residential neighborhoods

• Bicycle Plan

• The Economics Behind Reclaiming Outdated Infrastructure for Public Places

• New Animation of Bike-Ped Path on Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge

• Meet the newest sections of Greenway, designated in 2018

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Rail Trail Newsletter, January 1, 2019 #29

• The last big remaining part of the construction in Weston is the Conant Road overpass.

• Bike to the Sea 2018 Year in Review.

• 'Mobile wetland’ showcases Tibbetts Brook Greenway in NYC benefits'

• Rockland Rail Trail final section to be completed next week

• Columbia County NY EDC and Columbia Land Conservancy study joining Harlem Valley and Electric trails.

• Adirondack Parks Agency change paves way for rail trail between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake

• VOTERS MAY DECIDE WHETHER LYNNFIELD RECEIVES A RAIL TRAIL OR NOT

• New Bike Path Work is Underway in Montpelier, VT

• Rail Trail group on Cape Cod to assist in state grant application

• Laconia, NH selects consultant to design potential Rail-w-Trail

• Chicago builds out the first section of Navy Pier Flyover

• Filling a gap in the Air Line Trail between East Hampton and Portland CT

• A Trail Proposal in Western NY Isn't Liked by the Neighbors.

• 3-mile trail extension in CT opens near Manchester

• Competition opens to redesign Buffalo’s old elevated rail line

• THE FUTURE OF RAILROADS: WHY RAIL-TO-TRAIL CONVERSION IS THE KEY TO BOTH EVENTUAL RAIL RESTORATIONAND CURRENT OFF-ROAD NETWORKS

• The Pedestrian Strikes Back

• Scooters and hoverboards add to Dutch cycle lane hell

• London Launches 5-Year Plan To Entice More People To Fall In Love With Cycling

• Here's a story about a RR company in MO that wants to give 144 miles of former RR corridor to the state.