#rail-trails — Public Fediverse posts

The Art on the Cochituate Rail Trail opening celebration is still on for 1 pm today, despite the, um, less than ideal New England spring weather.
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2026-05-09-art-on-the-crt-opening-celebration-today-still-on/

#Framingham #Trails #RailTrails

A Bike path from #Melbourne to #Brisbane along the semi-cancelled Inland #rail project. Discuss...
#AUSpol #Australia #bike #cycling #railtrails

Fire, Lights, and New Year's Magic:
New Year's Eve on the Cochituate Rail Trail TOMORROW, 12/31, 4:30 to 7:30 pm

Via Friends of #Framingham Trails:
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-12-30-new-year-s-eve-on-the-cochituate-rail-trail-tomorrow-12-31-4-30-to-7-30-pm/

Party continues across Rte 30 into #Natick https://www.friendsofnaticktrails.org/crtnye

#NYE26 #RailTrails #RailTrail
cc @universalhub

What you need to know about Framingham's New Year's Eve festivities on the Cochituate Rail Trail Wednesday from 4:30 to 7:30 pm - where to find the fire pits (and port-a-potties), where you can park, links to MWRTA bus routes, and more. Plus, it'll be an even longer party now that Natick has moved their celebration to be just over the Rte. 30 pedestrian bridge.
Maps for #Framingham and #Natick #NYE26 & more:
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-12-26-new-year-s-eve-on-the-cochituate-rail-trail/ #RailTrails

4⭐ Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/05/concord-lake-sunapee-rail-trail-nh.html
New updated article and downloadable map helping you explore all the segments of this glorious trail.

#RailTrail #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewHampshire #Outdoors #NewEngland #Trail #Trails #CoveredBridges #Cycling #Bikepacking

4⭐ Warren Rail Trail, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/09/warren-recreational-rail-trail-nh.html
Just found this overlooked 2023 image on a SD card I was about to reformat. An actual trailside Redstone rocket.

#NASA #Rockets #Trail #Outdoors #NewEngland #NewHampshire #Cycling #RailsToTrails #RailTrails

Plans in the works for an outdoor art exhibit on the Cochituate Rail Trail May 1 - Sept 1 next year. Framingham Cultural Council and Friends of #Framingham Trails seeking artists to participate
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-11-15-outdoor-art-exhibit-coming-to-cochituate-rail-trail-next-year/
#Trails #RailTrails

Informational meeting this Monday about the planned #Framingham extension to the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-11-06-bruce-freeman-trail-informational-meeting-monday/
#Trails #RailTrail #RailTrails

There are a lot of cool looking #railtrails planned or existing in #NH. I need to start scheming of getting myself to check them out!

Opinion | Rail trails offer space to reconnect with community – The Washington Post

Opinion

Meet us on the rail trail

A place to gather as Americans, not partisans.The Island Line Trail on the Burlington, Vermont, waterfront, which Howard Dean played a role in creating. (Courtesy From Rails to Trails Film, LLC)

By Tommy Thompson and Howard Dean – Tommy Thompson, a Republican, is a former governor of Wisconsin. Howard Dean, a Democrat, is a former governor of Vermont.

September 28, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. EDT, Yesterday at 7:00 a.m. EDT, 3 min

Life in much of America today seems fractured, offering fewer opportunities for people to meet, mingle and feel part of the same community. But there is at least one exception: local rail trails — quiet, leafy greenways that follow the paths trains once traveled.

Over the past six decades, a citizen-led movement has transformed more than 26,000 miles of abandoned rail corridors into thousands of public paths for walking, biking and recreation. Tens of millions of people use these trails each year — in the countryside, in small towns and in big cities. This successful effort to convert rails to trails has never belonged to just one political party.

We know this because we’ve lived it; rail trails have been important to both our lives. One of us (Thompson) grew up along the nation’s first rail trail: the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in Wisconsin, which ran through his family farm. The other (Dean) helped create the Island Line Trail in Vermont, which swings from Burlington out onto a causeway far into Lake Champlain.

It was Thompson’s father who helped bring the Elroy-Sparta trail to life, setting in motion a project that revived local communities and became a model for the nation. And it was Dean whose leadership helped secure a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that validated the concept of saving rail corridors.

These trails do more than repurpose land. They restore communities. They promote health, tourism and local business. They give Americans a place to meet as neighbors, not partisans.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Opinion | Rail trails offer space to reconnect with community – Washington Post

#2025 #America #Biking #community #Education #Health #History #Libraries #LibraryOfCongress #OpenSpaces #Opinion #PublicPaths #RailTrails #Railroads #Rails #Reconnect #Recreation #Science #TheWashingtonPost #Travel #UnitedStates #Walking

4⭐ Newburyport Rail Trails, MA
3 miles · Easy · NE Mass
https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/04/newburyport-rail-trails-ma.html

#Massachusetts #RailsToTrails #RailTrails #NewEngland #Cycling #Bicycling #Walking #Waterfront #PublicArt #PublicSpace

@meganL Thanks for sharing this! We've had a research project investigating practices and options for maintenance of complete streets elements. We expect to have a research report published in the next few months. I'm sharing this with the team working on that.
#BikeTooter #cycling #transportation #TheMaintainers #maintenance #RoadSafety #BikeLanes #trails #RailTrails

Several bills that can affect active transportation are still alive in the 2025 WA legislative session. How to follow them https://bikestylelife.com/2025/01/12/actions-you-can-take-for-active-transportation-following-a-bill/ and a list https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADOT/bulletins/3d6db0f.

#WSDOTActive #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #CompleteStreets #RoadSafety #walkability #BikeData #trails #RailTrails #infrastructure

Had reason to reminisce about the wonderful bike trip in 2017 riding the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal Towpath. What an incredible experience! https://bikestylelife.com/2017/11/01/bike-touring-round-up-bike-the-gap-co-canal-towpath/

#BikeTooter #cycling #BikeTravel #BikeTouring #BicyclesChangeLives #trails #RailTrails #GAPTrail #COTowpath #Pittsburgh #DC #travel #BikeLife #WhyWeRide

Inspirational image for the rails-to-trails folks 🙂

#railTrails #railsToTrails https://mastodon.social/@nancycomics/113848837628033630

Anywhere a single track remains you could run a gyroscopic monorail on each rail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_monorail

Or if this seems too expensive or complex, commit to rail bikes. With the reduced rolling resistance compared to gravel or even pavement, I bet some sort of electric-assist pedal power could let a few people haul passengers at a leisurely pace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draisine

We should be able to accommodate accessibility needs for transportation alongside active sports, sustainably.

#RailTrails

3⭐ Hooksett & Allentown Rail Trails, NH
https://www.trailspotting.com/2022/12/hooksett-rail-trails-nh.html
4 miles each way • Easy

We just revised our maps and article after checking out the new Allentown Rail Trail that extends the north end of the Hooksett River Walk for an additional mile. Another piece of the Granite State Rail Trail complete!

#NewHampshire #RailsToTrails #NewEngland #Bicycling #Cycling #Trail #RailTrails

Kicking off the 2024 Rail Trails Australia Conference happening today in Melbourne!

Featuring some specially branded chocolate coated coffee beans to keep people going.

#RailTrails #Bicycle #Cycling #MelbourneEvents #Australia

"In these lawsuits, the plaintiff landowners seek compensation for a taking of their property interests in these corridors due to the conversion of the corridors from active rail use to trail use and preservation for future rail use."

https://www.justice.gov/enrd/natural-resources-section/fifth-amendment-takings-law

I never thought about this aspect of converting disused rail corridors to cycling trails. One broom sweeping two floors. Makes total sense.

#rail #RailCorridors #RailTrails #cycling #CycleTouring

Sudbury Bruce Freeman and Framingham Carol Getchell trail news updates:

https://www.district2framingham.com/posts/2024-07-11-freeman-trail-s-south-sudbury-section-still-years-away-but-getchell-trail-moving-along/

#Framingham #Sudbury #RailTrail #RailTrails

Framingham Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee meeting agenda July 11 at 7 pm includes “funding updates for Carol Getchell Trail and Cochituate Rail Trail”

https://framinghamma.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=framinghamma_e8178a7f4edb7744ce5db4c40e628bc6.pdf&view=1

#Framingham #RailTrails

Someone created a map of wheelchair-accessible trails on the Olympic Peninsula. What a great resource! https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1wS1RsmgPxYn1Oc4VBcvDkA-y4920W4U&ll=47.909290450917915%2C-123.34453147086255&z=8

If this interests you check out this wonderful event https://www.iansride.com/sea-to-sound. I rode it last year; my daily posts start at http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/25/wheeling-sea-to-sound-day-one/.

#trails #RailTrails #wheelchair #disability #accessibility #infrastructure #MobilityJustice #GetOutside #WheelsMoveMe #MoveEquity #WAOutdoors #SeaToSound #OlyPen #BikeOlyPen #OlympicPeninsula