The grand ambition: to complete a 3,700-mile rail trail that connects Washington to Washington, D.C. It's 55% done, but advocates say the hardest work remains ahead.

Rails to Trails Conservancy is hosting its Celebrate Trails Day on April 26. This annual spring celebration of America’s trails, which Rails to Trails has organized since 2013 on the fourth Saturday ...

RTC's Trail Grants have provided nearly $3 million over 15 years to organizations and local government agencies to build community participation and fill critical gaps in infrastructure WASHINGTON, ...

WASHINGTON - In a setback to the U.S. government's long-running policy of converting abandoned railroads into public trails, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a Wyoming property owner who ...

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Step aboard PBS’s From Rails to Trails. The documentary premiering October 15 tracks the 60-year struggle of one of America’s most unlikely grassroots movements. Narrator Edward Norton plays conductor ...

Hollenbeck’s advocacy swayed legislators, and in 1981 the state purchased the remaining portion of the rail, from Easton to Idaho, for $1.9 million, calling it the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in honor of ...