Tag: rails to trails

January 23, 2019

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy launches campaign to build trail from Seattle to DC – UPDATED

“The Great American Rail-Trail” could stretch from Seattle to Washington D.C., entirely off-road and with gentle grades. This is the dream the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (“RTC”) announced today, noting that about half the 4,000-mile route is already complete in some form thanks to decades of advocacy work in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,…
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tagged: great american rail-trail, palouse to cascades state park trail, rails to trails
March 13, 2014

Supreme Court decision could impact several WA trails, but most should be safe

The US Supreme Court handed down a nearly-unanimous decision this week that could spell trouble for some Washington State rail-trails, including parts of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail and the Foothills Trail. But contrary to some early reports, the reach of the decision is limited to only certain federally-granted rail corridors. Most of the state…
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tagged: blake trask, foothills trail, john wayne pioneer trail, rails to trails, us supreme court, washington bikes
January 14, 2014

US Supreme Court hearing case that could impact Washington rail-trails

Today, the United States Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could impact rail-trails in Washington State, specifically the John Wayne Pioneer (Iron Horse) Trail. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is leading efforts to argue that certain parts of former railroad right-of-way land legally reverted into Federal ownership and not private hands. The case is…
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tagged: john wayne pioneer trail, rails to trails, us supreme court
January 10, 2014

Real-time bike counters now installed in 9 locations around the city

You no longer have to bike all the way to Fremont to get counted. The city — with support from the Rails to Trails Conservancy and the Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation — has installed seven new real-time bike counters around the city. This brings the city’s total to nine. The new counters do not…
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tagged: bike counter, mark & susan torrance foundation, rails to trails, sdot
September 17, 2013

7 more bike counters planned in Seattle + Update on our journey to 1M Fremont bike trips

Cascade Bicycle Club announced Tuesday that the Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation and the Rails to Trails Conservancy will help purchase seven new electronic bike counters, mostly place on trails around the city. Not all the counters will include a display keeping a live-updated tally, like the ones on the Fremont and lower West Seattle…
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tagged: bike counter, cascade bicycle club, fremont, fremont bridge, Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips, mark & susan torrance foundation, rails to trails
October 4, 2010

Washington State walking and biking projects hit disproportionately

The feds are rescinding transportation money, and walking and biking projects are getting hit harder than other programs, according to data from Rails to Trails. Among the worst? Washington State. Although “transportation enhancement” funding (where most pedestrian and bike funding falls) only made up 2.1 percent of the state’s federal transportation funding, it represents a…
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tagged: rails to trails, rescissions, washington state