The story of a 60-year struggle to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking. Edward Norton narrates the story of one of the most unlikely social movements in American history: ...

SOLON, Ohio -- A proposed 7-mile greenway trail connecting parts of Cuyahoga, Portage and Geauga counties took a major step forward this week. The Open Space Institute (OSI), a national land ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tanya Mohn reports on road safety, sustainable transport, and cycling. Sep 23, 2025, 10:26pm EDT Sep 24, 2025, 02:38pm EDT “From ...

We’ve previously reported on the “Rails to Trails” process by which old railroad corridors are being abandoned and converted into other uses, such as hiking, biking or other trail purposes, and the ...

Some of the most prominent figures sat down for interviews including Pete Buttigieg, Howard Dean, Tommy Thompson and others. In all, the U.S. is home to more than 26,000 miles of well-used rail-trails ...

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The city of Knoxville announced plans Tuesday to create a new trail using an abandoned rail line in South Knoxville. Gulf and Ohio Railways applied to abandon the 3.8-mile rail line in mid-December, ...

Apps make it easy to map our own cycling routes, but there’s something special about pedaling along a rail-trail. The new PBS documentary, From Rails to Trails, follows the 60-year fight to convert ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...