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Author Harnik, Peter, author

Title From rails to trails : the making of America's active transportation network / Peter Harnik
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2021

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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Queen of Trails -- 2. Why Were There So Many Rail Corridors? -- 3. Meanwhile, the Bicycle -- 4. Dark Days and a Seismic Shift -- 5. Is This Idea for Real? -- 6. Congress Steps In -- 7. It's Perfect! Who Could Be Against It? -- 8. The Movement Gels -- 9. Fighting for Rights in Court -- 10. Building the Political Base -- 11. Breaking into the Money Vault -- 12. City Trail, Country Trail -- 13. Bridges and Tunnels -- 14. Sharing the Corridor
15. Full Throttle Ahead -- 16. Filling the Gaps -- 17. Of Rail-Trails and Real Estate -- 18. If You Want to Count, You Have to Count -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary From Rails to Trails is the fascinating tale of the political rebirth of bicycle advocacy and of how miles of abandoned corridors were converted to multiuse trails
Subject Rails-to-Trails Conservancy -- History
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Rail-trails -- United States -- History
Bicycle trails -- United States -- History
Railroads -- Abandonment -- United States -- History
Railroads -- Right of way -- Multiple use -- United States
SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling
Railroads -- Right of way -- Multiple use
Railroads -- Abandonment
Rail-trails
Bicycle trails
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496226556
1496226550
9781496226532
1496226534