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
