RTC SpringSummer 2015 Issue_final - page 3

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24 Community Connections
Wisconsin: Female biking group
creates strong bicyclists and strong
bonds in Milwaukee
Ohio: Bike training and
empowerment program gets
Columbus girls “in gear”
District of Columbia: Black women’s
cycling group “shifts” the biking
narrative in D.C.
26 Rail-Trail Report
27 Destination: Washington
Boasting the imposing Mount Rainier
as its backdrop, and passing through
farmland, forests and welcoming
communities, the 30-mile Foothills Trail
is a scenic excursion for people of all ages.
BY GENE BISBEE
2 Point of View
3 Members Network
4 Tracks ’n’ Ties
Eye On: Pennsylvania’s Rail Park
Trail Tales: A Dream Realized: Bike
Touring Across America
6 Greetings From…
Vermont, Indiana, Oklahoma and
Oregon
8 Rolling on the River
The trail that spoke: In less
than a decade, the once-
unlikely Shelby Farms
Greenline has become a defining voice
for active-transportation advocates in
Memphis, Tenn., as the city ushers in a
new and flourishing bike/ped culture.
BY AMY FRENCH
on the cover: Mother and daughter Fayre
Crossley and Chelsey McKinney on the shelby
Farms Greenline in Memphis, Tenn.
photo by phillip parker/ap images
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GENE BisBEE
14 Parks to Trails—
Building a Better Community
Pogo Park founder and trail advocate
Toody Maher is using her passions
and her knack for ingenuity to create
new connections along the Richmond
Greenway.
BY AMY KAPP
16 Inspiration + Collaboration:
Chicago’s Bloomingdale and
Cal-Sag Trails
Two epic trail projects promise to
connect neighborhoods and create a
signature public space for the Windy
City.
BY JOHN GREENFIELD
20 A View From…
Trailside Waterfalls
Like something out of a Longfellow
poem: These iconic waterfalls are
serving as powerful prose for trails,
communicating the natural history,
grandeur and awe-inspiring beauty of
their local areas.
BY KATIE HARRIS