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The Impact of Trails for People, Places and the Planet Centerpiece of Nationwide Celebration
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Five Years Of Progress On Great American Rail-Trail Elevates National Impact Of Active Transportation Infrastructure
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American Icon: The Great American Rail-Trail Is on Its Way to Fulfilling a Cross-Country Vision
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Along the Heartland Trail in Ohio, You can Glimpse a 38-Million-Year-Old Geological Feature
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How Council Bluffs Became the Eastern Point of the First Transcontinental Railroad
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Building Trails
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