Mar 13, 2019
The famous children’s song “A Bicycle Built for Two” has an interesting history. Englishman Harry Dacre wrote it after he arrived in New York in 1881 with his bicycle. Customs officers asked Dacre to pay duty on the bike. Angry...
Mar 13, 2019
The famous children’s song “A Bicycle Built for Two” has an interesting history. Englishman Harry Dacre wrote it after he arrived in New York in 1881 with his bicycle. Customs officers asked Dacre to pay duty on the bike. Angry...
Topics: trails, trail bridges, rails-to-trails
Nov 29, 2018
Since 1992, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) has championed more than $15.6 billion in funds to support more than 54,000 trail and active transportation projects. To date, over 13,000 miles of U.S. Bicycle Routes have been...
Topics: trails, trail bridges, rails-to-trails
May 2, 2018
The administration unveiled a plan for fixing the nation’s infrastructure in February. In 2020, federal transportation legislation will come due for renewal. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has deemed the timing right and formed...
Topics: trail bridges, rails-to-trails, Infrastructure, FRP Composites
Aug 31, 2015
Car-to-car communication, 3-D printing, social robots and “sense and avoid” drones all sound a bit like science fiction. The media is calling these 2015 headliners “disruptive” technologies or innovations. These terms, however,...
Topics: FiberSPAN, trail bridges, disruptive technology, rails-to-trails, cantilever sidewalks