Recycling railroads as trails is a process in which nothing goes to waste and everybody wins. Chair M. Virginia Daly were invited Thursday to attend the Sustainability Council s meeting in the Truman Room of the White House Conference Center. The Presidential Awards for Sustainable Development are intended to recognize projects and programs that best represent principles of sustainable development outlined by the Council. This figure is the average for the purchase of goods and services generated per rail-trail. It includes neither sales tax revenue nor income tax payments.
Tax revenues generated by rail-trails greatly exceed their cost of maintenance.
Rail-trails usually pay for themselves in less than one year. The fact that railroads are letting go of rail corridors across America today does not mean that these vital transportation arteries are useless. These corridors are a critical source of economic prosperity and open space preservation for many future Americans. Later this year, RTC will celebrate its 10-year anniversary.