From Railroad to Rail-Trail
From Railroad to Rail-Trail  
Podcast: The Brian Lehrer Show
Published On: Tue Oct 07 2025
Description: Peter Harnik, co-founder of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land and executive producer of the documentary From Rails to Trails, talks about his work spearheading the movement to convert abandoned railbeds into multi-use trails, 26,000 miles so far, and the new documentary about it.