Trails
Events, Actions & Resources:
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Central Ave-Blue/Silver Line Sector Plan Public Hearing
Mar 10, 2026
The Central Ave-Blue/Silver Line Sector Plan is finally up for a hearing!
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PCA Town Hall: DDOT Arizona Ave Pedestrian Bridge & Trail Presentation
Feb 25, 2026
DDOT will present and answer questions about the final design during a PCA virtual town hall.
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APACC General Meeting with Trust for Public Land
Feb 20, 2026
Hear about investing in parks, schoolyards, & conservation.
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Kingman Island Winter Soul Stroll
Feb 15, 2026
This event took place on Feb 15, 2026
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RESCHEDULED Winter Bike to Work Day: Special Afternoon Pitstop
Feb 13, 2026
This event took place on Feb 13, 2026
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RISE Prince George’s Social
Feb 11, 2026
This event took place on Feb 11, 2026
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Capital Trails Coalition: DDOT Oversight Hearing Testimony 2026
Good morning Chair Allen and members of the Transportation and Environment Committee: I’m Kalli Krumpos and I am here on […]
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DC Trail Rangers: OUC Oversight Hearing Testimony 2026
On a weekly basis, DC Trail Rangers encounter the constraints of DC 311’s current geolocating capabilities.
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MD SHA Central Ave Safety Improvements Meeting
Jan 13, 2026
This event took place on Jan 13, 2026
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Mount Vernon Trail Improvements North of Old Town Scoping Meeting
Jan 12, 2026
This event took place on Jan 12, 2026
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Purple Line Now Forum
Dec 9, 2025
This event took place on Dec 09, 2025
Ride
1st Annual NOVA Loop Trail Puzzle Hunt
Dec 1, 2025
This event took place on Dec 01, 2025
Action Alert
Mount Vernon Trail Vision Survey
Help Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail develop 5-, 10-, and 15-year vision for the trail.
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WEBINAR: Innovative State Legislative Approaches: Addressing a Challenging Environment
Nov 20, 2025
This event took place on Nov 20, 2025
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Ward 7 Transportation Town Hall
Nov 12, 2025
This event took place on Nov 12, 2025
Action Alert
Active Transportation Survey for New Carrollton
Share feedback to ID walking, biking, and active transpo needs in New Carrollton
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Moonlight Monument Walk on the Mount Vernon Trail
Nov 5, 2025
This event took place on Nov 05, 2025
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Trolley Trail Slow Roll Sunday
Oct 26, 2025
This event took place on Oct 26, 2025
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Prince George’s County FY26 Planning & Parks Budget Forum (Riverdale)
Oct 21, 2025
This event took place on Oct 21, 2025
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Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail Tour
Oct 18, 2025
This event took place on Oct 18, 2025
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Prince George’s County FY26 Planning & Parks Budget Forum (Fort Washington)
Oct 15, 2025
This event took place on Oct 15, 2025
Action Alert
Support the Michigan Ave Shared-Use Path
Share your support for a new shared-use path on Michigan Ave NE.
Action Alert
Help refresh Arlington’s Public Spaces Master Plan
Share input on Arlington's public spaces like parks, community centers, trails, sports fields/courts, and more.
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5th Annual Tour de VRE
Oct 4, 2025
This event took place on Oct 04, 2025
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Tour de Trail: Pentagon Memorial
Sep 28, 2025
This event took place on Sep 28, 2025
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11th Street Bridge Community Meeting
Sep 22, 2025
This event took place on Sep 22, 2025
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World Premier: “From Rails to Trails” Documentary Screening
Sep 17, 2025
This event took place on Sep 17, 2025
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Bowie Mill Road Bikeway Project
Sep 16, 2025
This event took place on Sep 16, 2025
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WB&A Trail Patuxent River Bridge Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Sep 16, 2025
This event took place on Sep 16, 2025
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Rally to protect the W&OD Trail
Sep 6, 2025
This event took place on Sep 06, 2025
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WEBINAR: MDOT in Motion: Strategizing for Transportation Trails
Sep 4, 2025
This event took place on Sep 04, 2025
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Oxon Run Day
Aug 23, 2025
This event took place on Aug 23, 2025
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WEBINAR: Designing Trail Maps for Everyone
Aug 21, 2025
This event took place on Aug 21, 2025
Action Alert
Montgomery County Beach Drive Open Parkway Survey
Tell Montgomery Parks how important it is to maintain the open parkway on Beach Drive!
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Oxon Run Park Community Ride
Aug 2, 2025
This event took place on Aug 02, 2025
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Trail Maintenance Funding 101 Webinar
Jul 29, 2025
This event took place on Jul 29, 2025
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Virtual Pre-Construction Meeting: E Abingdon Drive/Mount Vernon Trail Project
Jul 15, 2025
This event took place on Jul 15, 2025
Action Alert
Comment on Montgomery Parks’ Open Parkways for Beach Drive
Comment on Montgomery Park's Open Parkways schedule for Fridays on Beach Drive between Cedar Lane and Knowles Avenue.
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Anacostia Community Clean Walk
Jul 12, 2025
This event took place on Jul 12, 2025
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Trail Maintenance Workshop
Jul 12, 2025
This event took place on Jul 12, 2025
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Shepherd Branch Trail Community Listening Event
Jul 9, 2025
This event took place on Jul 09, 2025
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WEBINAR: Planning a Pro-Bike “Show Congress” event
Jul 8, 2025
This event took place on Jul 08, 2025
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WEBINAR: The Role of Micromobility in Maryland
Jul 3, 2025
This event took place on Jul 03, 2025
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Trolley Trail Day
Jun 14, 2025
This event took place on Jun 14, 2025
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Bikepacking 101 w/ Bike Maryland
Jun 10, 2025
This event took place on Jun 10, 2025
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Celebrate #NationalTrailsDay on the C&O Canal
Jun 7, 2025
This event took place on Jun 07, 2025
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Trail Walk on the Marvin Gaye Trail
Jun 3, 2025
This event took place on Jun 03, 2025
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Urban Adventure Squad Activity Day in Oxon Run Park
Jun 2, 2025
This event took place on Jun 02, 2025
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Forest Bathing in Oxon Run Park
May 23, 2025
This event took place on May 23, 2025
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Long Bridge Construction Public Meeting
May 7, 2025
This event took place on May 07, 2025
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Trail Walk in Oxon Run Park
May 1, 2025
This event took place on May 01, 2025
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Trail Care Academy: Invasive Species Identification and Management
Apr 29, 2025
This event took place on Apr 29, 2025
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Anacostia Parks and Community Collaborative Meeting w/ Councilmember Robert White
Apr 28, 2025
This event took place on Apr 28, 2025
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City Nature Challenge in Oxon Run Park
Apr 27, 2025
This event took place on Apr 27, 2025
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Forest Bathing in Southern Hills
Apr 27, 2025
This event took place on Apr 27, 2025
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Celebrate Trails Day & Oxon Cove Clean-up (Afternoon Shift)
Apr 26, 2025
This event took place on Apr 26, 2025
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Oxon Cove Trail Ribbon Cutting
Apr 26, 2025
This event took place on Apr 26, 2025
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Anacostia Watershed Society Earth Day Cleanup
Apr 26, 2025
This event took place on Apr 26, 2025
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Celebrate Trails Day & Oxon Cove Clean-up (Morning Shift)
Apr 26, 2025
This event took place on Apr 26, 2025
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Forest Bathing in Marvin Gaye Park
Apr 25, 2025
This event took place on Apr 25, 2025
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Friends of Anacostia Park Spring Break Naturefest: Skate Party
Apr 18, 2025
This event took place on Apr 18, 2025
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CSX Quarterly Meeting re: Shepherd Branch Trail
Apr 17, 2025
This event took place on Apr 17, 2025
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Friends of Anacostia Park Spring Break Naturefest: Fishing Fun
Apr 17, 2025
This event took place on Apr 17, 2025
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Friends of Anacostia Park Spring Break Naturefest: Art in the Park
Apr 16, 2025
This event took place on Apr 16, 2025
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Friends of Anacostia Park Spring Break Naturefest: Live Animals
Apr 15, 2025
This event took place on Apr 15, 2025
Action Alert
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway & Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail Feedback
Share feedback on NPS plans to improve safety on RCPP and Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail.
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Oxon Cove Eggstravaganza
Apr 12, 2025
This event took place on Apr 12, 2025
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Marvin Gaye Trail Walk with The Hike Crew
Apr 12, 2025
This event took place on Apr 12, 2025
Action Alert
Maryland Transportation Trails Survey
Help MDOT as they create a State Transportation Trails Strategic Plan!
Action Alert
Share Comments: NPS Suitland Parkway & Trail Safety Improvements
Comment on plans to improve safety at the Suitland Pkwy & Naylor Rd intersection and extend the Suitland Parkway Trail.
Action Alert
Support the George Snyder Trail Project
Tell Fairfax City Council to approve completion of the fully-funded George Snyder Trail.
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Community Walk at Poplar Point
Apr 5, 2025
This event took place on Apr 05, 2025
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WEBINAR: Maryland State Transportation Trails Strategic Plan
Apr 3, 2025
This event took place on Apr 03, 2025
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NPS Public Meeting: Improvements to Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
Apr 2, 2025
This event took place on Apr 02, 2025
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Trail Care Academy: Trail Management 101
Apr 1, 2025
This event took place on Apr 01, 2025
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Letter: Fairfax Healthy Communities Calls on Dominion to Halt W&OD Trail Clear-Cutting
WABA's joint letter calling on Dominion Energy halt clear-cutting along the W&OD Trail.
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Every Mile Together Trails Challenge Social
Mar 27, 2025
This event took place on Mar 27, 2025
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Arboretum Bridge to Maryland Avenue Connector Public Meeting
Mar 25, 2025
This event took place on Mar 25, 2025
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Every Mile Together Trails Challenge
Mar 24, 2025
This event took place on Mar 24, 2025
Action Alert
Help shape the future of Fairfax County Parks
Take the Fairfax County Park Authority's 2026 needs assessment survey, through June 15th.
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Bicyclist Against Invasive Vines: Tour of the Anacostia Watershed
Mar 22, 2025
This event took place on Mar 22, 2025
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Poplar Point Open House
Mar 18, 2025
This event took place on Mar 18, 2025
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11th St Bridge Park Update
Mar 10, 2025
This event took place on Mar 10, 2025
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W&OD Trail Cleanup
Mar 8, 2025
This event took place on Mar 08, 2025
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Washington Grove Connector Trail – Crabbs Branch Way Extension Project
Mar 6, 2025
This event took place on Mar 06, 2025
Ride
Bikers Against Invasive Vines Ride
Feb 22, 2025
This event took place on Feb 22, 2025
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Pop-Up Ride: Black History Month edition
Feb 22, 2025
This event took place on Feb 22, 2025
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[WEBINAR] Trail bumps: Lessons Learned from removing 1,000 bumps
Feb 20, 2025
This event took place on Feb 20, 2025
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Potomac River Tunnel Project Overview w/ DC Water
Jan 22, 2025
This event took place on Jan 22, 2025
Action Alert
Oxon Run Stream Restoration & Park Master Plan Feedback
Share your feedback to improve the future for the stream, park, and trail before 1/31.
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Oxon Run Stream Walk
Dec 5, 2024
This event took place on Dec 05, 2024
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Oxon Run Stream Restoration & Park Master Plan Community Meeting
Nov 9, 2024
This event took place on Nov 09, 2024
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East of the River Urban Forestry Advisory Council Tour
Nov 8, 2024
This event took place on Nov 08, 2024
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CSX Art: Exploring Rails to Trails
Nov 6, 2024
This event took place on Nov 06, 2024
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Letter: Access Improvements at Arlington National Cemetery
Better bike parking, bikeshare, and the Arlington Memorial Trail could be coming soon.
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Open House – Long Bridge Drive Multimodal Connection Concept Design
Sep 26, 2024
This event took place on Sep 26, 2024
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Letter: Gaithersburg Olde Towne Shared Use Path project
Mark D. Kile, P.E., CDT Department of Public Works City of Gaithersburg 800 Rabbitt Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878 RE: Gaithersburg […]
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Letter: Ebikes in National Parks
Allowing ebikes on paved and constructed trails should not require additional bureaucratic process.
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Letter: Long Bridge Project
This excellent new trail bridge, and its connections, need to be wide enough to accommodate separate spaces for biking and walking.
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Testimony: DDOT Oversight Hearing 2023
DDOT needs to focus on closing trail network gaps and maintaining trails.
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Letter: Arlington Boulevard Trail Funding
WABA sent this letter to Rep. Don Beyer expressing support for federal funding for the Arlington Boulevard trail
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Letter: Arlington Boulevard Trail Funding
A letter of support for federal funding for the Arling
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Letter: RAISE Grant for Arlington Memorial Trail
This pivotal connection between DC, the Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon Memorial, the future Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center, and the surrounding communities will improve multimodal options and safety for trail users
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Letter: Arlington Memorial Trail Design
This trail closes a major gap in Arlington's network, and should be designed to accommodate a full range of bicyclist and pedestrian users.
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Letter: Improvements on the Mount Vernon Trail
A letter to the National Park Service.
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Letter: Crystal City to Reagan National Airport Connection
WABA sent this letter to Arlington County supporting a trail connection between Crystal City and National Airport, encouraging the county to ensure the connection is wide and inviting, and highlighting requirements for connection to the Mount Vernon Trail.
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Letter: RAISE Grant for Arlington’s Cemetery Wall Trail
This critical gap in Arlington's low stress bike network needs to be filled.
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Marshall Heights Community Listening Session
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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WEBINAR: Trails and Economic Development: Showcasing Impact
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 1 Public Workshop
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 8 Public Workshop
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 2 Public Workshop
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 3 Public Workshop
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 4 Public Workshop
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 6 Public Workshop
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
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DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 7 Public Workshop
Jan 1, 1970
This event took place on Jan 01, 1970
Related Campaigns:
Advocacy
WABA fights for a region where biking, walking and transit are the best ways to get around.
We educate policymakers and organize grassroots advocates for to speak up for safer places to bike and walk; and for laws and policies that protect people who are walking and biking, reduce dangerous driving, and facilitate changes to the built environment.
The Capital Trails Coalition
First convened in 2016 by WABA, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, REI, and a host of other regional stakeholders, The Capital Trails Coalition is a collaboration of public and private organizations, agencies, and volunteers working to advance completion of an interconnected network of multi-use trails for metropolitan Washington, DC. The Coalition convenes and coordinates among the public and private stakeholders who are critical to accomplishing the vision of an interconnected network.
Check out the CTC's website here, and explore the interactive map of existing and planned regional trails here.
Rock Creek Park
Whether you're heading to work, out for a scenic ramble, or chasing a PR, or Rock Creek Park is wonderful place to ride a bike.
WABA has worked with grassroots advocates for decades to ensure that Rock Creek Park has the bicycling infrastructure it needs so you can relax and enjoy the scenery.
Recent successes include a recently widened and resurfaced trail, and large sections of Beach Drive that are now permanently closed to cars and open for biking and other forms of recreation.
Current priorities include longer hours for the Zoo tunnel, and more safe ways to get into the park on a bike.
The Metropolitan Branch Trail
Connecting neighborhoods between Silver Spring, Maryland and Union Station in DC, and paralleling the Metrorail Red Line, the Met Branch Trail is busy corridor for recreation and active transportation.
First conceived by WABA and others in the early 1990's, the trail is a showcase of both innovative urban trail design, and the challenges of multi-jurisdiction trail development. The trail broke ground in 1998, and major sections have opened in 2010, 2015, and 2021, but it remains incomplete. An interim, on-street route bridges a gap between Fort Totten and the DC/Maryland border.
Suitland Parkway Trail
The Suitland Parkway Trail runs directly next to Suitland Parkway, from Sheridan Rd SE in the Anacostia neighborhood, connecting to Stanton Rd SE and Irving St SE before an abrupt dead end at the Maryland Border, failing to connect to Alabama Ave SE or Southern Ave SE.
In addition to missing critical neighborhood connections, the trail is uncomfortably close to a busy highway, with only inches of separation from traffic on some stretches. WABA DC Trail Rangers regularly remove the trash and remnants of car crashes that frequently block the trail.
WABA is working with the Capital Trails Coalition, the National Park Service, and a host of community partners to turn this trail into a safe, comfortable, well-connected community resource.
Arboretum Bridge & Trail
The Arboretum Bridge and Trail is a planned connection between the National Arboretum and the Anacostia River Trail in the Deanwood neighborhood. It's an incredible opportunity to create a new connection for residents to get across the Anacostia River and to provide access to some of the District’s most unique outdoor gems: Anacostia Park and the U.S. National Arboretum.
Currently in the planning stages, the project received a federal RAISE grant in 2023. Construction is projected to start in 2025 and be complete by 2027.
Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail
The Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail connects College Park, Riverdale, and Hyattsville to the Anacostia River Trail network. Unlike
After many years of grassroots organizing and budget advocacy, a final connecting segment between the Northwest Branch Trail and downtown Hyattsville opened in 2024, plugging this neighborhood resource into a network of more than 80 miles of trails.
Long Bridge Pedestrian & Bicycle Path
Virginia and DC are planning to build a new rail crossing over the Potomac River next to the existing one, called the Long Bridge. After an extended campaign from WABA and the Capital Trails Coalition, the jurisdictions agreed convert the existing span into the first dedicated bike and pedestrian crossing over the Potomac River.
The project received a $20 million federal RAISE grant in 2022 and is slated to be complete by 2030.
Arlington Boulevard Trail
The Arlington Boulevard Trail is a proposal WABA released in 2014, stretching from Fairfax County to the Potomac River by way of West Falls Church and Seven Corners. Several stretches of the trail have been built, but a continuous bike ride through the corridor remains a stressful experience.
Arlington Memorial Trail
Arlington Memorial Trail (sometimes referred to as the Cemetery Wall Trail) is a proposed connection running along the perimeter of the Arlington National Cemetery from Memorial Drive south to Columbia Pike along the west side of Route 27 and north side of Route 110. The trail fills a critical gap and would connect northern Arlington neighborhoods like Rosslyn with the growing National Landing area, along with facilitating additional east-west connectivity across the Potomac.
The tangle of roadways and corresponding management responsibilities in this sensitive area have tied up the project for years but there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. Arlington County assumed control of the project from federal authorities in 2024 and the Arlington National Cemetery is proactively including the trail in renderings for its proposed entry corridor improvements project.