Trails as Social Infrastructure: Practical Strategies to Build Connection in a Disconnected World

Join the Rails to Trails Conservancy for this webinar, and explore how trails and trail networks can function as powerful social infrastructure: places where people gather, linger, and experience community.

Trail networks do more than move people, they bring people together. At a time when loneliness and social isolation are rising across North America, communities are searching for practical ways to rebuild connection and belonging. Research shows that more than half of Americans lack the relationships, support networks, and shared places needed for healthy social connections. We see multi-use trail networks as one of the most accessible and scalable solutions that bring people together across neighborhoods and generations.