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Learn about Transit to Trails efforts across the country
Better transit access fights historic wrongs.
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Albuquerque, NM
Equitable Access: A Transit to Parks Analysis
This 2020 analysis layered parks, transit and demographic data to identify populations and neighborhoods that are in need of increased access to parks via transit.
Zero Fares Now Permanent
The Albuquerque City Council made a historic vote in November 2023 to permanently institute Zero Fares on all ABQ Ride fixed transit routes.
Los Angeles, CA
LA County Parks Needs Assessment Plus (PNA+) Report
The 2022 PNA+ is a detailed study which reveals unmet needs with respect to environmental conservation and restoration, regional recreation and rural recreation.
LA Metro Transit to Parks Strategic Plan
The 2019 strategic plan presents a systematic vision for increasing access to parks and open space, especially for communities of need.
Seattle, WA
Urban to Wild Seattle resource page
Find a collection of reports on people, parks and access in King County, WA.
How to Get to King County Trailheads Without a Car
Explore some of the different King County Metro bus routes servicing regional trailheads and local parks.
Contact your local elected officials
Send your local elected officials an email or leave a voicemail encouraging them to support transit to trails in your community. Enter your zip code to find your local elected official.
Other resources
Watch: Let’s Go to the Park
Follow four people in different locations across the country and their trips to nearby parks to learn first-hand how park inequity impacts local communities.
Read: Transit Equity Builds Communities
Urban to Wild managers working across the country talk about the importance of transit as a way to increase equitable access to nature.
Read: People of color have been left out of nature. Equitable transit can help
Racist policies such as redlining forced communities of color to be three times more likely than white communities to live in nature-deprived places.
Read: The Promise of Transit Equity
Public transit plays a vital role in the overall health of communities.
Watch: Young men of color build outdoor connections through "Together for Brothers"
Albuquerque's park and transit equity programs get a boost from Zero Fares Pilot Program.
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