Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee

Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee makes the following documents available. Choose one of the links below to download the document.

The Town of Sudbury makes no representation as to authenticity, accuracy, or reliability of any maps and specifically disclaims any such representation.

Documents

Committees

Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee - Mission Statement

Mission statement for the Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee as amended by the Board of Selectmen on June 9, 2009.

Published on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

Planning

Walkway Planning and Prioritization Initiative

Published on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

Walkway Planning Priorities

Published on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

Presentation

RTAC - Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Environmental & Engineering Presentation - June 15, 2006

Published on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.

RTCAC - PowerPoint Presentation (September 14, 2006)

-The following topics were discussed:
-Where is the rail ROW under consideration?
-What is the process for converting the ROW?
-What were the results of the Trail Neighbors survey of 2005?
-What can we learn from studies of other trails?

Published on Tuesday, October 17, 2006.

Rail Trail

Bruce N. Freeman Memorial Bicycle Path Feasibility Study

The goal of the study was to assess the feasiblility of constructing a 4.6 mile Bruce N. Freeman Memorial Bicycle Path along the railroad right-of-way within the Town of Acton. If you would like to pickup a copy on CDROM call IT Dept. at 443-8891, x307.

Published on Friday, January 21, 2005.

Fire Chief's Responses to Questions Related to Public Safety on the Rail Trail

On September 12, 2006, the Rail Trail Committee supplied questions to the Sudbury Fire Chief, Kenneth MacLean regarding Public Safety along the Rail Trails in Sudbury. This document contains the questions and the Fire Chief's responses.

Published on Saturday, June 09, 2007.

Glossary of Rail-Trail Related Acronyms

Adobe Acrobat

Published on Monday, May 16, 2005.

Home Sales Near Two Massachusetts Rail Trails

Home sales were examined in the seven Massachusetts towns through which the Minuteman Bikeway and Nashua River Rail Trail run. Statistics on list and selling prices and on days on the market were analyzed. There is no statistical analysis of the data, so RTCAC cannot verify the accuracy of these conclusions. Craig Della Penna is a rail trail enthusiast who has been employed by a rail road and by the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy. He is presently employed as a realtor, a speaker on rail trail issues, and the owner of a B&B located immediately adjacent to a rail trail in Massachusetts. In addition, he is involved in two organizations that promote the development of rail trails.

Published on Saturday, August 11, 2007.

Informational Handout

Handout prepared by FST for public meeting on June 15, 2006

Published on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.

June 15, 2006 Public Information Meeting / Workshop - Summary

On June 15, 2006, about 70 people attended a meeting on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Environmental & Engineering Assessment and participated in a workshop session designed to give the community an opportunity to express their thoughts and concerns on the project. The consultant, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, gave a brief presentation on the scope of services they will provide for the Assessment and presented an overview on rail trail corridors. Following the presentation, attendees broke into four workshop groups and discussed six questions. Fay, Spofford & Thorndike compiled the following summary which is intended to outline the comments made by participants attending the June 15 workshop and is not intended to be a transcript.

Published on Tuesday, August 29, 2006.

Lowell-Sudbury Bicycle Path Feasibility Study [1987]

The Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS), the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), and the Northern Middlesex Area Commission (NMAC) were commissioned to do a feasibility study to determine whether the railroad right-of-way running from near Route 20 in Sudbury to Route 3 in Lowell could be converted into a bicycle/hiking trail.

Published on Tuesday, August 21, 2007.

Police Chief's Responses to Questions Related to Public Safety on the Rail Trail

On September 12, 2006, the Rail Trail Committee supplied questions to the Sudbury Police Chief, Peter Fadgen regarding Public Safety along the Rail Trails in Sudbury. This document contains the questions and the Police Chief's responses.

Published on Saturday, June 09, 2007.

Proposed Concord-Sudbury Bikeway [2003]

Document summarizes data-gathering and analysis activities performed in support of the proposed Concord-Sudbury Bikeway project, a proposed re-use of an EOTC-owned railroad right-of-way. The section currently being examined extends from Route 2 west of the Concord Rotary in Concord, to Route 20 in Sudbury, a distance of approximately 8 miles.

Published on Tuesday, August 21, 2007.

Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee Notebook Descriptions

To have the RTCAC work on researching and assembling all the other pieces of information the Board of Selectmen and Town Hall will need for design decisions. RTCAC will develop a notebook with a table of contents that outlines topics areas that require additional data collection.

Published on Monday, February 11, 2008.

Rail Trail Feasibility Study - October 30, 2006

Feasibility Study for a Proposed Extension of the Bruce N. Freeman Memorial Path in Sudbury and Framingham, Cathy Buckley Lewis, Central Transportation Planning Staff, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, October 2006 This study examines the possible conversion of the rail bed from Route 9 in Framingham to the crossing of the Mass. Central rail bed just north of Route 20 in Sudbury. The study looks at the history, geography, road crossings, accident statistics, projected usage, community impacts and estimated costs

Published on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

Rail Trail - Bruce Freeman Trail Notebook

Action Recommendations

Recommendations for further action by the Town of Sudbury by the Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee

Published on Sunday, January 25, 2009.

Agricultural Concerns

Interviews with Sudbury Farmers whose properties abut the trail Right of Way. Madeleine Gelsinon, interviewer.

Published on Sunday, September 07, 2008.

Assabet River Rail Trail

Telephone interview with Michelle Ciccolo, Assistant Town Manager, Hudson on 7/16/07. (Bridget Hanson Interviewer). Further information on maintenance activities appended.

Published on Sunday, September 07, 2008.

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in Sudbury

Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee - Timeline (December 11, 2008)
History of Sudbury Rail Trail Proposal

Published on Wednesday, October 14, 2009.

Conservation Questions for Rail Trails

A series of interviews conducted with Conservation Officers of Massachusetts towns along the Assabet River Rail Trail, the Nashua River Rail Trail, and the Wachusett Greenway concerning the permitting and the impact of the trail.

Published on Sunday, September 07, 2008.

Minuteman Commuter Bikeway

Published information on the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway (Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford)

Published on Saturday, May 24, 2008.

Regional Overview of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

History of the rail trail proposal in other communities along the Bruce Freeman corridor.
Submitted July 24, 2008

Published on Tuesday, August 12, 2008.

Wachusett Greenways

Information compiled by Carole Wolfe in the summer of 2008 from presentations by Colleen Abrams, president of Wachusett Greenways, a non-paved rail trail.

Published on Friday, September 26, 2008.

Rail Trail Conversion Advisory Committee

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail PPIF 2008 Sudbury

Published on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

Reports

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Four Season Wildlife Habitat Evaluation

Published on Monday, November 23, 2009.