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Huge news for documentary lovers and rec path enjoyers of all kinds: There’s a new documentary coming out on PBS later this month about the story of the rails-to-trails movement, one of the most epic, controversial and *still ongoing* tales in the history of American advocacy.

This week’s episode of the Brake features an interview with executive producer Peter Harnik, who literally wrote the book on the history of the movement, to talk about how it became one of the fiercest battles over public space in U.S. history … even making it to the Supreme Court.

  • Friday Video: Everybody Loves to Ride the D (The New D Train in LA, That Is)
    by Kea Wilson
    May 15, 2026
    It’s Woodstock for NUMTOTs — minus the mud and free love.
  • Friday’s Broken-Down Headlines
    by Blake Aued
    May 15, 2026
    Sidewalks are too often neglected, but there are ways for cities to step up and fix these essential public spaces.
  • Talking Headways Podcast: Sidewalk Nation
    by David Meyer
    May 14, 2026
    Law Professor Michael Pollack on who manages, owns and feels ownership of sidewalks — “America’s most overlooked resource.”
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