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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.

  • How Phoneix’s ‘Invisible’ Parking Lots Are Making Its Heat Problems Worse
    by ren1
    May 26, 2026
    How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
  • The Forgotten History of ‘Bloody 66’ And How Public Memory Helps Perpetuate Traffic Violence
    by ren1
    May 25, 2026
    Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
  • Friday’s Headlines Are in Decline
    by Blake Aued
    May 22, 2026
    The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
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