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How reclaiming abandoned train lines can create better places to live

It was once a vital means of connection between communities, but it's been almost 40 years since a train rattled along the track. "Because of changes in the way people move trade, or because of changes in city character, there ended up being a lot of abandoned rail lines," he said. Dr Roberts said there was a "natural physical relationship" between typical characteristics of rail corridors and what people look for in walking and cycling trails. Dr Roberts said projects to convert old rail infrastructure in large cities, such as New York's High Line, proved that it was possible to get "really substantial, big results". "The more important lesson of the High Line is that because rail corridors are sort of separated from the rest of the city fabric, they all have an almost other-worldly quality to them," he said.

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