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Completing network of trails in the D.C. region would bring a financial boost, report says Lori Aratani © Katherine Frey/The Washington Post “It’s bananas on the trails,” Adina Crawford, an ambassador for Black Girls Do Bike, said about the overcrowding on bike paths, including Rock Creek Park, above. A proposal to add more than 400 miles to the region’s existing trail network could create more than 16,000 jobs and generate more than $1 billion a year in revenue from construction and local spending, according to a new report. Advocates have long touted the health and environmental benefits that completing the Capital Trails Network could bring to residents and businesses in the region, but the study is one of the first to outline the economic effects the project could have on the economy.

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