Editing Union County, New Jersey (section)

===Potential rail-to-trails===
Union County Park Line rail trail is a proposed walking and/or biking trail proposed on old railroad tracks. Two abandoned rails exist in the county.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1DBBlGLp93s1zuQRC_SVzk-8gR5g Abandoned right-of-ways Union County], Google Maps. Accessed December 21, 2016.</ref>

The City of [[Summit, New Jersey|Summit]] and the Summit Park Line Foundation are working on turning the line from Morris Avenue to Briant Park in Summit into a [http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2015/01/summits_own_highline_would_be.html rail trail] that will be approximately one mile long. This rail trail, potentially called the Summit Park Line, could provide a greenway to connect several county parks, akin to a Summit High Line.<ref>[http://www.summitparkline.org/about/ About], Summit Park Line Foundation. Accessed January 3, 2017.</ref> A path could run directly from Summit to the [[Arthur Kill]] in [[Linden, New Jersey]] on the [[Rahway Valley Railroad]] and the [[Staten Island Rapid Transit]] line.

The Summit city council applied for a $1 million grant toward the Summit Park Line project in November 2016.<ref>Faszczewski, Bob. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/summit/articles/summit-council-applies-for-1-million-grant-towar "Summit Council Applies for $1 Million Grant Toward Park Line Project; Parking 'Holidays' for Thanksgiving Weekend, December Approved"], TAPintoSummit, November 3, 2016. Accessed January 3, 2017. "The Summit Common Council, at its first meeting of November, authorized application for a maximum $1 million federal grant that the majority of Council members feel will kick start the proposed Summit Park Line project, and bring needed sidewalks to sections of Broad Street and Morris Avenue in East Summit. ... As envisioned by the Summit Park Line Foundation, which is collecting private funding to pay for the project, the Park Line will convert an abandoned rail line right-of-way stretching from Briant Park through the central business district to a public park, walkways and nature areas while offering a view of the Manhattan skyline."</ref>  "If Summit is able to complete the project, it might help other parts of the greenway come through," said Union County Public Relations Coordinator, Sebastian Delia.<ref name="unionnewsdaily.com">http://unionnewsdaily.com/news/2465{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The [[Rahway Valley Railroad]] runs from Summit to Roselle Park. Beginning in Hidden Valley Park, the railroad right-of-way continues by connecting [[Houdaille Quarry]], Briant Park, Meisel Park, [[Rahway River]] Parkway, [[Galloping Hill Golf Course]] and Black Brook Park. The ending of the railway is on Westfield Avenue in [[Roselle Park, New Jersey|Roselle Park]]. The [[Staten Island Rapid Transit]] runs from [[Cranford, New Jersey|Cranford]] to [[Staten Island]], although the project would only include the section that runs from Cranford to Linden.<ref name="unionnewsdaily.com"/> The possible inception in Cranford would be a lot on South Avenue East. The ending of this trail would be in Linden at an empty lot. A boardwalk would run over the existing tracks to ease line reactivation.