A former rail right-of-way presents an opportunity for the City of Chicopee to connect under-served populations to amenities, create green space connections, and increase physical activity by converting the right-of-way to a rail-trail. The Chicopee Department of Planning and Development hired a Conway School student team to determine whether a rail-trail along this right-of-way would benefit Chicopee residents, to conduct an ecological analysis of the right-of-way, and to provide potential solutions to connect a rail-trail to a larger network of active transport infrastructure in Chicopee and surrounding cities.