Explore how elected officials are vital in building relationships with communities to support local trails and active transportation.

BUILD America 250 Act, the new transportation law, preserves beneficial programs and policy, but it is not a victory lap for trails.

In 1990, Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission, a Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Helped Shape the Future of Trails.

Learn how the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program supports trail networks across America in the new transportation bill.

Explore the future of America’s trails amidst challenges to bike and walking path funding in the new federal transportation bill.

New actions being taken at the federal level seek to undermine—or even eliminate—the crucial funding sources and corridor preservation law that make trails and active transportation networks possible. Rails to Trails Conservancy will continue working to protect the federal programs that make it possible for the country to create, connect and maintain its trails.

After celebrating RCP & NAE programs, Congress has stripped much of that funding away, leaving communities that had benefited with whiplash.

RTC worked closely with local and state partners in fiscal year (FY) 2024 to generate support for trails in at least 20 states and one territory.

Communities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, have been leveraging Celebrate Trails Day in creative and unique ways—launching a successful series of advocacy and relationship-building opportunities to connect with local legislators and elevate support for their growing trail infrastructure.

Funding that supports trails, walking and biking which has been caught up in funding freezes and the pausing of federal programs.