Focus Term: Active Transportation
resource
Letter to US DOT Secretary Sean Duffy
April 15, 2025
April 15, 2025Secretary Sean DuffyU.S. Department of Transportation1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, D.C. 20590 Dear Secretary Duffy, As you review the Department’s programs, policies and grants, we are writing to share with you the many ways that active transportation infrastructure is essential to the success of America. Investments made in walking and biking directly support […]
Blog
Local Elected Officials and Business Leaders Nationwide Collectively Call for Continued Federal Investment in Trails, Walking and Biking
April 15, 2025
RTC letter to the U.S. DOT calls on the agency to protect federal investments in active transportation, reflecting bipartisan support.
resource
Trails as Resilient Infrastructure
April 11, 2025
This guidebook demonstrates how trails are part of resilient transportation infrastructure, how trails can be planned and designed to be resilient and sustainable, and how trails have a role in emergency planning and response. Trails of all kinds are places for recreation, exercise, and active transportation. Trails are also a crucial tool for making communities […]
resource
Guide for Maintaining Active Transportation Infrastructure for Enhanced Safety
February 24, 2025
The Guide for Maintaining Active Transportation Infrastructure for Enhanced Safety addresses maintenance of active transportation facilities for achieving mobility, accessibility, safety, and equity goals. The Guide presents a case for maintaining active transportation facilities as an integral component of a Complete Streets approach and discusses common maintenance issues impacting pedestrians, bicyclists, and micromobility users; temporary, […]
Blog
USDOT Grants Prioritize Projects That Address Soaring Demand for Safe, Connected Regional Walking and Biking Routes
January 12, 2025
USDOT RAISE and Reconnecting Communities Programs Grants Prioritize Projects That Address Soaring Demand for Safe Walking and Biking Routes.
Blog
A Year of Joy and Progress for Trails
December 18, 2024
This year of progress for trails underscored how trails are transforming lives and bringing joy to people and communities.
resource
Advocating for a High Performing Transportation Alternatives Program
December 16, 2024
Join Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC) for an interactive discussion exploring how to advocate for improved Transportation Alternatives (TA) program implementation. During this highly interactive 60-minute session, attendees heard from RTC’s Kevin Mills, Vice President of Policy and Kim Chesser, State Agency Advocacy Specialist, as they explored opportunities to accelerate progress on trail and active […]
resource
Post-Election Landscape: Next Steps for the Trail and Active Transportation Movement
December 08, 2024
Join Rails to Trails Conservancy to learn more about what the election results mean for trails, walking and biking. During this post-election landscape webinar, RTC’s VP of Policy, Kevin Mills, outlined notable developments from state and local ballot measures to shifts in Congressional leadership to expected changes in federal executive branch leadership that will shape […]
Blog
What the 2024 Election Means for Active Transportation
November 24, 2024
A few topline 2024 election takeaways by RTC predict new challenges and opportunities for active transportation.
resource
Pedal Forward: Preparing Advocacy Plans for 2025 State Legislative Sessions
November 20, 2024
Join the TrailNation Collaborative, powered by Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC), for a session exploring how to best position your active transportation and trail asks for upcoming state legislative sessions, most of which will occur in the winter and spring of 2025. The goal of this dialogue is to give state- and metropolitan-level advocates around […]
