Model Policies — Bill
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The bill makes changes in the formula funding of various transportation accounts and programs, makes policy changes, and also creates the bicycle and pedestrian grant account. An additional bill would be needed to add funding to the account. The House bill, H.B. 2896, has a Senate companion bill,...
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West Virginia Economic Health and Impact Study Request
Requests the study of the economic and health impacts of biking, hiking and other forms of activity tourism. Did not pass. Read legislation here.
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California Climate Change Resiliency Program
Adds trails among a number of eligible sources of funding for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Read the legislation. As of April 2018, bill in progress (passed one committee).
Success Stories
Ohio - Local (Oxford Area) Trails Levy
Oxford, Ohio (location of Miami University) passes tax levy to build 12-mile trail system. Read more about the process of getting this initiative on the ballot.
The City of Oxford, Ohio passed a property tax levy on May 8, 2018 to fund the construction of its planned 12-mile multi-use trail...

Trail Users Help Kill Anti-Bike/Ped Bill in Tennessee
Thanks to the grassroots mobilization of thousands of cyclists and trail users in Spring 2016, legislation that could have had negative repercussions for active transportation around the country officially died with the close of the Tennessee General Assembly’s annual session.
Rails-to-Trails...