Model Policies
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Authorizes $5 million in bonds for bikeways, greenways and recreational trails. This is a program that Connecticut has funded in the past. In progress. Read the legislation, Senate Bill 424, by searching "424" under "number" and "2018" under "year."
[8035]
Indiana Trail Maintenance Fund Proposal
Appropriates two million dollars annually from the state general fund to the recreational trail maintenance fund. Failed. Read the legislation.
[8035]
Indiana Sales Tax Trail Maintenance Proposal
Provides for an annual transfer from the state general fund to the recreational trail maintenance fund of an amount equal to 10% of the state sales tax collected on the first Saturday of June (National Trails Day). Establishes an application process to receive money from the fund. Failed. Read the...
Success Stories

Florida: Funding Trails Through Conservation and the Ballot Box
Florida’s history of supporting environmental conservation and recreation dates back to the establishment of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund in 1963. Throughout the years, a number of programs have helped support this important trust fund—and today, Florida seeks to build on the success of these...

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...