Model Policies
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The Washington State Legislature creates a comprehensive funding package to fund a backlog of needed infrastructure projects and a plan to complete new projects. Funding, derived primarily from an increase in the per-gallon gas tax, will go toward roads, bridges, public transit and multimodal...
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New Hampshire Trails Network Study
Establishing a commission to study and recommend improvements to the New Hampshire hiking trails network. Passed. Read the legislation.
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Wyoming Bicycle and Pedestrian System Task Force
Creating a Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force to study the benefits and opportunities of bicycle and pedestrian pathways and natural surface trails in the state. Passed. Read the legislation. Learn more.
Success Stories

California’s Active Transportation Program: A Model of Stable, Consolidated Funding
In 2013, California’s Senate Bill 99 created California’s first active transportation program. Earlier in the year, the governor had proposed cuts to active transportation funding. A coalition of advocates—including Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the Coalition for Recreational Trails, the Safe Routes...

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...