Model Policies — District Of Columbia
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In 2016, DC Water (utility) issued Environmental Impact Bonds (EIB) "to fund green infrastructure (GI) projects to capture and infiltrate runoff ... and thereby improve the health of waterways."
Several years later, DC Water declared the EIB a success, and noted that EIBs had been issues in other...
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District of Columbia Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015 that requires the District Department of Transportation to adopt a series of policies, including Complete Streets and safety. Passed. Read the legislation.
Success Stories

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...

“Complete Communities” Law Creates Unique Collaboration Between Local Governments and Delaware DOT
On May 5, 2016, the Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Bill (SB) 130—the Complete Communities bill—which takes a unique policy approach whereby the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and local communities work together to create more bikeable, walkable communities around...