Model Policies — Ohio
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[State Elected Official],
The work that you have done to help keep Ohioans safe is very much appreciated and respected. We are facing major challenges of not...
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Ohio: Year of the Trails 2018
Designates 2018 as "Ohio's Year of the Trails." Passed Unanimously by the Senate. Read SCR 15 here.
OHIO LEGISLATURE DESIGNATES 2018 “YEAR OF THE TRAILS”
COLUMBUS – The Ohio House of Representatives has voted unanimously to approve Senate Concurrent Resolution 15 designating 2018 as “Ohio’s...
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Ohio "Clean Ohio Fund"
Creation of Clean Ohio Fund; bond including trails, conservation, farmland preservation and brownfield revitalization. Passed (renewed in 2008). Learn more on the official Clean Ohio Fund site and from our Success Story.
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...