Model Policies
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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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Gov. Holcomb Letter re: Next Level Trails
The Indiana Legislative Trails Caucus Co-Chairs asked Governor Holcomb to release Next Level Funding in May, 2020 as a critical response to the COVID-19 Crisis.
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Gov. Holcomb Letter re: Next Level Trails
The Indiana Legislative Trails Caucus Co-Chairs asked Governor Holcomb to release Next Level Funding in May, 2020 as a critical response to the COVID-19 Crisis.
Success Stories

“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...

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...