Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has conducted surveys along trails in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for over 10 years. This infographic shows the aggregate responses for rural trails from surveys conducted from 2006 to 2016.

Fuel tax and vehicle fee increase with portion of revenue to counties and municipalities; local option gas tax authorized. Did not pass. According to Rails-to-Trails Conservancy analysis, Alabama gas taxes are restricted to highway uses, but may allow for some on-road bicycle facilities. Local option funding may have greater discretion.

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. This legislation passed.

This bill would have raised the gas tax by 10 cents and cut the state’s income taxes by 2 percentage points over 10 years. Failed. Read the legislation.

The bill creates the Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Grant Program with a one-time appropriation from the General Fund of $5 million. Passed.

Public art is one of the many creative programming strategies that will help transform the Rail Trail into a dynamic, engaging destination in the heart of Charlotte. The Charlotte Rail Trail Public Art Master Plan provides a roadmap for a long-term integrated public arts strategy for the Rail Trail. Developed with the artist team of […]

Pennsylvania passed a transportation funding bill in 2013, increasing transportation revenue by $2.3 billion per year. The funding goes toward state and local roads and bridges, public transportation, and active transportation. The bill sets a minimum of $2 million to be spent on bicycle and pedestrian facilities annually and creates a $144 million fund that can be […]

For the past three decades of rail-trail development, maintenance costs have generally been seen as being expensive. These expenses, however, have remained largely untracked on a state or national basis. Further, a comprehensive breakdown and ranking of maintenance priorities did not exist. To better understand this issue, RTC conducted a comprehensive survey of trail maintenance […]

Transit tax includes funding for new bike lanes and sidewalks in Phoenix. Read article from The Republic.

This bill redirects increased revenue from new motor vehicle fees to be used for a number of transportation programs. Most significantly, it establishes the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail (SunTrail) Network, a statewide network of walking and biking trails, and allocates $25 million to complete the network. Passed.