Post-Election Landscape: Next Steps for the Trail and Active Transportation Movement
Join Rails to Trails Conservancy to learn more about what the election results mean for trails, walking and biking. During this post-election landscape webinar, RTC’s VP of Policy, Kevin Mills, outlined notable developments from state and local ballot measures to shifts in Congressional leadership to expected changes in federal executive branch leadership that will shape the opportunities available to the active transportation movement now and over the years to come.
Resources
- You can further explore the funding that has been available and the associated demand for trail and active transportation networks at www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding
- Learn more about the Circuit Trails and other developing trail networks nationwide at www.railstotrails.org/trailnation
- More on how trails, walking and biking performed on the ballot this year: https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2024/november/14/biking-walking-and-trails-win-big-in-2024-ballot-measures/
- Here’s a bigger look at what the 2024 election means for active transportation overall: https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2024/november/25/what-the-2024-election-means-for-active-transportation/
- A bit more here on examples of Transportation Alternatives impact and reforms underway: https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2024/september/25/analysis-of-nations-largest-funding-source-for-active-transportation-finds-progress-amidst-overwhelming-demand/
- If you’re not familiar with railbanking, you can get up to speed here: https://www.railstotrails.org/trail-building-toolbox/railbanking/
- We hope you will share the opportunity for the grassroots and the public to engage with RTC’s Changemakers for Trails initiative as we train and ready a community of advocates: https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/changemakers/
RTC’s TrailNation Collaborative, Trail Development and Policy teams produce a free webinar series designed to help trail professionals build, grow, manage, maintain, promote or otherwise support trails and trail networks. Sign up here to get webinar alerts.
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