"Today, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) applauded the co-sponsors of the "Connecting America's Active Transportation System Act," Rep. Daniel Lipinski (Ill.-3), Jared Huffman (Calif.-2), and Chris Pappas (N.H.-1), for their leadership to build an active transportation system that seamlessly links the nation while providing powerful benefits to Americans in the form of transportation choice, health and wellness, economic growth and opportunity, and climate protection.
The bill will provide $500 million annually in funding for a federal competitive grant program to help communities and regions build connected active-transportation routes—trails, sidewalks, bikeways and other infrastructure—to ensure people can get where they want to go safely by foot, bike or wheelchair. This proposal, if included in the next federal transportation bill alongside increased funding for Transportation Alternatives and the Recreational Trails Program, would provide the necessary resources and policy changes to deliver a 21st century transportation system to the nation. This transformative approach to funding active transportation would meet growing demands from rural, suburban and urban communities across America for convenient, accessible, well-maintained biking and walking routes."
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