WEBINAR – Playbook in Action: Building Investment Strategies that Unlock Funding
Join Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) for our TrailNation Playbook in Action series! Throughout the year, we’ll take a deep dive into the TrailNation Playbook, a free resource to leverage the lessons learned from building trail networks, and leaders from across the trails and active transportation movement who are successfully implementing the playbook strategies in their communities.
In this session, we’ll take a deep dive into the Investment Strategies section of the Playbook, including how to build an investment strategy that combines and leverages multiple funding sources for long-term success. We’ll be joined by leaders from across the country to discuss their strategies and how these pieces of the TrailNation Playbook have helped advance trail networks in their communities.
PANELISTS
- Wade Johnston, AICP, executive director, Tri-State Trails
- Andy Bemis, interim administrator for planning & programming, City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility
- Joe Reed, director of government relations, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
RELATED LINKS
- RAISE FY24 applications are open and due February 28, 2024, through Grants.gov. You can find the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) here: https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/raise-nofo
- Find out more about RAISE https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/equity/raise/ and read how trails and active transportation infrastructure performed in the FY23 funding round https://www.railstotrails.org/resource-library/resources/fy-23-raise-grants/
- Learn more about the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP) https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/active-transportation-infrastructure-investment-program/ and be on the lookout for the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) coming soon
- Find out more about the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) on our website https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/recreational-trails-program/
- Learn more about Transportation Alternatives on RTC’s website https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/transportation-alternatives/ and check out RTC’s Transportation Alternatives Data Exchange (TrADE) https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/trade/
- Learn more about the programs mentioned during this webinar on RTC’s funding page: https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/
- Check out RTC’s funding page, new resources are always being added: https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/
- Tucson Delivers website: https://tucsondelivers.tucsonaz.gov/
- Complete Streets Tucson: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Transportation-Mobility/Streets/Complete-Streets-Tucson
- Check out the City of Tucson Bicycle Boulevard Master Plan: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/government/departments/department-of-transportation-and-mobility/documents/bbmp-2-22-17.pdf
- Take a look at the Move Tucson plan here: https://movetucson.tucsonaz.gov/
- Explore the CROWN! https://tristatetrails.org/trail/crown/
- Learn more about Wade’s organization, Tri-State Trails here: https://tristatetrails.org/
- Learn more about the Reconnecting Communities Program (RCP) and read case studies from the FY22 award round https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/equity/rcp/
- Find out more about the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/safety/ss4a/
- Check out RTC’s website to learn more about state-administered programs with active transportation eligibility …
- “Pedestrian and Bicycle Funding Opportunities: U.S. Department of Transportation Highway, Transit, and Safety Funds” funding matrix: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/funding/funding_opportunities.pdf
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