Rails-to-Trails Conservancy promotes policy at the national and state levels to create the conditions that make trail building possible.  Currently, we are organizing communities around the 2010 Campaign for Active Transportation, which aims to double the federal investment in trails, walking and biking in the next federal transportation reauthorization.

RTC is a leader in the fight to protect the federal Transportation Enhancements program, which is the largest source of funding for trail development. We steadfastly defend the federal railbanking statute in Congress and the courts as an essential tool to preserve unused rail corridors. We catalyze action at the local level by providing the information, technical assistance and training that local trail builders need to succeed.