Surface Transportation (Re)Authorization:
Resources and Comments for Trails and Transportation Enhancements
September 2009

Several organizations have thoughts about surface transportation authorization considerations related to trails and transportation enhancement activities. The list below focuses on viewpoints of interest to pedestrian, bicyclist, trail, and transportation enhancement advocates.

Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list. The links reflect the views of these organizations. Providing these links does not represent endorsement by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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See also:

Federal Highway Administration: Draft Ideas for Consideration

• FHWA Summary from trail and enhancement related conferences.
• Recreational Trails Program Ideas to Consider for Authorization (draft).
• Transportation Enhancement Activities Ideas to Consider for Authorization (draft).

National Organizations

• National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
• House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• Senator Coburn, Out of Gas Report, July 2009.
• Bipartisan Policy Center: Performance Driven: A New Vision for New Transportation Policy
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (represents State DOTs)
• American Highway Users Alliance
• Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• League of American Bicyclists. This has links to many different opinions.
• Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
• Transportation for America, T4 America Campaign

Topics

• Active Transportation: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
• Bicyclists: Alliance for Biking and Walking; America Bikes; Bike Belong; League of American Bicyclists
• Climate Change / Smart Growth
• Health: American Public Health Association, click on At the Intersection of Public Health and Transportation: Promoting Healthy Transportation Policy (PDF 1.8 MB), and www.apha.org/advocacy/priorities/issues/TransportationIssues.htm, click on CDC Recommendations (PDF 52 KB)
• Pedestrians: America Walks
• Safe Routes to School: National Center for Safe Routes to School
• Safe Routes to School National Partnership
• Trails: American Trails
• Transit: American Public Transportation Association
• Wildlife: Defenders of Wildlife