See solutions and ideas for trails and greenways at
www.AmericanTrails.org/resources
fishing in 2015, including 3.4 million Hispanics
African-American, the majority of whom are also millennials
- lion a year to the national economy
- ticipated in snow sports including cross country skiing and snowshoeing
- lion, and average use is up 10%
Download the report at
http://atfiles.org/ files/pdf/ARC-2017.pdf.
Strategic agenda for
bike/ped investment Federal funding for pedestrian and bicycle transportation has increased from $113 million in 1994 to a peak of $1.2 billion in 2009; funding for 2014 was $820 million. The Federal Highway Administration developed a Strategic Agenda for Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation to guide planning, design, and safety resources, foster pub- lic participation, and ensure accessibility.
The agenda can be downloaded at http://
atfiles.org/files/pdf/fhwa-agenda16.pdf.
Positive outlook seen
for outdoor recreation Outdoor recreation contributes $650
billion to the American economy, and supports tens of millions of jobs. According to the American Recreation Coalition’s new report Outdoor Recreation Outlook 2017, those num- bers are only expected to grow. Most components of the recreation
industry reported significant gains in 2016 and the general outlook for the industry in 2017 is optimistic. Key items
3.9% over 2015, an increase of 9.7 mil- lion visits
park operations increased by 25.3% ($159 million)
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