An Analysis of State Legislation on Community Trails
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Background: Trails provide opportunities for recreation, transportation and activity. The purpose of this article is to describe state legislation related to community trails, to analyze legislation content, and to evaluate legislation on inclusion of evidence-informed elements. Methods: State trail legislation from 2001 to 2008 was identified using online legislative databases. An analysis of evidence-informed elements included in the legislation was conducted. These elements included: funding, liability, accessibility, connectivity, and maintenance. Results: Of the total 991 trail bills, 516 (52.0%) were appropriations bills, of which 167 (32.2%) were enacted. We analyzed 475 (48%) nonappropriation trail bills of which 139 (29.3%) were enacted. The percentage of enactment of appropriations bills decreased over time while enactment of nonappropriations trail bills increased. Over half of the nonappropriations trail bills included at least 1 evidence-informed element, most commonly funding. Few bills contained liability, connectivity, accessibility, or maintenance. Conclusions: There is opportunity for providing evidence-informed information to policy-makers to potentially influence bill content. The number of bills with a funding element demonstrates that fiscal support for trails is an important policy lever that state legislatures may use to support trails. Lastly, trails should be considered in over-all state-level physical activity legislation to provide opportunities for communities to be active.
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- Flink C, Olka K, Searns R. Trails for the 21st Century: Planning, Design, and Management Manual for Multi-use Trails. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Island Press; 2001.
- Authors
- Eyler, A., Lankford, T., Chriqui, J., Evenson, K. R., Kruger, J., Tompkins, N., Voorhees, C., Zieff, S., Aytur, S., & Brownson, R.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- West Virginia University (US)
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- s1
- Pages
- S40-S47
- ISSN
- 1543-3080 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-5474
- OpenAlex
- W2116795481
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 4.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U48-DP000060)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
- Keywords
- state legislation, trail maintenance, trail accessibility, liability, physical activity policy, evidence-informed policy
- MeSH terms
- Environment Design, Health Policy, Health Promotion, Humans, Missouri, Public Policy, Recreation, Residence Characteristics, State Government, Walking, Databases, Factual, Evidence-Based Practice
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