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Funding Sources
: Private Sector Sources
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as the use of public transportation funding for bicycle and pedestrian
projects has been on the increase throughout the 1990's, private
sector funding has become more plentiful. While shared-use trails
are not the "be-all/end-all" of needed biking or walking improvements,
they have spawned a widespread movement of local non-profit organizations,
many of whom have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the
planning and construction of their particular trail project or system.
Moreover, the environmental land trust movement has mushroomed in
the past twenty years and many of these organizations have raised
funds for purchase of land where trails are built, especially rail-trails.
In recent years, local corporations, and businesses from the bicycling
and outdoor recreation industry have joined in financial support
of local projects and programs. |
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