AASHTO SRPG-1S, State Rail Planning Best Practices, Volume 2 (2016), is a companion to the First Edition of State Rail Planning Best Practices, first published in 2009. Volume 2 summarizes states' activity over the last five years to develop state rail plans following enactment of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act. It draws on the latest generation of those plans to document current best practices. It also reports the results of a state rail planning survey of state rail planning officials conducted by AASHTO in 2013. The objective is to serve as a resource that informs and improves the development of future state rail plans. The report is intended for state departments of transportation and the broader rail planning community.