Rails-To-Trails Petition

[Zen]

from a C&O Canal Yahoo group posting-
Signing Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's petition

Here's a petition from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to try to get dedicated funding for biking and pedestrian trails. If you would like more information, here the link and the description.



The web site is here: http://support.railstotrails.org/sit...Recovery_to_BP

Within days of the president-elect taking office, Congress will likely pass a new large-scale economic recovery package, aiming to create millions of jobs.
A significant percentage of this package may be allocated specifically to transportation infrastructure. This presents both a threat and an opportunity.
The threat: Unless we speak up, these transportation funds will go overwhelmingly to road projects-the same unbalanced strategy that has created our existing transportation problems.
The opportunity: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, in partnership with Thunderhead Alliance and America Bikes, has collected a list of hundreds of ready-to-go active transportation projects from communities across the country. These projects would create new jobs and revitalize communities by funding trails, bike lanes, sidewalks and other infrastructure.
This would meet the ultimate goal of the recovery package: creating immediate jobs. Additionally, such an investment strategy would provide both immediate economic benefits and lasting positive change.
The long-term benefits are many: promoting local businesses along active transportation corridors; reducing health care costs; and curbing climate change emissions and oil dependency. These projects would also establish the principle that active transportation infrastructure is a wise, efficient and desirable public investment.
Please sign the petition now. Thank you.

[malkin]

Hope for the best.

[MomOnBike]

I signed.

DH & I have been known to plan vacations around bike trails. I'd love to see more, even a national interconnected system. I'd go everywhere. (hey, a girl can dream!)

[PamNY]

Thanks for posting. I signed it. Rail trails are great.

Pam

[wildhawk]

I signed it - thanks for posting it Zen! I recently picked up a Southeastern Rails to Trails guide from the Conservancy - it is awesome! And I discovered that Florida has lots more trails to explore than what I originally thought! Can’t wait to pedal them all!! Good cause, great idea - and very beneficial in so many ways - I hope the petition makes a difference!

[Zen]

I heard a news report this AM that they plan to spend a LOT of money on this economic stimulus package. None of this $600 check nonsense.