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Dear Mark,
We aren't exaggerating when we say this ask has never
been more urgent.
Please
read more and take action now. We have until 4 p.m.
EST today to have our thoughts heard.
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 2, the Transportation and
Infrastructure (T&I) Committee in the U.S. House of
Representatives will be voting on our nation's next multiyear
surface transportation bill.
There's no way to spin this: From the perspective of
trails, walking and bicycling, the bill is a total
disaster.
Among its worst features are:
- It eliminates dedicated funding for the Transportation
Enhancements (TE) program—the nation's largest funding source for
trails, walking and bicycling. (Terrible news, but we expected
it.)
- It removes the rail-trail category from TE eligibility.
- It completely eliminates funding for the Safe Routes to School
program.
- It eliminates funding for bicycle and pedestrian coordinators
at state DOTs.
But there's still a chance...
Representatives Tom Petri (R-Wis.) and Tim Johnson (R-Ill.) are
considering the introduction of an amendment in the committee that
would right many of the bill's wrongs.
But they need to hear from other committee members that
their amendment has a fighting chance.
Please:
Take two minutes and ask your representatives to defend trails,
walking and bicycling. We only have until 4 p.m. EST today,
so any additional support you're able to gather will make an
enormous difference!
Thank you,
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy  | 
