Today, the League joined the American Hiking Society, American Trails, PeopleForBikes, Rails to Trails Conservancy, and the Safe Routes Partnership – plus more than 1,100 nonprofit organizations, businesses, corporations and elected officials in sending a letter to Congress with a clear message: walking and biking infrastructure is essential to the vitality, safety and economic resilience of communities small and large nationwide.
The next surface transportation bill is currently being drafted and we’ve heard a congressional leader on this, Rep. Sam Graves, say that there would be no funding for “bike paths or walking paths. We’re going to spend money on traditional infrastructure — that’s roads and bridges.”
Now is not the time to eliminate federal funding for trails, walking and biking. Americans need safe ways to navigate their communities and build more Bicycle Friendly Communities – and that requires robust investments in bicycling and walking infrastructure.
Visit KeepAmericaActive.org to learn more about our collaboration on this important letter at this critical moment.
Read our press statement here and the letter with signers below.