From Rails-to-Trails Conservancy<\/p>\n
More than 25,000 people have added their names to Rails-to-Trails Conservancy\u2019s (RTC) petition calling on the American Automobile Association (AAA) to support the programs that fund trails, walking and bicycling.<\/p>\n
Since we launched this campaign, AAA chapters from around the country have asserted that they do support trails, walking and bicycling.\u00a0But if\u00a0AAA Mid-Atlantic\u2019s position on federal transportation funding<\/a> were implemented nationally, the effect would be devastating to the trails, walking and bicycling movement.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t matter where you live, or whether you are a member of a particular chapter of AAA. Such a federal policy change would affect everyone.<\/p>\n We want AAA National to disavow AAA Mid-Atlantic\u2019s call to eliminate the funding of our programs through federal transportation dollars. Since 1991, these successful programs have helped build more than 19,000 miles of rail-trails and many thousands of miles of other bicycling and walking facilities around the country\u2014likely including your favorite pathway.<\/p>\n