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If the Active Community Transportation Act of 2010 becomes law, communities around the country will be able to complete their walking and bicycling networks. |
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The Active Community Transportation Act of 2010
GROUNDBREAKING: U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) introduced H.R. 4722, the Active Community Transportation Act of 2010, in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
Encourage your U.S. representative to cosponsor the legislation now!
Or, find out if your representative has already signed on.
 Supporting representatives count: 68
(as of August 25, 2010)
For the past several years, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) has been working closely with local, state and national partners around the country on the Campaign for Active Transportation.
Building on the successes of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program, the ACT Act would establish a competitive active transportation investment fund, to invest in walking and bicycling improvements in targeted communities around the country.
These resources would enable communities to build interconnected systems—allowing people to travel between the places they work, live, play, learn and shop without needing car. If the act is passed, the U.S. Department of Transportation will administer a competitive fund, which will invest in communities that best make the case for resources to shift large numbers of trips from driving to walking and bicycling.
The two billion-dollar program, with funds set aside within the Surface Transportation Program, will allow dozens of communities nationally to improve their walking and bicycling networks.
For more:
National Sign-on letter
A central element of RTC's support for the legislation is a national group sign-on letter. The letter has attracted signatures from more than 380 local, regional and state groups representing 47 states, along with 27 national groups. The signatories also include dozens of mayors and other elected officials.
Are you an authorized representative of a group (advocate, business or government)? Please sign the letter now!If you are not in a position to sign the letter, please consider contacting any groups with which you might be affiliated and encouraging them to sign on, and encourage your representative to co-sponsor the bill now.
Thank you.
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