Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

LaHood: Rail-Trails Are the Best Health Care Program

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood became a darling of the bicycling advocacy community last year when he jumped up on a table at the National Bike Summit and affirmed his support for biking, later declaring “the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.” Now LaHood says that biking and walking is not only good transportation […]

Bike Trail Funding Survives 583 Amendments

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 18, 2011 | 15 Comments

Bet you weren’t expecting to hear any good news from the floor of the House today, were you? Turns out not everyone in Congress is as axe-happy as some high-profile Republicans. For example, Amtrak survived one attempt to cut all its funding and another to cut $447 million. (Amtrak funding does stand to lose $224 […]

AAA Gets an Earful From Members About Equality for Bikes

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 13, 2010 | 13 Comments

In July of last year, when AAA launched their roadside bicycle repair service, cyclists got a warm fuzzy feeling for a minute and thought AAA was about as bike-friendly as an automobile organization could be. That bubble burst in July when AAA Mid-Atlantic President and CEO Don Gagnon editorialized that highway trust fund money should […]

Rahall Responds, Says His Transpo Record Is About More Than Just Highways

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 30, 2010 | 13 Comments

Earlier this month, we reported that Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) was in the running for Ranking Member on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee in the House. We mentioned our alarm that his ideas about transportation seemed limited and road-centric – specifically, that his website’s issue page on Transportation mentioned only highways, water, and broadband. Got us wondering […]