Changemakers for Trails Training: Making your Voice Heard and Shaping Federal Decisions
This is a crucial moment for the walking, biking and trails movement, and through our collective advocacy, we can ensure that trails have the robust support and funding they need to remain safe and vibrant pillars of our community! During this training, RTC panelists discussed how recent federal decisions could affect the way trails are built within and across communities nationwide before delving into specific and impactful ways you can advocate for this vital infrastructure in your own community.
Action Items
- Please sign up to express interest in joining group meetings in your state and district.
- Encourage your local elected officials and chambers of commerce to sign-on to RTC’s letter to USDOT.
- Send messages to your local, state and federal elected officials telling them why trails matter to you.
- Find and contact elected officials.
Resources
- Active Transportation Transforms America Report
- Watch the recording for our September Changemakers training, “Sending the Message that Trails Matter,” for more messaging guidance.
RTC’s TrailNation Collaborative, Trail Development and Policy teams produce a free webinar series designed to help trail professionals build, grow, manage, maintain, promote or otherwise support trails and trail networks. Sign up here to get webinar alerts.
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