Help the East Coast Greenway!




It is time for Philadelphia to fill the gaps in the
Schuylkill River Trail, for Pennsylvania to have a connected East Coast
Greenway connecting to New Jersey and Delaware, and for Camden, New Jersey to
become a city of trails, not highways.


Between the Complete the Schuylkill River Trail and East Coast Greenway
campaigns, a broad network of organizations is asking that supporters of green
infrastructure (you!) ask Governor Rendell and Governor Corzine to support completing these trails.


A little over a month ago, Philadelphia and five other surrounding counties
submitted to the federal government for stimulus funding for an unprecedented
multi-jurisdictional application (called GREAT PA/NJ) for $36 million to build
17 segments of the Schuylkill River Trail, the East Coast Greenway and the
Camden GreenWay. If stimulus funds can repair highways and bridges, remodel
transit stations and repave roads, why shouldn't that same type of funding
build bicycle & pedestrian trails? This is a HUGE opportunity to
significantly advance active transportation regionally and to close many of the
gaps along these trail systems.


Let Governor Rendell and Governor Corzine know that you are counting on them to
be supportive of the GREAT PA/NJ application and to support other funding
programs to build and complete bicycle & pedestrian trails. Send an email letter (which you can personalize) to your
Governor today!

 

 

Announcing a very special Bicycle and Boat Fundraising Tour Saturday October 31st

 

Tickets are now available for a fundraising bicycle tour / boat
ride of the East Coast Greenway and Schuylkill River Trail from Center City
through Southwest Philadelphia.  On Saturday, October 31, 2009, from
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., a bike tour led by bicycle trail planning
expert Bob Thomas will include stops at Bartram's Garden, John Heinz National
Wildlife Refuge, and Fort Mifflin.  Riders will return by boat navigating
the rarely-seen lower tidal Schuylkill River.  Tickets for this
special guided tour are limited.  Tickets cost $100 and may be
purchased here:

 

https://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=219718 .