The Bicyclist Safety Act has been signed by the governor, and will take effect July 1.

Rails With Trails Gets 1,000 Signatures

VBF’s Rails With Trails petition has reached an important milestone today, with over 1,000 signatures. Thanks to everyone who has signed so far! If you haven’t signed yet, please read it and consider signing.

Briefly, the petition asks that state-funded rail corridor improvements include bike-ped facilities — rails with trails.

More importantly, get your organization, municipality, or local planning authority to write a letter of support for our rails with trails resolution, as these 33 organizations have done:

Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation (ACCT)
Adventure Cycling Association
Alliance for Biking and Walking
BikeWalk Virginia
Blue Ridge Bicycle Club of Virginia
Capital Region Land Conservancy
Cycor Sports
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Float Fishermen of Virginia
Franklin Freewheelers
Friends of the Rivers of Virginia
International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA)
League of American Bicyclists
Nelson Bicycling Alliance
New River Valley Bicycle Association
Pathways for Radford
Pulaski County Board of Supervisors
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Richmond Area Bicycling Association
Richmond Pro Cycling
Rivanna Trails Foundation
Rockbridge Area Conservation Council
Three Notched Trail Foundation
Tidewater Bicycle Association
Virginia Association for Parks
Virginia Bicycling Federation
Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail Foundation
Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club
Virginia Conservation Network
Virginia Odysseys
Washington Area Bicyclists Association
Williamsburg Area Bicyclists
Winchester Wheelmen

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