PlanPhilly: Planning Philadelphia's Future

A message from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia:

Donate Your "Trail Toll" to Complete the Schuylkill River Trail

Make your gift before April 15 and every dollar you give will be matched.

You pay every time you drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike or cross the Ben Franklin Bridge. You pay every time you board a SEPTA train or bus. If you paid a $2.50 toll every time you rode on the Schuylkill River Trail, how much would that add up to?
Are you willing to make a "trail toll" gift of $35, $50 or $120 to help us complete the trail? Make your gift before April 15 and it will be matched dollar-for-dollar!
To help us meet our campaign goal of $10,000, one of our members is challenging you to make as generous a gift as you can -- and he will match every dollar you give with one of his own. Living near the Schuylkill River Trail, this anonymous donor understands the importance of completing the Delaware Valley's first green transportation corridor.
It is time for Philadelphia to fill the gaps in the Schuylkill River Trail. It is time that the premiere trail in our region not require you to know secret map coordinates in order to get in and out of the city. It is time to fix what's broken in Manayunk and extend the trail down to Bartram's Garden and beyond. It is time that federal transportation funds be used to complete the region's first green transportation corridor.
Under the leadership of the Bicycle Coalition's trail advocate Sarah Clark Stuart, the Bicycle Coalition has been instrumental in gathering a coalition of trail and community groups who want to complete the Schuylkill River Trail. We have met with a dozen city and state officials and other community partners.
We have begun the advocacy that will complete the trail. Last week in DC we took another important step towards securing the $22 million needed to complete construction of the Schuylkill River Trail. But it is going to take many more months of work, many more meetings with officials and partners, and more research to find local funds to supply the required match of federal dollars.
For Sarah to continue her work to complete the Schuylkill River Trail, to build the needed coalition of community groups and individual supporters like you, we need to raise $10,000 before April 15. We have a foundation grant to pay many of the campaign expenses but we need support from you to put us over the top.
 
Please make a "trail toll" gift today!
 
Alex Doty
Executive Director