Join CRSC for our second Transit to Trails even of the year! On Saturday, October 5, as part of Week Without Driving, we'll meet up at the Grand River Station Transit Center, 314 Jay Street, and take the bus to Stoney Creek Inn where we'll connect with and hike on the La Crosse River Conservancy Trail. We'll return by bus to the transit center, getting back at about 11:30 a.m.
Everyone deserves to be able to access trails, parks, green spaces, and natural areas whether or not they drive a car! This event will be a fun way to explore by bus and consider how non-drivers are affected by our current transportation system and priorities.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/CRSC-T2TRegister
No bus experience is necessary! Fare assistance is available. For all the details, please register. For more information, please email us at CRSierraClub@gmail.com or call 608-315-2693.
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On Thursday, February 1, the Wisconsin Chapter Sierra Club and the Coulee Region Group hosted an online program about a new initiative to improve access to parks, recreation areas, and natural spaces. We welcomed representatives of the national campaign along with Sierra Club members from around Wisconsin who are working on this issue in their communities.
Transit to Trails for All is an initiative to highlight the need for better public transportation to ensure everyone has access to our wild, recreation, and natural areas whether or not they own a car. Too many people are unable to enjoy and be healed by our local, state, and national parks because of poor public transportation.
This issue includes the rights of non-drivers (estimated to be almost one-third of Wisconsin residents by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation), but also the fairness of our current transportation budgets and planning that prioritizes higway expansion at the expense of public transit, not just in Wisconsin, but around the country.
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On Saturday, June 1 (National Trails Day) the Coulee Region Group and Wisconsin Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted a Transit to Trails outing!
We met at the Grand River Station Transit Center a little before 8:30 a.m. then rode the #2 bus to the Hass Tract Trail near Hillview Health Care in Shelby. Led by Chapter Campaign Coordinator Cassie Steiner -Bouxa, the group hiked the trails until about 11 when we gathered back at the bus stop for the return trip. Several enjoyed a group lunch at Pickermans after.
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Read more about the issue at https://www.sierraclub.org/articles/2019/09/transit-trails
And consider contacting Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson to co-sponsor the 2023-2024 Transit to Trails Act (tinyurl.com/2324T2TAct), S. 1440, "a program to award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved communities to green spaces, and for other purposes."
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