Saturday, October 31, 2020

WALKRIGHT, Second Edition – CHAPTER EIGHT Part 2: Suggested Reading List and the addresses of many walking friendly organizations

CHAPTER EIGHT:  Suggested Reading List and the addresses of many walking friendly organizations


Organizations, Part 1:



        “I’ll rest,” said he, “but thou shalt walk”

        “So doth this wandering Jew

        “From place to place, but cannot rest

        “For see countries new.”

        - Anonymous (The Wandering Jew) 



Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Attn: Membership Department

2121 Ward Ct., NW, 5th Floor

Washington, DC 20037

https://www.railstotrails.org/

 

 

        This is a private, nonprofit organization that supports restoring life to abandoned railroad corridors as trails, while saving the same corridors for future transportation needs.

 

 

Accessible Sidewalks and Street Crossings

An informational guide to Accessible Sidewalks and Street Crossings

https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/accessible_sidewalks_and_street_crossings_boodlal.pdf

 

 

          “We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.”

          - Joseph Campbell, 1904 – 1987

 

 

        Walking Adventures International

“History, Culture, Scenery, and Walking... more than just a walking tour!”

Mailing Address

Walking Adventures International
PO Box 871000
Vancouver WA 98687-1000

 

Street Address

Walking Adventures International
14612 NE Fourth Plain Rd Ste A
Vancouver WA 98682-5030

 

Phone: 800.779.0353 or 360.260.9393
Fax: 360.260.1131
Email: 
fun@walkingadventures.com

https://walkingadventures.com/



          “Walks.  The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.”

          - Jules Renard



American Hiking Society

8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 1100

Silver Spring, MD 20910

 

Phone Number (Toll Free): 1-800-972-8608
Phone Number (Local): (301) 565-6704

Info@AmericanHiking.org

 

https://americanhiking.org/

 

 

        In their own words:  “American Hiking is the only national organization dedicated to serving hikers and protecting the nation’s hiking trails.  From the halls of Congress to the backcountry, AHS speaks up for America’s hikers and the trails they love.”

 

 

          “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”

          - Mark Twain, 1835 – 1910

 

 

Safety | Federal Highway Administration

Office of Safety
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
Safety.FHWA@dot.gov

 

 

          “Perhaps, the truth depends on a walk around a lake.”

          - Wallace Stevens

 

 

        The (Seattle) Mountaineers

        In their own words, “The Mountaineers is one of the oldest and largest organizations in the United States devoted to exploration, enjoyment, and conservation of the outdoors and wilderness areas.

Seattle Program Center

7700 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98115

Phone: (206) 521-6001

info@mountaineers.org



          “After a day’s walk everything has twice its usual value.”

          - George Macauley Trevelyan, 1876 – 1962

 

 

UNITED STATES ACCESS BOARD

Advancing Full Access and Inclusion for All

1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20004-1111

Voice: (202) 272-0080 or (800) 872-2253

TTY: (202) 272-0082 or (800) 993-2822

Fax: (202) 272-0081

 

 

          “Only thoughts won by walking are valuable.”

          - Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 – 1900

 

 

National Crime Prevention Council

NCPC’s public service ads let people know how they can identify suspicious behavior and protect themselves from potential crime.

1000 Connecticut Ave NW

Washington, DC 20036

        Phone: 1-202-466-6272

        Web Site:  https://www.ncpc.org/

 


          “Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.”

          - Søren Kierkegaard

 


        National Arbor Day Foundation

        211 N. 12th Street

Lincoln, NE 68508

Toll Free: 1-888-448-7337 8 am to 7 pm Central Time Monday through Friday

        Web Site:  https://www.arborday.org/


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