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
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
“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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