ATA
ATA Home
Trail Maps and Info
Planning a Visit
Events and News
About Us
ATA
Allegheny Trail Alliance
Amtrak Call to Action
 

Dear Trail Supporter:

The Allegheny Trail Alliance and the Trail Town Program have been advocating for the roll-on/roll off service along Amtrak’s Capitol Limited Route and need your continued help! Thanks to your support we are that much closer to seeing this happen, and you can still contribute! The attached letter thanks Amtrak for their interest and encourages them to provide this service as soon as they can. Please adapt the letter below and make the necessary changes (highlighted as red text) to personalize it for your own situation and interest.

Amtrak prefers hard copies rather than e-mails, so we ask that you send a copy directly to the address listed in the supplemental letter below.  Also, please mail a copy of your letter to the ATA at P.O. Box 501, Latrobe, PA 15650, or e-mail it to admin@atatrail.org  Your immediate help is necessary and greatly appreciated!  

Thank you for your time!

 

SUPPORT LETTER:

 

Date

 

Mr. Joseph H. Boardman

President and CEO of Amtrak

National Railroad Passenger Corporation

60 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

Washington, DC  20002

 

Dear Mr. Boardman,

 

Thank you for your interest in providing enhanced bicycle service on the Capitol Limited.  I am excited by the prospect of being able to roll-on and roll-off on the Capitol Limited route between Pittsburgh, PA and Washington, DC.  I am encouraged with the news that it might be available in Spring 2011.  I want to bike the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal towpath and appreciate the opportunity to ride the rails before I ride the trails.  I look forward to using the service every year/month/week, especially between x and y. 

 

We appreciate Amtrak’s commitment to enhancing tourism opportunities and multi-modal transportation networks. 

 

Sincerely,

(Your signature)

 

Copy:  Ray LaHood, Secretary, U. S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20590

 
Trail Towns

Click here for Trip Packages & Bike Rides

Click here to Explore our Towns!

 

 

To download the Trail Town Manual click here:

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

Click here to visit the Trail Towns website to learn what’s happening in towns along the

Great Allegheny Passage.   

Click here for the 2008 Economic Impact Study
 
  ATA SITE MAP
All material on this site is copyright ©1998-2010 by Allegheny Trail Alliance. Amenity information is courtesy of FreeWheeling Easy. We encourage you to print copies of the maps for your personal use. We prohibit other uses of this site, especially if they generate spam or mass communications. See our Privacy Policy. The Great Allegheny Passage logo is a registered trademark of the Allegheny Trail Alliance and is used by its permission. Credits