I think the Federal Highway Administration should consider bicyclists in measuring the performance of our highways. I hope you do too and that you will respond to the LAB’s call for action.
I used the template that LAB provide at the link https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/iSU4fkOOoL2tUcSa4QPu7Q https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/iSU4fkOOoL2tUcSa4QPu7Q . I only changed the 6th paragraph. Instead of the wording suggested in the template, I wrote, "My state, West Virginia, my county, Monongalia and my city, Morgantown all have complete streets policies that require us to consider alternative modes of transportation in all highway projects. My city has a comprehensive bicycle plan with a goal of having 5% of all trips in our City to be by bicycle by 2020. We need data on the bicycling safety of our highways to motivate and to shape our policies and plans. To make this rule more compatible with these policies and goal, a new measure should be added to account for people traveling by modes that reduce congestion: transit, bicycling and walking.”
Frank
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From: "Caron Whitaker" caron@bikeleague.org Subject: Draft rules don't count bicyclists! We can change them! Date: June 30, 2016 at 10:00:27 AM EDT To: "Frank Gmeindl" fgmeindl@gmail.com Reply-To: "Caron Whitaker" caron@bikeleague.org
We need your help (again)!
The Federal Highway Administration once again ignored bicyclists when determining performance measures for our transportation system. These performance measures may affect future funding to these areas- and could be a disincentive for states and communities to build biking and walking networks.
Even though Congress just instituted a complete streets policy for the National Highway System (Main streets, arterials and other major roads), FHWA wants to measure performance of the system using a measure for drivers only. It measures congestion by measuring delay for drivers, but gives no credit to states or metropolitan areas that invest in biking, walking or transit facilities that reduce congestion. Finally, the rule sets goals for measuring air pollutants from transportation, but doesn't include greenhouse gases. If these draft rules are implemented, they will hinder the ability of local governments to implement complete streets, build protected bike lanes, etc.
We can change these rules! We've done it before! With your help we convinced FHWA to include a safety performance measure for biking and walking. https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/-fEGF3jYqUho2t59PwxlxQWe need your help again.
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