Bicycle Board Members,
The message below provides some links to good info about the status and outlook on recent bike/ped funding legislation.
I'm glad I contacted our representatives. At least Rahall voted for it. I couldn't contact Capito and she voted against it. I contacted McKinley but apparently he didn't vote.
Frank
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From: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board walkmgw@yahoo.com Date: February 3, 2012 9:22:07 PM EST To: Bill Reger-Nash wreger@hsc.wvu.edu, Bob Anderson randerson@hsc.wvu.edu, George Lilley mgranlil@frontier.com, Ilana Chertok ichertok@hsc.wvu.edu, Jimmie Simmons Jsimmons2642@yahoo.com, Martha Summers msummers@hsc.wvu.edu, Stan Cohen Stanley.Cohen@mail.wvu.edu, Sarah Bias sarahbias@gmail.com, Christiaan Abildso cgabildso@mail.wvu.edu, Dwight Harshbarger dwight.harshbarger@gmail.com, Maria Smith mariasmith@busride.org, Regina Mayolo reginam@verizon.net, Jan Derry jderry@nwvcil.org, David Small dsmall1@mix.wvu.edu, Michael Graham migraham@hsc.wvu.edu, Tom Bias tbias@hsc.wvu.edu, Mary Gutmann maryg1010@comcast.net, Margaret Stout Margaret.Stout@mail.wvu.edu, Angela Wiley wileya120@gmail.com, Jonathan Rosenbaum freesource@cheat.org, Matt Cross crossnyc@hotmail.com, Hugh Kierig Hugh.Kierig@mail.wvu.edu, Jim Rye Jim.Rye@mail.wvu.edu, Ella Belling ella@montrails.org, Nick Hein info@positivespin.org, Kevin Leyden Kevin.Leyden@mail.wvu.edu, Damien Davis ddavis@cityofmorgantown.org, Roy Nutter roy.nutter@mail.wvu.edu, Mike Breiding mike@EpicRoadTrips.us, Bill Austin baustin@labyrinth.net, Josh Woods joshua.woods@mail.wvu.edu, Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@gmail.com, Claire Chantler cchantler@nwvcil.org, Michael Simms michael.d.simms@gmail.com, Sera Janson Zegre sera@downstreamstrategies.com Subject: Fw: Amendment to Preserve Dedicated Funding for Walk/Bike Voted Down! Reply-To: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board walkmgw@yahoo.com
OUCH!
Walk more, safely
Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board Christiaan Abildso, Chair Bill Reger-Nash, Vice Chair http://www.morgantown.com/ped-safety-board.htm
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "America Walks - Scott Bricker, Executive Director" sbricker@americawalks.org To: walkmgw@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Amendment to Preserve Dedicated Funding for Walk/Bike Voted Down!
We're down, but not out! Stay tuned for our follow-up strategy to save walking and biking.
Dear Christiaan,
Yesterday, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted down (27 to 29) an amendment to preserve dedicated funding for walking and biking in the proposed transportation bill. The bipartisan amendment was introduced by Representatives Petri (R-WI), Johnson (R-IL) and Lipinski (D-IL). Thank you to these Reps. and to the thousands of pedestrian and bicycling champions who contact their Representatives on the Committee.
Find out how your Representative on the Transportation Committee voted.
As the House transportation bill moves through other Committees and eventually onto the House floor, and as the Senate continues to finalize their version of the bill, we still have much work to do.
So, lace up your walking shoes and hold onto your handlebars. We're in for a long fight. Stay tuned for more updates about next steps.
Click here to learn the top 10 reasons why the House's proposed transportation bill is terrible for walking and biking.
Sincerely,
Scott Bricker, Executive Director America Walks
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