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Based on recent rhetoric, the draft budget released by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) shouldn’t surprise transportation advocates. Streetsblog DC takes a deep dive into the proposal and discovers quite a lot to dislike if you believe in active transportation, transit, and complete streets:
The budget singles out using the gas tax for anything but [...]
As Congress discusses making significant budget cuts, cycling and programs that encourage multi-modal transportation options are almost sure to be under threat.
As such, it is highly recommended that cyclists and friends write to their US representative (find yours here) to discourage cutting funding for key programs. A few programs likely to be [...]
It’s a sad morning for cyclists all over the United States this morning as a result of the voters’ choice in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional district (MN-8), which covers much of northern Minnesota and the Iron Range. Long-time Congressman Jim Oberstar was defeated in his re-election bid last night, ending his Congressional career after 18 terms in [...]
Here’s a point of opposition that I’ve never seen before: A Republican candidate for governor in Colorado claims that bike-boosting policies advocated by Denver’s mayor are “converting Denver into a United Nations community.”
This isn’t from some Interweb humor site – it’s from the Denver Post!
Apparently, the new bike-sharing program in Denver (which is not dissimilar to [...]
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