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Yeah, up the defcon level and shake your panic maker. Today’s the day the proposed Transpo Bill gets published.
Turns out it may be even worse than previously rumored.
A few points:
Transportation Enhancements become optional.
Safe Routes to Schools gets axed.
Eliminated bike/ped coordinators in state DOTs — while presumably, they could still be funded at the state level,it wouldn’t [...]
Next Thursday, February 2, the House Transportation Committee is expected to vote on the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act.” Note the propaganda-friendly naming. This is, in fact, intended to be the long-awaited multi-year transportation bill.
As usual, we are being asked to PANIC about it and contact appropriate representatives. The League is asking us to contact [...]
This Wednesday, December 13, 2011, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will consider an amendment offered by Alaska Senator Mark Begichto provide safe and adequate accommodations for all users in all federally-funded street projects. The Amendment is S. 1950, “safety for motorized and nonmotorized users.”
You may recognize this language as a phrasing much like [...]
Enough about Minneapolis. Let’s talk about Saint Paul, baby.
At Interbike in Las Vegas, Saint Paul, Minnesota, was named to the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Community list for the first time. They check in with a Bronze designation, which is an excellent first-time recognition for the city.
As a sometime Saint Paul resident, I will testify [...]
The League of American Bicyclists teach the ABC quickCheck as though it were a religion. And, to be honest, it’s a good routine. It provides a solid basic bike check that can be customized to be used on nearly every bicycle by every rider, preschool age and up.
Something that is never mentioned explicitly in the ABC [...]
After months of saying it would come, and numerous field hearings, the new Transportation Bill has been offered up in the US House.
And wow. It’s bad. It’s worse than many had feared.
Some key things to know about this bill:
The bill eliminates dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects.
Transit hangs on to a 20% share of funding.
Spending [...]
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