Missouri Bicycle News :: Missouri's Congressman Carnahan introduces National Transportation Objectives Act

Representative Russ Carnahan receives award from the Missouri Bicycle Federation

Recent Missouri Congressman Carnahan, along Rep. Holt and Inslee, introduced H.R. 2724, the National Transportation Objectives Act. (Full text here.)

Katy Dawson of Congressman Carnahan's office sent MoBikeFed the following summary of the legislation:

This legislation would define clearly a set of objectives and performance goals that would move our national surface transportation policy forward in a way that addresses our economic, environmental, and energy challenges.

Specifically, H.R. 2724 would establish six national transportation objectives to promote energy efficiency and energy security, ensure environmental protection, improve economic competitiveness, increase safety and public health outcomes, improve system conditions and connectivity, and provide equal access to urban and rural communities.

Importantly, this legislation links these objectives with ten clear national transportation performance targets, including:
Reduce vehicles miles traveled by 16 percent in 20 years
Triple walking, biking, and public transit usage in 20 years
Reduce transportation-generated carbon dioxide level by 40 percent in 20 years
Reduce delay by 10 percent in 20 years
Increase rail and intermodal freight transportation by 20 percent in 20 years
Achieve zero percent population exposure to at-risk air pollution

Ask your House Member to Co-Sponsor HR 2724

We are now asking the other Missouri members of the House of Representatives to co-sponsor this legislation. You can contact your Member of Congress using the contact information below.

Message:

"Please co-sponsor the National Transportation Objectives Act of 2009 (H.R. 2724), sponsored by Rep. Carnahan."

Missouri House Members

(Note that no member of Congress has a public email address any more--to send an electronic message, visit the member's web site, listed below.)

1st District:
Rep. Lacy Clay
Phone: (202) 225-2406
Fax: (202) 225-1725
http://lacyclay.house.gov/contact.htm

2nd District:
Rep. Todd Akin
Phone: (202) 225-2561
Fax: (202) 225-2563
http://akin.house.gov/email.shtml

3rd District:
Rep. Russ Carnahan
Phone: (202) 225-2671
Fax: (202) 225-7452
http://carnahan.house.gov/contact.shtml
(Carnahan is sponsoring the National Transportation Objectives Act of 2009 (H.R. 2724)--it would be very appropriate to call and say THANK YOU!)

4th District:
Rep. Ike Skelton
Phone: (202) 225-2876
Fax: (202) 225-2695
http://www.house.gov/skelton/email.shtml

5th District:
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
phone: 202-225-4535
fax: 202-225-4403
http://www.house.gov/cleaver/IMA/issue.htm

6th District:
Rep. Sam Graves
Phone: (202) 225-7041
Fax: (202) 225-8221
http://www.house.gov/graves/contact.shtml

7th District:
Roy Blunt
Phone: (202) 225-6536
Fax: (202) 225-5604
http://blunt.house.gov/Contact.aspx

8th District:
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
(202) 225-4404
Fax: (202) 226-0326
http://www.congress.org/mail/?id=359&lvl=C&chamber=H

9th District:
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
Phone: (202) 225-2956
Fax: (202) 225-5712
http://luetkemeyer.house.gov/contact/index.shtml

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