30 JAN 2009: Ask Senator McCaskill to support bike/ped in stimulus bill
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 1:32am
The Senate is voting on the Economic Recovery Bill the week of Feb 2-6, 2009.
The bill will include billions for highways and transportation. But will it include funding to improve bicycling and walking transportation--or will big, new highway projects that ignore the needs of those who walk, bicycle, and use transit, actually make the situation worse?
In recent conversations we have had with Sen. McCaskill, she indicated she is reluctant to support funding for better, safer bicycling and walking because she doesn't think Missourians--especially those outside the major metro areas--support walking and bicycling.
Please take 2 minutes to fill out the form below and send Sen. McCaskill the message that you support bicycling and walking as part of the proposed billions in transportation funding.
Some sample responses to get you started are below.
Sample responses:
- I support including bicycling and walking as part of transportation funding.
- I support including Transportation Enhancements and Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality funds in the upcoming transportation funding bill.
- I live in a small town/rural area/outside of a major metro area and being able to safely bicycle and walking is important to me because . . . .
- Federally funded roads and highways are a huge contributor to the problem of Missouri cities and towns that are unfriendly and unsafe for walking and bicycling. So a change in federal transportation funding and policies must be part of the solution.
- I support bicycling, walking, and transit funding in the stimulus proposal. Highway funding should strongly emphasize maintenance rather than new highway construction.
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