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National Bike Summit 2009, Day 3: Congressional Visits

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 7:35am
Congressman Akin joined the Congressional Bike Caucus today--making St. Louis the first metro area to have ALL of its House members (on both sides of the state line, no less) members of the Congressional Bike Caucus.
Today Missouri's delegation to the National Bike Summit visited all 11 of Missouri's congressional offices, with a list of specific requests for action, including a request to support or co-sponsor the Complete Streets bill that was introduced in both houses of Congress today.

Highlights: Congressman Russ Carnahan rode his bike to work today (as he often does)--we caught it stored in the back of his office; Congressman Todd Akin joined the Congressional Bike Caucus, making St. Louis the first metro area to have ALL of it's House members in the caucus.

During our congressional visits today, Missouri Congressmembers Carnahan, Clay, and Cleaver all indicated they are willing to become co-sponsors of the Complete Streets bill in the House of Representatives.

Transportation for American put out an Action Alert in support of the Complete Streets bill--making it easy to support our efforts to visit members of congress today by sending them a followup message.

More about the National Bike Summit 2009 from MoBikeFed and Bike Portland.
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