Post by ricdix on Sept 16, 2009 9:05:58 GMT -5
A request for support from Mike Dulin....
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"If anyone can spare the time, please call your senator's office in Washington tomorrow to voice your opposition to the amendments attached to the transportation bill. Sorry for the late notice, it just came to me this evening. In most cases, the funding in question applies to rail-trails, but in some cases, TE money has been used to develop larger networks of trails - rail-trail & singletrack. Regardless, it's also important to let our elected officials know that we need continued funding for bicycle facilities. Thanks in advance - more information is included below..
Dear Advocate,
Your voice is urgently needed. The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on eliminating walking and biking funds tomorrow, September 16.
About an hour ago, we received word that Senators Tom Coburn (Okla.) and John McCain (Ariz.) just issued amendments to the FY10 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. Their changes specifically attack funding for rail-trails, bicycling and walking.
Please take a minute right now to call your senator and ask him or her to vote against Amendments 2370 and 2371 to H.R. 3288.
Amendment 2370 would prohibit the use of federal funds for pedestrian or bicycle facilities, efforts to reduce vehicle collisions with wildlife, or other specified Transportation Enhancement (TE) projects if the Highway Trust Fund cannot cover unfunded highway authorizations.
Amendment 2371 would allow states to eliminate spending on TE, the nation’s largest funding source for trails, walking and bicycling. Congress currently sets aside a portion of federal funds for TE to support these projects in all states.
This is truly an all-hands-on-deck moments. Please act now—call your senator and ask him or her to vote against the proposed amendments.
Thank you,
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
2121 Ward Ct., NW
5th Floor
Washington, DC 20037
+1-202-331-9696"
Lugar, Richard G. - (R - IN) Class I
306 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4814
or
Bunning, Jim - (R - KY) Class III
316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4343
www.bikeclicks.com/Community/KyMBA/tabid/1946/aff/164/aft/25290/afv/topic/afpg/1/Default.aspx
"If anyone can spare the time, please call your senator's office in Washington tomorrow to voice your opposition to the amendments attached to the transportation bill. Sorry for the late notice, it just came to me this evening. In most cases, the funding in question applies to rail-trails, but in some cases, TE money has been used to develop larger networks of trails - rail-trail & singletrack. Regardless, it's also important to let our elected officials know that we need continued funding for bicycle facilities. Thanks in advance - more information is included below..
Dear Advocate,
Your voice is urgently needed. The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on eliminating walking and biking funds tomorrow, September 16.
About an hour ago, we received word that Senators Tom Coburn (Okla.) and John McCain (Ariz.) just issued amendments to the FY10 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. Their changes specifically attack funding for rail-trails, bicycling and walking.
Please take a minute right now to call your senator and ask him or her to vote against Amendments 2370 and 2371 to H.R. 3288.
Amendment 2370 would prohibit the use of federal funds for pedestrian or bicycle facilities, efforts to reduce vehicle collisions with wildlife, or other specified Transportation Enhancement (TE) projects if the Highway Trust Fund cannot cover unfunded highway authorizations.
Amendment 2371 would allow states to eliminate spending on TE, the nation’s largest funding source for trails, walking and bicycling. Congress currently sets aside a portion of federal funds for TE to support these projects in all states.
This is truly an all-hands-on-deck moments. Please act now—call your senator and ask him or her to vote against the proposed amendments.
Thank you,
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
2121 Ward Ct., NW
5th Floor
Washington, DC 20037
+1-202-331-9696"
Lugar, Richard G. - (R - IN) Class I
306 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4814
or
Bunning, Jim - (R - KY) Class III
316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4343
