Comments on: Raining on Everyone’s Parade

By: A Blog Post Full of Government Gibberish or, In Praise of Bureaucrats | Bike Delaware

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:45:48 +0000

[...] state government doing their jobs well and protecting the public interest. Back on July 1, the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking and Walking both sent out one of those depressingly frequent Calls For [...]

By: A New Direction « An Old Guy On Two Wheels

A New Direction « An Old Guy On Two Wheels — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:53:37 +0000

[...] around the July 4th holiday weekend. It seems that the Federal government is in the process of a rescission of funds from state transportation departments. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, this makes [...]

By: Recissions in a Recession | Over the Bars in Wisconsin

Recissions in a Recession | Over the Bars in Wisconsin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:01:19 +0000

[...] fund accounts. The League of American Bicyclists is concerned about this inequity and hence they are asking their members to contact elected representatives at the state level and tell them t…. The LAB is correct, and asking people to call about it is perfectly fair. Bicycle and [...]

By: Recissions in a Recession | Over the Bars in Wisconsin

Recissions in a Recession | Over the Bars in Wisconsin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:01:19 +0000

By: Urgent Action Needed by July 8 « Florida Bicycle Association

Urgent Action Needed by July 8 « Florida Bicycle Association — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:48:22 +0000

[...] League of American Bicyclists blog post [...]

By: FHWA Announces Rescissions: One Week to Protect Bike Funding

FHWA Announces Rescissions: One Week to Protect Bike Funding — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:55:39 +0000

[...] From the League of American Bicyclists: Yesterday, the Federal Highway Administration informed state Departments of Transportation of another rescission of funds, this time totaling $2.5 billion. A “rescission”, you may recall, is a mechanism by which states return to Washington various unspent amounts of money that they could have spent but haven’t yet done so. The action is taken under the 2011 Full-year Continuing Appropriations Act. This is the FHWA notice, which includes the total amount of funds each state is to send back to Washington. Not the most entertaining piece of prose you’ll ever read, but hidden within the language is another significant threat to the funds that are available to spend on bicycling improvements. [...]

By: Nick Matzke

Nick Matzke — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:24:37 +0000

Any idea what happens if a state government doesn’t send the money back in time? I’m thinking specifically of Minnesota, most of which shut down last night.

By: Sal Ruibal

Sal Ruibal — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:40:40 +0000

Thanks for getting the word out. Tough to rally the troops on a holiday weekend, but this is IMPORTANT!