Comments on: Will Your State Fully Fund Bicycling and Walking? http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/will-your-state-fully-fund-bicycling-and-walking/ Blog for bikeleague Thu, 23 May 2013 18:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bikeleague.org Blog » Blog Archive » MAP-21: How Much Money Will My State Get? http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/will-your-state-fully-fund-bicycling-and-walking/comment-page-1/#comment-36665 Bikeleague.org Blog » Blog Archive » MAP-21: How Much Money Will My State Get? Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:59:51 +0000 http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=9913#comment-36665 [...] projects. We are asking cyclists to work closely with their state and local advocacy organizations to ask their state to make full use of Transportation Alternatives funds. To see how your state ranking in spending [...]

]]> By: Khal Spencer http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/will-your-state-fully-fund-bicycling-and-walking/comment-page-1/#comment-36649 Khal Spencer Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:09:11 +0000 http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=9913#comment-36649 First, is there any way the League can filter out referrer spam from its blog (posts 5 and 7).

Secondly, Alan Gregory is correct. Best thing for climate is to reduce motor vehicle miles driven and replace with more sustainable forms of transportation. That means more than funding bicycling and walking projects. It means de-funding the HUGE amounts provided by the government that subsidize automobile travel. The present system, that we wait at the foot of the table to grab scraps that fall while the motoring lobbies enjoy the feast, sends the wrong message, to wit, that it is OK to support bicycling and walking as long as we continue to lavish money on driving.

]]> By: Alan Gregory http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/will-your-state-fully-fund-bicycling-and-walking/comment-page-1/#comment-36646 Alan Gregory Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:37:22 +0000 http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=9913#comment-36646 The funding picture may be on the upswing in many places, but that in and off itself will do little to change the behavior and thinking of motorists. I know this from personal experience. A car hit me while I was cycling in Pennsylvania, where I lived until after my wife’s death. The result: traumatic brain injury. Then, last fall, not far from my new home in Vermont, where cycling is much more of an honored choice, I was bumped by an SUV while walking on a sidewalk and driven to the ground. The result: No injury but that was a damn scary incident. The SUV driver fell over himself apologizing and even gave me a ride home (I was on a daily exercise walk). The best thing for bicyclists? Fewer, much fewer, motor vehicles on the roads and streets. And same for our planet’s climate. After all, it’s the only one we have.

]]> By: tom http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/will-your-state-fully-fund-bicycling-and-walking/comment-page-1/#comment-36641 tom Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:07:12 +0000 http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=9913#comment-36641 Patronage jobs for biking advocates–perfect! Get them off the streets and into government jobs, with health bene’s and pensions. NYC DOT has already done this and advocacy organizations here almost imploded.

BTW, isn’t the name Transportation Alternatives already copyrighted? Or is this slip-up really intentional?

]]> By: Link roundup: July 27 | Tucson Velo http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/will-your-state-fully-fund-bicycling-and-walking/comment-page-1/#comment-36639 Link roundup: July 27 | Tucson Velo Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:37:01 +0000 http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=9913#comment-36639 [...] Will Your State Fully Fund Bicycling and Walking? [...]

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