Bikies, If the amount of fuss we caused at the State level is any indication, a lot of you care deeply about finding for bicycling. It turns out there is a great opportunity to voice your support for bicycle funding right here in Dane County.
Here is how you can help: 1) E-mail your county supervisors in support of the Regional Transit Authority proposal. http://www.countyofdane.com/coboard/supervisors.asp 2) Make an appointment for Thursday, August 16th at 7:00pm to attend the Dane county supervisors meeting. 3) Reply to this e-mail if you plan to attend. I will put together some useful background information for people who wish to speak at the County Supervisors meeting. If you have web links to good sources for background, please share them! 4) Keep September 4th open - that's the Madison City Council Meeting on the same topic. You can read some details at the 1000 Friends of Wisconsin Web Site: http://www.1kfriends.org/ Basically, the Regional Transit Authority (or RTA) that is being talked about will add a 0.5% to the local sales tax, and dedicate a portion to funding bicycling projects. Given the reluctance at the State level to fully fund bicycling according to federal recommendations, the RTA and the tax are sorely needed. Yet, some anti-rail/anti-bike forces are starting to rally against the RTA. The RTA plan as I read it really helps everybody and it would be a shame to let the anti-smart transportation folks win the argument. Thanks to all! _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
