There were some fantastic stats given by the DMI speaker last night..a transit advocate in New York, originally from Rockford (where many cool people come from, John B. Anderson, Joan Jett, Rick Nielsen..me..well..scratch the last one) anyway, maybe Bike fed folks can get the lobbying cogent points...and if you need Real Estate research locally to back up valuation increases in high commuting/cycling facilities and friendly ped environments in Wisconsin I know a good agent who can help with that...probably find a few of my peers who are cycling advocates to help too!
--- On Tue, 11/16/10, Matt Logan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Matt Logan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] More money worries To: "Meiers, Steve" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 4:01 PM Which is why the following report should be laser-etched into the desks of our elected officials: [2004 National Community Preference Survey] http://tinyurl.com/382rlhf Memorable snippet from pg 13: "At least four in ten would also like to see more public transportation within walking distance (46% “too little”), more places to bike (46%), more shops or restaurants within walking distance (42%), more places to walk or exercise for fun (40%) in their communities." On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 09:41 -0600, Meiers, Steve wrote: > More bike money worries: This story builds on earlier reports that the > change in leadership following the mid-term election could cut the > flow of cash to bicycle and pedestrian projects. It focuses on Rep. > Tom Latham (R-Iowa) - in line to be the chairman of a subcommittee in > control of appropriations for transportation projects. Latham > reportedly has said every biker is “one less person paying into the > transportation trust fund.” _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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