thanks for your insight Robbie..spot on on the major concerns about similar
funding precedents, thanks again...and yep, its pretty obvious Wisconsin's
brand of "Conservatives" are anything but when it comes to padding the accounts
of road builder and treat silent sports/habits/transit options with the
opposite "fervor"....hoping I don't get shot snow shoe'ing the Ice Age Trail in
Walworth County Saturday and Sunday..."We're Open for Shooting" there now! oh
joy
Anyone know who the base is in the Capitol that we can get too to work on this?
Troy Thiel
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From: Robbie Webber <[email protected]>
To: Matt Logan <[email protected]>
Cc: Bikies <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] So what is the Gov going to do to state bicycle funding?
By the way... note that transit is now being proposed to be funded via the
General Fund instead of the Transportation Fund. That means it won't be
protected by the amendment.
I do fear that bicycling and walking may end up with the same fate.
I would feel better about the amendment if it was a two-way wall: No raiding
the Transportation Fund to supplement deficits in the General Fund AND no
raiding the General Fund to pay for things in the Transportation budget.
As an FYI, a number of states have a constitutional amendment saying the
Transportation Fund can ONLY be used for roadways. This is a huge problem for
states trying to have a more balanced transportation system. At my job, we have
been working with a number of states that are up against this restriction. I am
concerned that this amendment may be but a stepping stone to that restriction.
Robbie Webber
Transportation Policy Analyst
State Smart Transportation Initiative
www.ssti.us
608-263-9984 (o)
[email protected]
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>By the way, I see the Bike Fed supports the Constitutional Amendment
>protecting a fund that our Republican leaders clearly intend to be spent
>exclusively on facilities for motorists. Any chance you could back off
>on that support until the state includes bicycling facilities in the
>projects receiving money from that fund?
>
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