Funny how the US Department of Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, recently (March 2010) put together a policy statement that says federal, state, and local agencies should consider walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/bicycle-ped.html http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/03/my-view-from-atop-the-table-at-the-national- bike-summit.html#more The attempted NC legislation seems backwards compared to this.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Weinberger Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gyros: 15520] Re: Meeting W/ Senator Hunt Confirmed... On a related (and timely) note, check out the helmet cam story at http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/05/27/dnt.bike.helmet.cam.cbc?hp t=T2. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey" <[email protected]> To: "North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros)" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:52 PM Subject: [Gyros: 15519] Re: Meeting W/ Senator Hunt Confirmed... I spoke with Mr. Norman - nice, thoughtful guy. He provided me with the following information: -his office did not originate this legislation -he has heard that the legislation eminated from complaints about cycling groups, there were some terrible examples -his office is in favor of cyclists rights -they are concerned about the language, particurally how to interperate the last sentence -the language of the bill is still under consideration see this site: http://www.ncdot.gov/bikeped/ Jeffrey -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
