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On Thursday, February 2, we expect the House Transportation Committee
to vote on the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, a bill that
eliminates crucial funds for biking and walking. As a Member of the
Committee, your representative is in a key position to save dedicated
funding for biking and walking. Please contact them today and ask
them to vote to preserve biking and walking.
The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, the long awaited
multi year Transportation bill, eliminates the two largest programs that
fund biking and walking infrastructureâTransportation Enhancements and
Safe Routes to School. Without these programs, communities all over
the country will lose resources to build the sidewalks, crosswalks, and
bikeways that make biking and walking safe and accessible in your
community.
We canât let that happen.
Thatâs why weâre working to introduce an amendment that will
preserve funding for biking and walking. During Thursdayâs vote, your
representative could be the key to making sure that this amendment passes
in the Transportation Committee. Will you contact them today to ask that
they vote to preserve funding for biking and walking in the transportation
bill?
Tell them:
- Biking and walking make up 12 percent of all trips, but only 1.5
percent of federal funding.
- Two out of three pedestrian deaths take place on roads built with
federal funding. Ensuring funds for sidewalks, crosswalks, and
bikeways help end preventable deaths and make roads safer for
everyone.
- When town centers are biking and walking friendly, business and
economic development improves.
Thank you for all that you do to keep bicycling and walking safe and
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