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Tell your Congressional leader TODAY to save public transit, walking and biking


Today is a national day of action against proposed federal transportation bills in the House and Senate. If you believe public transit, walking and biking are fundamental, contact your U.S. Senators and Representative now.

These Chicagoland projects and many more are at risk of losing funding:

  • Skokie Valley Trail
  • Navy Pier Flyover
  • Calumet-Sag Trail
  • Safe Routes to School programming
  • Bloomingdale Trail
  • Protected bike lanes, pedestrian safety initiatives in Chicago

Take action by contacting your Congressional leaders now! Please tell your friends!

Federal transit funding is already inadequate, and only 1.6 percent of federal transportation funding is dedicated to walking and biking. Congress should not cut what little dedicated funding we currently have.

Tell your leaders to support transportation funding that creates jobs, reduces congestion, creates healthier citizens and improves the air we breathe.

Take action now!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on February 9, 2012 at 11:01am

I know ATA was in a hurry, but the form letter they have for your signature contains some grammatical omissions. Until they make those changes, be sure you proofread the letter yourself.

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on February 9, 2012 at 11:26am

Kevin, can you please let me know what you're seeing that should be changed? We'll make adjustments, of course.

Yes, we're in a hurry and we get info from lots of national partners that we cull into a local message, that might be where the error occurred.

Thanks,

Ethan, Active Trans

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on February 9, 2012 at 11:37am

Beginning of 4th paragraph:

" We need a transportation system that creates jobs and lays..." 



Active Transportation Alliance said:

Kevin, can you please let me know what you're seeing that should be changed? We'll make adjustments, of course.

Yes, we're in a hurry and we get info from lots of national partners that we cull into a local message, that might be where the error occurred.

Thanks,

Ethan, Active Trans

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on February 9, 2012 at 11:40am

Thanks a lot, we'll make that change asap.

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on February 10, 2012 at 5:35am

It's still OK to keep taking action and telling people to take action (subjected edited to reflect this).

We decided to keep it general and ask that people tell both Senators and Representatives to support funding for transit, walking and biking. The same message goes to House and Senate, which is why we didn't include bill numbers.

We did ask our members in Rep. Bigger, Dold and Roskam's districts to take action with a specific message about H.R. 7 because we believe those districts can make the most difference.

Please tell your friends to take action here: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50110/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY...

Thanks,

Ethan, Active Trans

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