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Has the Representative co-sponsored bicycle friendly legislation? Cosponsored?
2011 Safe and Complete Streets Act (H.R. 1780)
A bill to ensure the safety of all users of the transportation system on federally funded streets
2012 Petri Amendment
A potential amendment to preserve dedicated biking & walking funds in H.R. 7, the House transportation bill
Has the Representative voted in favor of biking and walking? Supported?
2003 Transportation Enhancements
An amendment to preserve the Transportation Enhancements program for local biking & walking funds
2012 Petri Amendment in Transportation Committee
An amendment in the House Transportation Committee to preserve dedicated funds for biking & walking
2012 Transportation Bill in Transportation Conference Committee
Members of the transportation conference committee signed the new transportation bill before it was considered by the full House and Senate. Many lawmakers who support multi-modal transportation chose not to endorse the report to show their protest to a bill that cut biking and walking funds by 33%. A bike signifies a committee member who chose not to sign; a crossed-out bike signifies a committee member who chose to sign.
Has the Representative co-signed a bike-friendly Dear Colleague letter? Supported?
2013 Non-Motorized Safety Performance Measure letter
A letter led by Representatives Blumenauer of OR-3 and Coble of NC-6 asking Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to create a non-motorized safety performance measure

District Profile

Population Centers

Federal Investments

3 federal programs provide these dedicated funds for biking and walking:
Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School, and Recreational Trails. These figures do not include Recreational Trails.

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of biking & walking projects

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State Profile

State Complete Streets Policy:

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Fair Share for Safety in

Eliminating the tiny percentage of funding for bicycling and walking projects will worsen the existing discrepancy between funding, safety, and the number of trips made by foot and bike.

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Proportion of traffic fatalities that are bicyclists or pedestrians in :

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For more information contact Caron Whitaker at (202) 215-­3908 or caron@bikeleague.org.