Fwd: Urgent - Save Bike Infrastructure Funding

[Erica]

Make your calls today. You can leave voice messages. The committee meets tomorrow at 10:30am. 

When I spoke with some of the Representative's aides, the reason they had to support this bill was giving rural communities more control over how to spend spend their limited transportation funds, so you may want to counter this pro-argument in your call.  For instance, requiring communities in Michigan to dedicate a 1% of funding for nonmotorized transportation projects is good policy not only because it helps the citizens who bike and walk in those communities, but is critical to the future of our state (tourism, economic development, public health, etc). 

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From: League of Michigan Bicyclists <an...@lmb.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 12:40 PM
Subject: Urgent - Save Bike Infrastructure Funding
To: briggsw...@gmail.com

URGENT - BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WE NEED YOUR HELP! Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 7, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is scheduled to vote on a bill that would eliminate a long-standing requirement that Michigan road agencies spend a portion of their transportation funds on walking and biking projects. Please email and call members ASAP using the form on our website to urge them to vote no on HB 4954. Considering the short timeline PLEASE follow all the steps of the Action Alert to make phone calls to key members of the committee. THANK YOU! Thank you for taking action in support of our legislation! We rely on the financial support of our donors to make these advocacy campaigns possible. Please consider making a tax-exempt donation in support of LMB's mission to promote bicycling and the safety of bicyclists on Michigan roadways. League of Michigan Bicyclists 410 S Cedar St, Suite A Lansing, MI 48912

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[Jeff Gaynor]

From the LMB Take Action Page (just now):

Thank you, thank you, thank you! A HUGE THANK YOU to all LMB members and supporters who mobilized today to oppose efforts to eliminate the long-standing provision in Act 51 requiring that Michigan road agencies spend a portion of their transportation funds on walking and biking projects. We are pleased to share that late this afternoon, HB 4954 was pulled from the agenda of tomorrow's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This means they will not take testimony or vote on the bill tomorrow as we originally expected. This is in large part due to your swift action! We will keep you posted on this issue if further action is needed.

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