Thanks for suppporting this - We won! Federal support for bicycling is preserved

[Mr C]

    Good news on the transportation funding effort!

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From: "Tim Blumenthal, peopleforbikes.org" <in...@peopleforbikes.org>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 2:51 PM
Subject: We won! Federal support for bicycling is preserved

Dear Fraser, The U.S. Senate affirmed its time-tested support of bicycling Thursday by forcing Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to withdraw his proposal to eliminate dedicated funding for the Transportation Enhancements program. Peopleforbikes.org supporters and our advocacy partners influenced this outcome by sending close to 50,000 emails and making thousands of phone calls to their U.S. Senators in just 48 hours. Thank you! As a result, funding for all federal transportation programs has now been extended to March 31, 2012. The key, cost-effective programs that make bicycling safer and easier -- Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School, and Recreational Trails -- will continue to receive modest, dedicated support -- about 1.5 percent of the total federal transportation investment. Every U.S. Senate office received an unprecedented number of well-crafted emails and articulate phone calls this week from people who bike. This powerful show of support for bicycling made a strong impression on Congress and influenced the positive outcome. We reminded the Senate that bicycling investments support a growing number of transportation trips coast to coast, and save government agencies money on road repairs, parking infrastructure costs, and health-care costs. They recognize that this is a small investment with a big payback that makes Americans safer. A huge thanks to the thousands of Americans, our supporters, who rallied quickly to contact their elected officials on this challenge. We will continue to keep you posted on key issues and opportunities that affect the future of bicycling in the United States. I hope you'll join me in taking a ride this weekend to celebrate! Tim Blumenthal Director, Peopleforbikes.org

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[Larry Parker]

It occurred to me the other day that if Sharrows are painted in the outside / curb lane to try to make drivers aware that bicycles are allowed there, shouldn't they be painted in all the Left Turn lanes, too?   Just one in each little section, to make sure the ignorant drivers are made aware that cyclists are RIGHT to be there?     This might apply to some other special lanes, maybe the thru lanes when the outside lane is a turn only?  and others that I haven't thought of.

 

Larry

[Larry Parker]

Years ago I found the website for FREquent bIKERS, a really nifty setup to encourage kids to pedal to school.  I suggested it to some folks, but got no response or "No money to startup"  NOW it looks like we may have money coming for something like that, and I can't find the site.  I know they changed their name as they "went corporate" and started expanding and selling their idea.  I just can't find what they call themselves now, or what the website is. 

 

Can anybody help?   I think they originally were in Colorado,  Freikers.org has a home page, but that is all, and no link to the new site.

 

Thanks for any help, and pardon me if you get multiple copies of this, as I am posting to a couple of lists.

 

 

Larry Parker

[Jim Coppock]

Here's a link to your idea, Larry.  I got this thru the apbp listserve a month ago.  The idea is still in early experiment stages. (The mis-spelled word in the hyperlink works.) Joe G sent a photo of a left turn sharrow at a tee intersection in answer to a request from Canada.  Let me know if you want to see it.

 Jim

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Portland has been using angled chevrons for awhile now. They are actually changing the marking to be more of a jug handle for future installations. I personally prefer the angled sharrows, as you can angle them to point directly where you want the bicyclist to go.

http://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Wayfinding-Sharrow-Gudielines.pdf

I haven't seen angled sharrows used for an approach to a left turn lane yet, but this is an interesting application of the idea.

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