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Howdy everyone,

I try not to spam anyone ever - but this one is pretty important to me. I just had one of the best experiences of my life on a bike in Arches National Park a couple weeks ago. It was on a road. It was incredible. Please read the forwarded message and take action - by signing the petition - and also by emailing your Senator directly. Help keep our right to the road in tact.

Hope everyone is out and riding despite the weather.

Cheers,
Keith

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jack Chapman <jbch...@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:26 PM
Subject: [necyclocross] League petition
To: necycl...@yahoogroups.com

No pressure here (and not directly related to CX)...but the few minutes
you'll spend reading and filling out the petition will go a long way towards
diverting an absurd precedent for all cyclists.

First, we are fighting now against a mandatory sidepath provision in the
latest version of the Transportation Bill. We are gathering signatures on a
petition, which we will soon present to key Senators. We would greatly
appreciate you forwarding the link to your members. Here it is, with a
little explanatory blub:

The draft of the Senate's transportation authorization bill, S. 1813 Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, includes language that would
introduce a mandatory sidepath law on roads in our National Parks and other
Federal lands. It requires cyclists on Federal lands to use a path or trail,
instead of roads, if the speed limit is over 30 MPH and a trail exists
within 100 yards, regardless of the condition or utility of the path. The
provision sets a terrible precedent. Passing it would send the wrong message
to transportation agencies that these policies are acceptable. Laws like
this have been taken off the books in states over the past 30 years. This
takes us in the wrong direction.

Please sign the League of American Bicyclists’ petition here:
http://www.bikeleague.org/petition/

Thanks for reading,
Jack

Jack Chapman
The Velo Resource, LLC
69 Appletree Rd.
Auburn, NH 03032
USA
603-759-1828
ja...@theveloresource.com

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