ELECTION TUESDAY: Vote on transpo funding - Rock Isl Trail - STL cyclist run off the road - by the MAYOR

[Brent Hugh]

It's been a pretty busy week for bicycling in Missouri. Highlights:

1. MoBikeFed's position on Amendment 7, first transportation funding plan in Missouri history to prioritize biking, walking, and transit alongside roads & highways:

  http://mobikefed.org/2014/07/mobikefed-endorses-amendment-7

2. ELECTION TUESDAY! I bicycle and I vote!  I walk and I vote!  Put it on your calendar.  Our voter guide:

  http://mobikefed.org/MissouriVoterGuideAug2014

3. St Louis area cyclist threatened, hit, and run off the road by Sunset Hills Mayor:

http://mobikefed.org/2014/08/st-louis-area-cyclist-threatened-hit-and-run-road-sunset-hills-mayor

4. BikeMO, MoBikeFed's annual ride in mid-Missouri, is coming up August 23rd:

  http://BikeMO.org

5. Rock Island Trail Petition has almost 1000 signatures but needs 2000!  Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has a bid in to acquire the trail for Missouri!  Sign here to support:

  http://MoBikeFed.org/RockIslandTrailPetition

6. Summary of bike/ped projects on the Amendment 7 list - those YOU helped put there:

  http://mobikefed.org/2014/07/modot-commission-approves-final-project-list-amendment-7-funding-vote-august-5th

Above all, whatever your position on Amendment 7 or the other issues and candidates on the ballot, be sure to get out and vote Tuesday, August 5th!

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The Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation is a statewide coalition of bicyclists, walkers, runners, trail organizations and related businesses which represents over 50,000 Missourians and advocates on behalf of the state's two million ardent bicyclists and six million walkers.

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Dr. Brent Hugh, LCI #1335    
Executive Director
Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation
Dire...@MoBikeFed.org
Work: 816-336-2550
Fax: 210-579-2265
Personal: 816-695-6736
www.MoBikeFed.org