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-- Earl Blumenauer, U.S. House of Representatives (D., Ore.)
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-> "We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down and suddenly we act like it's not important...And, as a consequence, we never make any progress. It's part of the addiction, all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it."
-- Barack Obama, President-Elect
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-> "When a cyclist is killed by a driver who was text-messaging someone, you read as much in the paper about how awful the driver feels. We've made driving so easy, accessible and convenient -- and the system is so forgiving -- that people can drive distracted at great speeds and mostly get away with it. But we've seen conclusively that not paying attention will cause bad things to happen; studies have shown that distracted driving is just as dangerous as driving drunk. We should be penalizing those people the same way that we treat drunk drivers."
-- Andy Clarke, Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6aep22">http://tinyurl.com/6aep22</a>
-> "Few things humanize hostile streets more than people riding bikes, whether it's a child, a young woman in a dress or even a businessman in a three-piece suit."
-- Alex Marshall and Neal Peirce
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-> "The surface transportation system, championed by President Eisenhower 50 years ago, greatly contributed to our country's security, global economic competitiveness and overall quality of life. As we look to the future, we must maintain our current system, but also reawaken the vision of the past to provide the same quality of life for future generations..."
-- Paul Yarossi, President, HNTB Holdings Ltd
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-> "We estimate that Minneapolis and its neighboring communities could shift a significant percentage of driving trips to walking and bicycling. For the past half-century, America has spent the majority of its transportation resources building a transportation system that can't meet all of our transportation needs. By shifting even a small percentage of our trips to bicycling or walking, a person can save money."
-- Joan Pasiuk, Program Director, Bike Walk Twin Cities initiative
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