ADVOCATES DELIVER BIKE/PED STRATEGIES/METRICS TO US DOT
-> According to a Sept. 11th Alliance for Biking and Walking article, "Last week, the US Department of Transportation released their draft strategic plan, a document that will determine how the DOT will manage the United States' transportation over the next five years. But there was a slight problem: the plan lacked vision for bicycling and walking...So state and local biking and walking advocacy organizations in the United States kicked into high gear. With help and policy recommendations from our friends at the League of American Bicyclists and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, state and local advocates joined onto a letter asking the US DOT to incorporate real strategic reforms for better biking and walking in the U.S. (<a href="http://bit.ly/18XWiHV">http://bit.ly/18XWiHV</a>;). In a resounding show of support, over 80 organizations signed on...
"Here's what we told the US DOT:
* Don't just pay lip service to safety. We urged the Department to set a hard goal to reduce bicyclist and pedestrian roadway fatalities by 50 percent by 2020.
* Build livable communities by building spaces where people have the option to walk and bike. We encouraged the Department to set a goal to increase bicycle mode share nationally to 5% by 2025 and pedestrian mode share nationally to 25% by 2025.
* Help create new projects that incorporate the needs of all people, not only people in cars. We urged regulators to implement a Complete Streets approach when designing safety measures..."
Source: <a href="http://bit.ly/1fB0N2d">http://bit.ly/1fB0N2d</a>;
from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.