Environmentalists Say Legislators Are "Giving the Environment the Shaft"

And the pedestrians and cyclists are getting it too. All out bills are stalled in the legislature with the exception of HB 1155 Which will help mainstream bike/ped projects as well as requiring the state to meet specific goals (other then just randomly spending money.) While I am personally concerned that the State will still maintain barriers to funding bike/ped projects such as: it has to be really expensive before financial aid will even be considered along with a unflexible matching requirement, which between the two hinder projects that can do the most good in meeting the established goals as well as preventing projects from being built where they will do the most good.

Despite my concerns over HB 1155 establishing goals is a very important first step, and the fact that it has passed the House (nothing of importance of ours has passed the House in the last 5 years) this is good news. No we have to wait to see what the Senate will do with their version SB 760.

To read about the environmental issues: <a href="http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2010/03/environmentalists-say-legislators-are.html">http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2010/03/environmentalists-say-legislators-are.html</a>;