{"id":124624681,"date":"2008-12-13T09:58:01","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T09:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=124624681"},"modified":"2008-12-13T09:58:01","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T09:58:01","slug":"the-league-is-sticking-up-for-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=124624681","title":{"rendered":"The League is Sticking Up for Cyclists!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[Having been involved with some of the conversations between LAB and the State and with LAB and the City of Baltimore I can say LAB is starting to make a difference in Maryland, please consider your support.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/media\/package\/images\/lab_weblogo2006.gif\" width=\"173\" height=\"134\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We know the holiday season is a busy time, and that this year everyone<br \/>\nis taking a much harder look at what they spend. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The League relies on your membership dues and additional contributions<br \/>\nfor the majority of our income \u2013 and over the years members like you have<br \/>\ngiven us an incredible boost by closing out the year with a generous gift to<br \/>\nhelp us continue our work on your behalf. &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Just before <span style=\"border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\" class=\"yshortcuts\">Thanksgiving<\/span>, we mailed you a summary of the progress<br \/>\nwe\u2019ve made this year thanks to your support: here are the highlights. We:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Passed the landmark <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/news\/100708faq.php\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\">Bicycle Commuter<br \/>\n     Benefits Act<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Hosted a<br \/>\n     record-breaking <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/conferences\/summit09\/index.php\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\">National<br \/>\n     Bike Summit<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Certified a record<br \/>\n     number of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/education\/seminars.php\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\">League<br \/>\n     Cycling Instructors<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Designated 21 <i><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">new <\/span><\/i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bicyclefriendlyamerica\/communities\/\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\">Bicycle<br \/>\n     Friendly Communities<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Launched new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bicyclefriendlyamerica\/bicyclefriendlystate\/\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\">Bicycle<br \/>\n     Friendly State<\/span><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/programs\/bicyclefriendlyamerica\/bicyclefriendlybusiness\/\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\">Bicycle<br \/>\n     Friendly Business<\/span><\/a> programs <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We also identified some of the incredible opportunities (and<br \/>\nchallenges) ahead of us in 2009. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Consider this: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A new Congress and Administration will commence work in just 30 days on<br \/>\nthree absolutely critical, and potentially transformative initiatives \u2013 a<br \/>\nmassive <span style=\"border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\" class=\"yshortcuts\">economic stimulus package<\/span>, a new transportation funding bill, and<br \/>\n<span style=\"border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\" class=\"yshortcuts\">climate change legislation<\/span>. Taken together, these will direct more than one<br \/>\ntrillion dollars of infrastructure investment in the next five years \u2013<br \/>\nshaping our nation\u2019s future every bit as dramatically as the <span style=\"border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\" class=\"yshortcuts\">New Deal<\/span>,<br \/>\n<span class=\"yshortcuts\">World War II<\/span>, and the <span style=\"border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\" class=\"yshortcuts\">Interstate Highway System<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Our programs that we have built with your support provide a roadmap<br \/>\n\u2013 better still, a bike map \u2013 for ensuring this investment creates<br \/>\nsustainable, bicycle-friendly communities for the future. We can\u2019t afford<br \/>\nto pour all that money into 1950\u2019s-style highway projects and programs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We have to have a voice at the table, and your support now is critical.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you have already sent an end-of-year contribution, we thank you, and<br \/>\nwe look forward to serving you \u2013 promoting and protecting the rights of<br \/>\ncyclists \u2013 in the year ahead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Andy Clarke<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">President<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\" class=\"yshortcuts\">League of American Bicyclists<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext; border-width: medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: medium none ; padding: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\/join\/index.php\">Support Bicycling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>oldId.20081213095801382<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Having been involved with some of the conversations between LAB and the State and with LAB and the City of Baltimore I can say LAB is starting to make a difference in Maryland, please consider your support.] &nbsp; &nbsp; We know the holiday season is a busy time, and that this year everyone is taking &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=124624681\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The League is Sticking Up for Cyclists!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124624681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124624681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124624681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124624681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124624681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124624681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124624681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}