{"id":138287759,"date":"2009-05-20T13:15:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T13:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=138287759"},"modified":"2009-05-20T13:15:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T13:15:59","slug":"transportation-for-the-21st-century-alert-from-the-league-of-american-bicyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=138287759","title":{"rendered":"Transportation for the 21st Century: Alert from the League of American Bicyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/townhall-masthead.jpg\" alt=\"You're Invited - Influence Legislation with Townhall Meeting Alerts\" width=\"550\" height=\"196\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"500\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Next Federal Transportation Funding Bill<\/b><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/capwiz.com\/lab\/utr\/1\/BJDMKNMSSF\/KFMIKNMSUP\/3364494826\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"action_link\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/capwiz.com\/lab\/utr\/1\/BJDMKNMSSF\/KFMIKNMSUP\/3364494826\">Take&nbsp;Action!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prioritize bicycling and walking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"height: 10px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Congress is writing a bill that will define our national transportation system for the next 6 years and we&nbsp;need your help to make sure that your&nbsp;Member of Congress weighs in on the transportation bill to&nbsp;support&nbsp;bicycling and walking.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Representative Daniel Lipinski (D, IL) is circulating a &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/capwiz.com\/lab\/utr\/1\/BJDMKNMSSF\/FYAQKNMSUQ\/3364494826\">Dear Colleague<\/a>&#8221; letter proposing that the upcoming Transportation Bill, which is currently being drafted by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&amp;I), promotes and funds alternate transportation options. &nbsp;Representative Lipinski is asking<b> <\/b>his colleagues in the House of Representatives to join him in a call for increased federal funding for<br \/>\nbicycling and pedestrian programs.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>We are thankful for Congressman Lipinski&#8217;s efforts on behalf of cyclists nationwide and urge you to contact your Representative to&nbsp;ask them to join Mr. Lipinski and lend their voice to this important debate.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;Please contact your&nbsp;Representatives office today and urge them to sign onto Congressman&nbsp;Lipinski&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/capwiz.com\/lab\/utr\/1\/BJDMKNMSSF\/NQMAKNMSUR\/3364494826\">policy letter<\/a> today.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Next Federal Transportation Funding Bill Take&nbsp;Action! Prioritize bicycling and walking &nbsp; &nbsp; Congress is writing a bill that will define our national transportation system for the next 6 years and we&nbsp;need your help to make sure that your&nbsp;Member of Congress weighs in on the transportation bill to&nbsp;support&nbsp;bicycling and walking.&nbsp;Representative Daniel Lipinski (D, IL) is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=138287759\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Transportation for the 21st Century: Alert from the League of American Bicyclists&#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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138287759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138287759","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=138287759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138287759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138287759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138287759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138287759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}