BIKE: 15 Percent Bicycle-Pedestrian Set-Aside is on the table

[Bob Farr]

Yes fellow cyclists, the glass half-full (the meager 15 percent of Federal TEA
21 funds currently set-aside for bike/pedestrian projects in the CAMPO area) is
about to be snatched from the table and handed over to other air-quality
enhancment priorites (perhaps to fund an exit ramp or a few hundred yards of HOV
lane). Nobody really knows where that money will be spent, but it's a sure bet
that less will be targeted toward bike/pedestrian projects -- unless you speak
up.

We've got 2 weeks for public comments; until 3 December 2003. CAMPO Board
Members need to hear from tax-paying citizens like us who believe that
encouraging the use of bikes and pedestrians contributes much more toward
improving air quality than does moving more cars and trucks faster, through the
same matix.

Visit the ACA Web site, read the talking points, and use our handy E-mail form
to make a polite, reasoned comment to your CAMPO representitives.
http://www.austincycling.org

Do it now!
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Robert Farr
Webmaster/Assistant Editor
Austin Cycling Association
http://www.austincycling.org
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