On Thursday, the U.S. Senate moved to protect funding for the
Transportation Enhancement program, an initiative that helps expand
transportation choices including pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and safety programs.
The amendment to eliminate these programs was introduced by Oklahoma
SenatorsTom Coburn and James Inhofe who called bike trails "frivolous,"
and made eliminating them one of his top three priorities.
But as Shareable's Jay Walljasper recently reported,
"programs to make biking and walking safer for everyone are one of the
smartest investments ever to come out of Washington. Any politician
wanting to eliminate them ought to open the pages of the venerable
conservative magazine The Economist, which last week made a strong case for continuing to build bike lanes and pedestrian-friendly street designs ."
Eager to stand up for their right to bike and walk, close to 50,000
people from around the country sent emails and made thousands of phone
calls to their U.S. Senators to voice their disagreement with the
amendement.
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| photo by Ken Wilcox. |
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