Tag: chris gregoire
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Tell Governor Gregoire Safe Routes to School is not expendable
The newest Federal Transportation Bill (MAP-21) is not good for biking and walking, which was slashed by at least 35 percent. While there are some ancillary benefits to the new bill, it’s main change is the amount of latitude local and state governments now have over how the money is spent. This means advocates for…
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Governor’s $3.6 billion transpo plan makes no mention of walking and biking
The good news: Governor Gregoire’s $3.6 billion transportation plan includes a small increase in the oil barrel fee to help pay for maintenance of existing state transportation facilities. The bad news: The plan does not even mention biking and walking, let alone provide funding for Safe Routes to School and other programs that encourage active…
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Tell the state not to raid funding for bicycling and walking again this year
Washington State budgets an astronomically higher amount of money on motor-vehicle-centric highway projects than any other means of transportation. Yet when it comes time to make cuts and give back Federal transportation funds, as happens often, WSDOT has in past years reached into the already underfunded pots needed to make bicycling and walking safer, easier…
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Governor signs Vulnerable User Law
Governor Chris Gregoire signed the Vulnerable User Bill into law today, reports Cascade Bicycle Club. SB 5326, which passed both chambers of congress with relatively strong margins, would require people who seriously injure or kill a more vulnerable road user to do more than simply mail-in a traffic ticket as is often the case today.…
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Governor will sign Vulnerable User Bill May 16
David Hiller at Cascade says Governor Gregoire will sign SB 5326 (AKA the Vulnerable User Bill) May 16. This bill has been three years in the making, and many people whose lives were affected by negligent driving came out to give very moving testimony in favor of the bill. From Hiller’s post on the Cascade…
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