Please call and/or write your State Representative and Senator today — Governor Deval Patrick’s Transportation Reform and Finance Legislation needs your support! (Click here to find out who your elected officials are and how to contact them.)
Express your support for the big ideas included in the transportation bill filed by Governor Patrick on February 24th by endorsing the bills commitment to pedestrian travel across the state.
The proposal balances reform with raising revenues to bring our transportation system into the 21st century. WalkBoston supports the increase in the gas tax as the best option to raise revenues. The proposed legislation also proposes smart revenue mechanisms to encourage energy-efficient vehicles and road-use based tax mechanisms.
The package includes significantly increased attention to pedestrians in a Healthy Transportation Compact to:
* Construct “complete streets” to enable pedestrians, bicyclists and bus riders to move safely on roadways in urban and suburban areas.
* Increase bicycle and pedestrian travel throughout the Commonwealth
* Expand Safe Routes to School
The reforms will increase safety, encourage physical activity, and help to make our communities more livable for young and old, those able-bodied or living with disabilities, and all citizens who walk by choice or because they are without a car.
The entire bill can be downloaded in PDF form at:
http://www.mass.gov/Agov3/docs/Legislation/090224TranspoReformLegislation.pdf
Please also consider speaking up for the bill at one of the Joint Committee on Transportation hearings:
When: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
Where: Springfield Technical Community College
When: Thursday, March 5, 2009 [Time – TBD]
Where: [TBD – South Shore]
When: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Methuen City Hall, Great Hall, 41 Pleasant Street, Methuen, MA 01844
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Where: State House, Room A-1
Thank you!
Wendy Landman, Executive Director
Liz Levin, Board President
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1 comment:
Done! Thanks for the heads up, as always.
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