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BikeMN Attends US DOT Listening Session in Force

image On January 25, BikeMN attended a key US DOT listening session on Surface Transportation Reauthorization with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Congressman Jim Oberstar in Minneapolis. Dorian Grilley, Executive Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota (BikeMN), made a statement on the organization’s behalf about inconsistent spending of 402-safety money on bike/ped issues and the importance of establishing performance measures for bike/ped safety similar to those measures for motorized modes of transportation.

Taking this opportunity to highlight their issues, the MN Complete Streets steering committee also met with Barbara McCann, Executive Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition for breakfast, and the organization co-sponsored a forum for the candidates for governor, bringing 11 candidates and plenty of bike/ped advocates.

For more information on BikeMN, please visit:
http://www.bikemn.org/index.cfm

Posted by bluewater on January 25, 2010
Tags: us dot, minnesota, minneapolis, complete streets coalition, bikeped safety, bikemn, 402 fund
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