Legislative Roundup - Thank You Edition | Active Transportation Alliance

Submitted by dpersky on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 8:12pm

Legislative Roundup - Thank You Edition

Thank you for making the 2009 Illinois legislative session a success!

Your commitment to walking, biking and transit pushed us to secure huge wins:

Increased Safe Routes to School Funding
Creation of School Transportation Task Force
Distracted driving bills (partial bans on talking on cell phones and text messaging while driving)
Requirement for Metra to accept credit cards
Providing bicyclists and pedestrians access to compensation in hit and run crashes
Protecting electric bike riders rights

Thanks to our legislative champions for biking, walking and transit:
Sen. Heather Steans, Sen. Michael Bond, Sen. James Meeks, Sen. Martin Sandoval
Sen. Pamela Althoff, Sen. Edward Maloney, Rep. Luis Arroyo, Rep. Elaine Nekritz, Rep. John D’Amico, Rep. Robert Pritchard, Rep. Greg Harris, House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie

We could not have done it without you. Active Transportation Alliance is your voice for better biking, walking and transit. Throughout the year we have campaigns that create healthy streets filled with healthy people.

Please check back at the blog at www.activetrans.org for more information on our ongoing campaigns. If you have any suggestions for next year's legislative agenda, email dan@activetrans.org or call 312.427.3325 x229.

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Submitted by Jack Weiss (not verified) on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 9:30am.

What is the status of the long ago planned bike bridge across the North Branch Channel at Lincoln Avenue? I spoke some time ago with Ald. Stone and he didn't seem to understand the serious safety issues for bikers traveling through that junction. It appears that the foundations were put in place when the path was improved on the east side of the channel, but nothing has been done since. Is funding an issue or politics?

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