Holy Lahood!!
So exclamation points are generally discouraged unless you’ve had enough caffeine. (!!!!!!!)
This update from Alex Stokman at Missoula in Motion on the U.S. Secretary of Transportation saying bikes are transportation too. And walking is a legitimate way to get around.
That’s an inference. At a national bike summit, Secretary Ray Lahood recommends communities collect data on walkers and bikers. (OPG’s Ann Cundy is working on it.) He recommends setting target mode splits.
I’ve heard an engineer say that’s pointless and meeting ‘em isn’t possible, but perhaps there’s a way if there’s a will in Washington, D.C.
This from Stokman quoting the official blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation:
People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.
We are integrating the needs of bicyclists in federally-funded road projects. We are discouraging transportation investments that negatively affect cyclists and pedestrians. And we are encouraging investments that go beyond the minimum requirements and provide facilities for bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities.
This news comes as the weather warms, so maybe it really is time to pull the bicycle out of the garage.
– Keila Szpaller
