The US Department of Transportation recently released "Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach". The League of American Bicyclists encourages you to take a copy of this very positive policy statement to your city, county and state government and ask them to adopt it. You can download the document at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/Design.htm

The first line of the document reads: "Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach" is a policy statement adopted by the United States Department of Transportation. USDOT hopes that public agencies, professional associations, advocacy groups, and others adopt this approach as a way of committing themselves to integrating bicycling and walking into the transportation mainstream."

Bicyclists all around the country need to work together to make this statement a reality. Your help is important because some local authorities are pressuring FHWA to back away from its own policy.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

As a first step, please write to Administrator Wykle of the Federal Highway Administration and tell him that you think the new policy is an excellent vision for future of transportation. Please send copies of your letter to League of American Bicyclists and our friend on Capitol Hill Congressman James L. Oberstar.

Then, make this document work for you. Show it to local officials, push your projects and start new ones. And please tell the League about your successes and any set-backs at bikeleague*bikeleague.org. Let's show the FHWA and your local government that bicyclists care!

  

Write to: 
FHWA Administrator Kenneth Wykle 
400 7th Street, SW 
Washington, DC 20590 


Send a copy of your letter to: 
League of American Bicyclists 
1612 K Street, NW 
Suite 401 
Washington, DC 20006-2802 
Email: bikeleague*bikeleague.org 

And another copy Congressman James L. Oberstar 
US Rep. James L. Obertstar 
US House of Representatives 
2366 Rayburn House Office Building 
Washington, DC 20515 

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