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Transportation Enhancements is gone. “What do we do now?”
Finding a Route Forward Under MAP-21 July 6, 2012 Published on the League of American Bicyclists blog Last week, Congress did what many thought impossible – they passed a new transportation authorization bill. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law on Friday. Unfortunately, that achievement came at the cost of a…
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News Journal Front Page: “State Aims to Ease the Way For Bikers”
Money budgeted for trails,pathways nearly doubled By Mike Chalmers July 7, 2012 Published in The News Journal Only about 0.2 percent of Delaware workers commute to their jobs by bicycle, one of the lowest rates in the nation. But a big boost in the new state budget aims to get more people out of their…
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Delaware General Assembly Votes $13.25 Million for Walking and Bicycling
Both the Delaware House and Senate voted unanimously Saturday evening to approve a capital budget for the state of Delaware, including an unprecedented $13.25 million for walking and bicycling, a 90% increase over last year’s state commitment to walking and bicycling. With about 900,000 people, this represents approximately a $15 per capita funding…
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Capital Budget Passes Delaware General Assembly Unanimously
4:46PM HB410 , the bill to establish a $429 million state capital budget for fiscal year 2013, passes Delaware House unanimously. 7:53PM HB410 passes Delaware Senate unanimously.
Boxer-Mica Law Eliminates 20 Year Transportation Enhancements Program
In a vote just minutes after a similar House vote, the United States Senate voted 74-19 on Friday for the Boxer-Mica highway bill (aka : “MAP-21”), eliminating Transportation Enhancements, the spectacularly successful federal program that funded 10s of thousands of walking/cycling projects in the United States between 1992 and 2012. Senators Tom Carper (press releases HERE)…
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Sen. Carper Reacts to Transportation Bill Compromise Vote
Jun 29 2012 Compromise Vote Package Reinvests in Nation’s Infrastructure, Extends Flood Insurance Coverage for Delawareans, Stops Student Loan Rate Hike WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) released a statement following Senate and House approval of a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program, prevents college student loan interest rates from doubling…
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Statement from Senator Coons on vote to reauthorize surface transportation programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 29, 2012 CONTACT: Ian Koski at 202-224-5042 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement after voting Friday to reauthorize federal surface transportation programs, which are set to expire on Saturday. Their expiration would immediately endanger nearly $200 million in projects on I-95 in Delaware alone “Anyone…
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U.S. House Passes Anti-Bike Transportation Bill
Minutes ago, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed (373-52) the Boxer-Mica “highway” bill that defunds the most important federal program for walking and bicycling. The 20 year “Transportation Enhancements” program, which has funded 10s of thousands of walking/cycling projects since 1992 (e.g. the Northern Delaware Greenway) will soon cease to exist if, as expected later…
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Rep. Mica: “Millions” Put Out of Work Unless His Highway Bill Passed Right Away
Speaking on the U.S. House floor today, House Transportation and Infrastructure committee chair John Mica (R-FL) held up the specter of “millions” of lost jobs if the Boxer-Mica highway bill was not passed immediately: “Tomorrow would actually close down thousands of transportation projects around the country,” he said. “Transportation departments around the country were on…
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