Bike Friendly Richardson

We received a message from the League of American Bicyclists, requesting our support. We would love to get our local cyclist friends involved with this initiative:

Thank you for you dedication to building a Bicycle Friendly Community.  We appreciate the work you are doing to make bicycling safer and more accessible. We wanted to make you aware of a sign on letter for Mayor’s, championed by the US Conference of Mayors and the League of Cities, asking Congress to continue to support the Transportation Alternatives program. The Transportation Alternatives program is the biggest funding source for bicycle and pedestrian projects and an important source of funding for small, local transportation projects. Protecting and expanding this funding source ensures communities like yours can continue to make it safer and more convenient for people to bicycle (and get the recognition for it too)!

The current transportation bill expires September 30^, 2014 and Congress is now debating policy for the next bill. Please consider encouraging the mayor to sign onto this letter  to let Congress know that the community supports continuing and increasing funding for the Transportation Alternatives Program.  We have sent a request directly to your mayor as well.

Thank you,

BILL NESPER, Vice President, Programs

With respect to our hard working City Council, we hope that you would take the time to politely encourage Mayor Laura Maczka to participate in this. Let her know that her constituents recognize the progress the city has already made for cycling and we are proud to support this initiative.