From kevin at hebers.net Tue Feb 10 10:41:56 2009 From: kevin at hebers.net (Kevin Heber) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:41:56 -0500 Subject: [IndianaTrails] Fwd: Urgent Action: Enormous funding opportunity for active transportation References: Message-ID: <1E413A92-4D3F-447D-95DD-66AA30E0CE7F@hebers.net> > From: Runckrr at aol.com > Date: February 10, 2009 1:13:08 PM EST > To: Runckrr at aol.com, rcarter at greenwaysfoundation.org, > kevin at hebers.net, Pwyman8 at aol.com, kevin at indianatrails.org, bmwtjm at hotmail.com > , KHCGCC at aol.com, Gcctplanner at aol.com, cstranahan at cityofkokomo.org > Subject: Fwd: Urgent Action: Enormous funding opportunity for active > transportation > > Hey guys, > > This is a FYI thing. As you know I think this is important and I > will be contacting my senators to let them know. > > Charlie > > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! > > This is not a time to build [bike paths]. If we are going to invest > in infrastructure, invest in infrastructure that actually makes the > economy more efficient, such as roads that are needed. > -Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009 > > > Dear Charlie, > > Comments like those above are misguided. Please act now for active > transportation funding. > > Along with others, like Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who offered an > amendment to prohibit funding for walking and bicycling, Sen. Ensign > does not realize that more trails means people walk and bike more > and drive less. This translates into less congestion, healthier > people, a healthier planet, more money available to our communities, > and much, much more. > > Moments ago, the U.S. Senate passed the American Recovery and > Reinvestment Plan. Unlike the House of Representatives? version of t > he bill, the Senate did not explicitly fund Transportation Enhanceme > nts (TE), the nation?s primary funding source for active transportat > ion. > > However, the Senate and House will work to reconcile their > differences ?in conference? over the next few days. > > We must convince the Senate to protect TE in conference. > > Please go here to get started. > > This is exciting, because we know we can make an impact: After more > than 15,000 of us signed Rails-to-Trails Conservancy?s (RTC) petitio > n to Congress and the president to explicitly fund active transporta > tion in the recovery package, the House allocated $1.35 billion for > TE. > > Please give a few minutes of your time?I promise, together we can ma > ke a difference. > > Thank you so much. > > Kevin Mills, > Vice-President of Policy, > Rails-to-Trails Conservancy > > > || home || forward to a friend || unsubscribe || view in browser > > Rails-to-Trails Conservancy > 2121 Ward Ct., NW > 5th Floor > Washington, DC 20037 > +1-202-331-9696 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jjuillerat at indy.rr.com Sun Feb 15 06:47:21 2009 From: jjuillerat at indy.rr.com (Jonathan J. Juillerat) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:47:21 -0500 Subject: [IndianaTrails] North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Indianapolis this Month! Message-ID: <000001c98f7c$50213500$635b1d41@DC32V831> Hello fellow bicycle enthusiasts, If you're even remotely interested in the bicycle as transportation, sport, or art please strongly consider attending the North American Handmade Bicycle Show later this month on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday February 27, 28, and March 1. I'll be down there all three days working at the Moots and the Shamrock Cycles booths. Stop by and say, "Hey!" http://www.handmadebicycleshow.com I've heard some people complain that this is too expensive. Hogwash. A visit to Subway or seeing a bad movie in a theatre could cost you more. This is the premiere bicycle show in the entire world, and it's in our backyard in the Convention Center downtown. There are over 150 exhibitors. Don't miss it! For you mountain bikers, the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association (www.hmba.org ) will be having their annual meeting festivities in conjunction with the show on Saturday. If anyone has any questions, don't hesitate to email or call me. Please consider forwarding this to other bicycle enthusiasts that you know. Cheers, Jonathan Juillerat -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve at activetrans.org Tue Feb 24 06:35:27 2009 From: steve at activetrans.org (Steven Buchtel) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:35:27 -0600 Subject: [IndianaTrails] NWI Times: Connect our region for opportunity, sustainability, wellness Message-ID: A cross-the-state-line coalition effort to close a gap that?s inhibiting the future connection of NW Indiana?s Marquette Greenway to the Chicago lakefront. URL - http://tinyurl.com/burnham-gap [Full text below ? coalition members at the bottom.] Connect the region for opportunity, sustainability, wellness | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 We are writing to urge state and federal support for a relatively small capital expenditure that will have large public benefits. We support linking Chicago, its Southland suburban communities and natural areas and lakefront Indiana by closing a small gap -- the Burnham Greenway Gap -- that is the strategic missing link in a rapidly expanding nature trail network. In the short term, closing the Burnham Greenway Gap generates needed construction employment, healthful public access to nature, and a dramatic expansion of our region's open space infrastructure. Completing this 1.6-mile gap in Burnham provides the keystone for connecting trails as diverse as the 500-mile Grand Illinois Trail, Indiana's Marquette Trail and Pennsy Trail, and the American Discovery Trail stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It would be the premier Green Legacy Project for the Southland, to commemorate the centennial of the 1909 Burnham Plan that first called for regional cooperation to preserve natural open spaces. The gap between Burnham Avenue and State Street in Burnham now separates the Southland's trail system from Chicago's bikeway system and the Lakefront Trail, severely limiting future accessibility of the Calumet-Sag Trail. Closing the Burnham Greenway Gap requires the construction of two bridges and will cost $4 million dollars to cross the Grand Calumet River and multiple rail lines. With funding, a construction bid could be let in late 2009, providing an estimated six months of construction work for on average 20 workers a day. This cost is beyond the means of Burnham, but its benefits reach from Northwest Indiana, through the Southland and into Chicago. A completed Burnham Greenway would attract positive regional attention, improve community health, boost economic activity, and expand equity in recreation and transportation. In the long term, closing the Burnham Greenway Gap allows communities to build brighter, more sustainable futures. We have joined together to respectfully urge our state and federal officials to close the Burnham Greenway Gap. Ed Paesel, Executive Director, South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association Jerry Adelmann, Executive Director, Openlands John Swanson, Executive Director, Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission Paul O'Connor, Communications Director, Chicago Metropolis 2020 Robert Polk, Mayor, Village of Burnham Peggy Salazar, President, Southeast Environmental Task Force Sandra L. Wartman, Executive Director, Calumet-Memorial Park District George Bellovics, Grand Illinois Trail Coordinator, IDNR, Grand Illinois Trail Council John W. Wilson, Director, Lan-Oak Park District Dan Persky, Advocacy Director, Active Transportation Alliance Aeria Charles, Chief of Staff, Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims Ed Barsotti, Exeucitve Director, League of Illinois Bicyclists David H. Kircher, Chief Landscape Architect, Forest Preserve District of Cook County Douglas Chien, Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club Jim Bloyd, MPH, Assistant Health Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health Bev Moore, President, Illinois Trails Conservancy Carl Toren, MD MPH, Medical Director, Chicago Family Health Center Ralph Schultz, Director of Planning & Operations, Forest Preserve District of Will County, Old Plank Road Trail Commission Jim Garrett, CDME, President/CEO, Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau Copyright ? 2009 nwi.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: