[Ebbc-Talk] Stop Paul Amendment to strip funding from Transportation Alternatives

Please help us maintain the Transportation Alternatives program - and the l=
ocal control provisions that help build bikeable and walkable cities and to=
wns.
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Just last year Congress passed a new transportation bill, MAP-21, that dism=
antled dedicated funding for biking and walking by combining Transportation=
 Enhancements, Safe Routes to School and Recreational Trails into one and c=
utting the funding by 30%.   The saving grace was that the bill included a =
local control provision to ensure that Mayors and communities could access =
to these dollars to support local transportation priorities.
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Now Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky wants to wipe out what=92s left.
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Senator Paul has introduced an amendment to the Transportation Appropriatio=
ns bill to prohibit ANY MONEY from being used for Transportation Alternativ=
es, and to redirect that money towards bridge repair.
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While we agree that repairing our bridges are important, both for safety an=
d economic development reasons, so are our local economies. Dedicating the =
small amount of Transportation Alternatives funding to bridge repair couldn=
't fix our country's bridges in 50 years. And, taking that small amount of =
funding away would dangerously undermine efforts in our cities, towns and c=
ounties to provide safe and efficient transportation options for everyone. =
With rates of bicycling and walking fatalities on the rise, that is a trade=
 we can=92t afford to make.
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Please contact your Senators and ask them to save Transportation Alternativ=
es by voting NO on amendment 1742.

The Senate hopes to finish this bill today or tomorrow so please act soon!
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Thank you,
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