Beyond the Bike Lane: Support Idaho Walk Bike Alliance!
Tomorrow our state legislature will have a hearing on S1276, a bill establish funding for Children’s Walking and Biking Infrastructure Program. This bill would help fund sidewalks near schools, parks and libraries across the state and our friends at Idaho Walk Bike Alliance needs your help showing support!
Write to the Senate Transportation Committee Members showing support for S1276
Below are talking points you can touch on, provided by Idaho Walk Bike Alliance
It proactively puts into place a process to build walking and biking infrastructure.
It improves safety for children to walk or bicycle to the places they need to go like school, parks or libraries.
It improves efficiency by officially putting into place an established and agreed upon process rather than recreating the wheel each time funding becomes available.
Increases transparency by setting upfront criteria and distributing the funds via a competitive grant program.
It establishes four general criteria in which proposed projects would be evaluated; Safety, Mobility, Proximity to School, Library or Park, and Project Readiness.
Crashes between motor vehicles and Idaho children has been trending upward.
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