Please post your opinion at http://MoBikeFed.org/KDOT
Brent Hugh <[email hidden]>
[Please forward this widely through 9 March 2006]
St. Louis folks--this is a little out of your usual area, but believe
me it will have an impact on you, so two minutes spent supporting your
fellow cyclists on the other side of the state will be well repaid:
KDOT thinks bicyclists and pedestrians don't exist, are few in number,
and are not too important.
Care to prove them wrong?
Spend two minutes registering your opinion with KDOT here:
What!? I live in Missouri. Why should I bother writing the Kansas
DOT?
Well, the reason is, KDOT is right now in the process of ruining a good
thing for BOTH SIDES of the state line. This impacts the states of
Kansas and Missouri.
So far they have received about 50 comments asking them to support
bicycle & pedestrian accessible bridges.
That is just a little tickle to these guys.
To make an impact, it's got to be more like 500. Or better yet, 5000.
Surely there must be 500 good walkers, runners, and bicyclists in the
great states of Missouri and Kansas combined!
What!? I don't live in the Kansas City area.
This policy is going to impact you wherever you live in Kansas OR
Missouri.
Especially if KDOT wins.
The impact will not be good.
So please, take two minutes:
After you are done, get your friends, relatives, neighbors, and
children to take two minutes.
Yes, it is that important.
If you want to walk, run, or bicycle safely in Kansas or Missouri.
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If you prefer to do it the old fashioned way you can email the three
individuals below and ask them to "Please support bicycle and
pedestrian access across river bridges."
Debra L. Miller
Kansas Secretary of Transportation, leader of KDOT
[email hidden]
Jerry Younger
District Engineer
KDOT District One (Kansas City area)
[email hidden]
Paul Ahlenius
KDOT Bike & Pedestrian Coordinator
[email hidden]
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Dr. Brent Hugh, LCI #1335 [email hidden]
Executive Director --- Missouri Bicycle Federation
http://www.MoBikeFed.org/join 816-695-6736
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