Two weeks ago, we were successful in beating back a handful of dangerous amendments to the yearly transportation budget in the Senate that would have broken federal promises to fund crucial, long-planned public transportation, passenger rail and bike/pedestrian projects. In less than 48 hours, supporters like yourselves sent more than 10,000 messages to your Senators in opposition of these dangerous amendments. Your quick action was instrumental in letting the Senate know that it’s important we continue funding alternatives to driving that can help us use less oil, cut our emissions, bike and walk safely and reduce the amount of time we spend in congestion each day.

UPDATE: Victory! For whatever reason, Sen. Bond decided not to offer his amendment and it will not come to the floor for a vote. Thanks to all of you who took action by writing or calling your Senators. In the last 24 hours we beat back a dangerous anti-bike/ped amendment from Senator Coburn. Now we [...]

Sen. Kit Bond has offered two amendments to the Senate’s stimulus legislation that would raid other funds and direct them to the highway funds. The highway funding is already at $27 billion, with most of coming via a blank check to state DOT’s with zero accountability for prioritizing backlogged repair or outlining what it should accomplish. More highway funding is not what we need right now.