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Post by Mike S on Dec 30, 2009 11:14:30 GMT -8
[glow=red,2,300]Hot off the wire.....[/glow] Dear Bicycle Alliance Member, Mark your calendars to attend the “Complete Streets Spokane organizing meeting”If you have been reading the Spokesman Review and OutThere Monthly, you know that there has been an alarming string of pedestrian deaths around Spokane and the Inland Northwest. Join representatives from Futurewise, the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, and other public interest groups in changing this trend! January 13 – 5:30 PMCentral YMCA930 N. Monroe Spokane, WA When streets are designed for motor vehicles, they deny people the opportunity to choose more active ways to get around, like biking and walking. Even when sidewalks exist, large intersections and speeding traffic can discourage these active modes by making biking and walking unpleasant or unsafe. Read Jon Snyder's December editorial, Time for Complete Streets, in OutThere Monthly. The BAW has long been a proponent of Complete Streets policies at the state and local levels, and it continues to be part of our 2010 legislative agenda. For more information contact Kitty Klitzke (kitty@futurewise.org) or at 509-838-1965 at Futurewise for more information. Hope to see you there! Dave Janis Acting Executive Director www.bicyclealliance.org206-224-9252 x302
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