26 MAR 06: Congressional Bike Caucus--more MO members needed- March 26, 2006 St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation is working to get all area congressional representatives on the Congressional Bike Caucus. The only member of Congress in the St. Louis region who is not a Bike Caucus members is Todd Akin. If you live in Congressman Todd Akin's District (which includes Ballwin, Chesterfield, Creve Coeur, Des Peres, Ellisville, Eureka, Florissant, Hazelwood, Kirkwood,http://www.mobikefed.org/2006/03/26-mar-06-congressional-bike-caucus.php 23 MAR 2006: Save an important U.S. trails program- March 24, 2006 Bicyclists, The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) sent along this advocacy alert. The message to members of Congress from Missouri is: Please fully fund the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA), a division of the National Park Service. You can find email, fax, & phone links to all MO congressmen here. Details (from IMBA): Stop Budget Cutshttp://www.mobikefed.org/2006/03/23-mar-2006-save-important-us-trails.php 2 MAR 2006: KC River Crossings Policy: update and next step- March 3, 2006 Our best guess is that in the past three weeks over 1000 people have written KDOT in support of better accommodation of bicyclists and pedestrians. Thanks to all who have done so--if you haven't you can still do it, it less than 2 minutes, here. This has had a big impact on KDOT and, indirectly, on MoDOT. Here are some results so far: I just received the draft River Crossings policy whichhttp://www.mobikefed.org/2006/03/2-mar-2006-kc-river-crossings-policy.php |