Columbia area bicyclists,
Ten Missourians will be visiting congressional offices in Washington, DC, tomorrow as part of the National Bike Summit. They will be visiting the office of every Missouri member of Congress, making the case for better, safer bicycling and walking in Missouri.
If you could spend five minutes sending a message of support to your members of Congress, it would really help back them up.
We don't have anyone in person from Congressman Luetkemeyer's district this year--making your phone calls and messages more important than ever. He WILL listen if he knows his constituents are backing our message.
It's easy--just visit this website
There you'll find your members of Congress list along with the best ways to
contact them:
- Online message (direct link to their online feedback form)
- Phone & fax numbers (the Washington office, where we'll be visiting)
Please give them a call or send them a message like this:
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Dear [Congressman or Congresswoman or Senator] X,
The National Bike Summit is taking place today in Washington and a delegation from Missouri will be visiting your office.
I hope you'll take the time to meet with them, because bicycling and walking is very important to Missouri and to me.
Federal funding for bicycling and walking is a very, very small amount--just 0.03% of the federal budget--but it is very, very important:
- Federally funded roads and highways are among the biggest impediments to bicycling and walking
- Destinations that people want to bicycle and walk to cluster along federally funded roads and highways
- Federally funded roads and highways cut right through every city and town in Missouri, and when they are not built to allow people to bicycle or walk along or across them, the result is that entire neighborhoods become unwalkable and unbicycleable.
[Add a sentence or two about why bicycling and/or walking is important to you.]
Sincerely yours,
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Again Visit this website for the contact info for your representatives:
THANK YOU!
When you contact your elected representatives, it really does make a difference!
Ten Missourians will be visiting congressional offices in Washington, DC, tomorrow as part of the National Bike Summit. They will be visiting the office of every Missouri member of Congress, making the case for better, safer bicycling and walking in Missouri.
If you could spend five minutes sending a message of support to your members of Congress, it would really help back them up.
We don't have anyone in person from Congressman Luetkemeyer's district this year--making your phone calls and messages more important than ever. He WILL listen if he knows his constituents are backing our message.
It's easy--just visit this website
There you'll find your members of Congress list along with the best ways to
contact them:
- Online message (direct link to their online feedback form)
- Phone & fax numbers (the Washington office, where we'll be visiting)
Please give them a call or send them a message like this:
-----
Dear [Congressman or Congresswoman or Senator] X,
The National Bike Summit is taking place today in Washington and a delegation from Missouri will be visiting your office.
I hope you'll take the time to meet with them, because bicycling and walking is very important to Missouri and to me.
Federal funding for bicycling and walking is a very, very small amount--just 0.03% of the federal budget--but it is very, very important:
- Federally funded roads and highways are among the biggest impediments to bicycling and walking
- Destinations that people want to bicycle and walk to cluster along federally funded roads and highways
- Federally funded roads and highways cut right through every city and town in Missouri, and when they are not built to allow people to bicycle or walk along or across them, the result is that entire neighborhoods become unwalkable and unbicycleable.
[Add a sentence or two about why bicycling and/or walking is important to you.]
Sincerely yours,
-----
Again Visit this website for the contact info for your representatives:
THANK YOU!
When you contact your elected representatives, it really does make a difference!
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