This is a public hearing item on Tuesday - so you get 5 minutes to speak instead of 3 . . . I hope you all will come and "educate" us on our options!!! Council Chambers (200 City-County Building) at 6:30 and it should be near the front of the agenda.
Brenda On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the Mayor is on the wrong track by suggesting this is a choice > between low fares and high levels of service and Jeff is on the right > track by suggesting funding alternatives to make both low fares and high > levels of service a reality. Clearly Madison bus riders, and the > Majority of the TPC, want both but are being forced by the Mayor and > Common Council to choose. > > >From a bicycle advocacy perspective, this is an extremely important test > case that could force the council members who voted for road expansion > and against low bus fares to actually explain why expanding roads is > taking the priority in these continued times of decreased driving and > increased bus ridership. As someone who frequently speaks in favor of > bicycling issues, I am often puzzled as to the logic of the road > expanders on the council. Exposing their thinking to some daylight > could lead to a combination of changing their thinking and us bike > advocates being able to come up with more persuasive arguments to > present at the next juncture. > > Fight on! > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Fwd: Mayor appealing TPC decision > > From: "Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR" <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, January 14, 2009 2:28 pm > > To: Robbie Webber <[email protected]>, bikies > > <[email protected]> > > The City and County needs to take up the idea of a commuter parking fee. > Money collected can be used not only to make sure our bus system (which > does not serve only Madison) is fully funded, but it can also partially fund > rail transit and fund all kinds of improvements to bike transit, including > bike stations and covered, secure parking. > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > -- **Please note: I have disabled my "yahoo" and "prodane" accounts to simplify things. My tenantresourcecenter.org (TRC) and my [email protected] address are still best for business related to Tenant Resource Center or council.
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