{"id":14085,"date":"2015-07-28T16:58:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T23:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=14085"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:58:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T17:58:17","slug":"washingtonians-spoke-up-for-biking-health-and-safety-and-governor-inslee-listened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/28\/washingtonians-spoke-up-for-biking-health-and-safety-and-governor-inslee-listened\/","title":{"rendered":"Washingtonians Spoke Up for Biking, Health, and Safety and Governor Inslee Listened"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LittleToday, Governor Jay Inslee announced a path<\/a> to retain investments in the safety of our children on their way to school, special needs transit, and critical biking connections while moving forward on his agenda on reducing carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

Washington Bikes thanks Governor Inslee for making the choice that retains Washington\u2019s\u00a0historic transportation investments<\/a>\u00a0in bicycling, health, and safety.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past six months, thousands of caring Washingtonians asked state leaders in Olympia to make bold investments in our transportation future by making it safer and easier to bike and walk. They listened by investing $500 million in biking and safety projects in the transportation revenue package signed into law in July.<\/p>\n

Over the past eight days, Washingtonians affirmed the need to save those same historic investments and Governor Inslee listened, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Washington bikes people are safer and healthier, and businesses thrive. We are heartened to hear that these historic investments for biking, health and safety will move forward,\u201d said Washington Bikes\u2019 Executive Director Barb Chamberlain. \u201cBiking and walking investments are always investments in cleaner air.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past eight days, Washington Bikes highlighted what papers like the Seattle Times<\/a>, Spokesman-Review<\/a>, Everett Herald<\/a>, and Tacoma News Tribune<\/a> seconded: there\u2019s broad, bipartisan, and statewide support for a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build bikeways and safer sidewalks for Washingtonians.<\/b><\/p>\n

Numerous organizations and cities <\/b>joined this call to action <\/b>including <\/b>American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Foundation for Healthy Generations, League of American Bicyclists, Cascade Bicycle Club, Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition, One America, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, Transportation Choices Coalition, and Transportation for America, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is clear is that these investments go beyond protecting the environment,\u201d said Washington Bikes Policy Director Blake Trask. \u201cThey make kids safer, they increase physical activity and health, and they grow local economies statewide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks, Governor Inslee, for listening to the thousands of caring Washingtonians who want more investments in biking, health, and safer schools statewide.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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