{"id":22453,"date":"2020-02-06T16:24:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T00:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=22453"},"modified":"2020-02-06T16:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T00:39:44","slug":"washington-bikes-2020-lobby-day-was-a-huge-success-for-people-who-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2020\/02\/06\/washington-bikes-2020-lobby-day-was-a-huge-success-for-people-who-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Bikes\u2019 2020 Lobby Day was a huge success for people who bike!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>Advocates for better biking converged on the State Capitol in Olympia in January to engage their elected officials\u00a0 and request support for legislation and funding for safe spaces to walk and bike across Washington. Read on to learn more about Lobby Day, and get involved with our 2020 priorities.<\/h3>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Lobby Day 2020 took place during a fast-paced 60-day legislative session in Olympia. Washington Bikes\u2019 advocates met with more than 30 legislators from districts in Pierce, King and Snohomish counties.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22454 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/lobbyday2020.png\" alt=\"Participants in Washington Bikes' 2020 Lobby Day stand on the capitol steps in Olympia.\" width=\"512\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Community members spoke with leaders about the importance of i<a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2019\/12\/17\/introducing-washington-bikes-2020-state-legislative-agenda\/\">nvestments in active transportation projects<\/a>, advocated for the \u201cSafety Stop\u201d (a potential new law similar to the \u201cIdaho Stop\u201d to keep people on bikes safer at stop signs), and urged passage of a bill\u00a0 to include health as a goal in transportation investments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Participants got to see the legislative process in action when, in the midst of Lobby Day, the Safety Stop bill went to the House transportation committee. Lobby Day participants had the exciting opportunity to sign on in support of the bill and watch committee proceedings. The Safety Stop bill, which allows people on bikes to treat stop signs as a yield sign, is priority legislation for Washington Bikes because it has been shown to sharply reduce injuries.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to finishing out the 2020 legislative session strong, and continuing to advocate for people who bike &#8212; or want to &#8212; throughout the year!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22455\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WABikesLobbyDayTweets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocates for better biking converged on the State Capitol in Olympia in January to engage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[18,29],"tags":[507],"class_list":["post-22453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-wa-bikes-news","tag-lobby-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Washington Bikes\u2019 2020 Lobby Day was a huge success for people who bike! 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