{"id":3264,"date":"2013-04-04T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T22:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2013-04-08T19:15:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T02:15:17","slug":"a-push-to-the-finish-for-neighborhood-safe-streets-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2013\/04\/04\/a-push-to-the-finish-for-neighborhood-safe-streets-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"A Push to the Finish for Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kids from Broadway Elementary in the Spokane Valley practicing our Safe Routes to School bicycle\/pedestrian safety curriculum. We prepare them for the streets–can we make the streets safer for them too?<\/p><\/div>\n

What will make our streets safer for our kids? Too many headlines tell the sad story: We need to slow down.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do we make that happen?\u00a0You take action right now\u00a0<\/strong>to ask your state senator to\u00a0vote yes for HB 1045,<\/strong>\u00a0our\u00a0Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill should be coming to the floor of the Senate for a vote\u00a0in the next few days–almost the last critical step in the process.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Earlier this session HB 1045 passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support, 86-10, and was unanimously recommended for passage in the Senate Transportation Committee last month.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to ask your state senator to\u00a0vote yes<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0safer streets, less red tape, and cost savings for taxpayers.<\/p>\n

HB 1045 is simple:<\/strong>\u00a0Cities can save our tax dollars by slowing speed limits on\u00a0non-arterial<\/strong>\u00a0streets to 20 mph without having to spend money on a traffic and engineering study. The time and expense of that study can interfere with a commonsense decision that makes your street safer for everyone from toddlers to grandparents.<\/p>\n

We’ve given you lots of facts and talking points to include in your email in our previous blog posts. What we need you to do\u00a0right now<\/strong> is help us get this bill across the finish line.<\/p>\n

Contact your state senator.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By phone: <\/strong>Call the legislative\u00a0hotline\u00a01-800-562-6000<\/a>\u00a0and tell the operator you’d like to leave a message for your senator. The friendly operator will copy down your message and send it to your legislators. This is a very easy process; say “Please vote yes for House Bill 1045, the Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill.”<\/p>\n

By email:\u00a0<\/strong>Enter your mailing address on\u00a0the district finder form<\/a>\u00a0(choose Legislative, not Congressional) and follow the instructions on the site to reach a contact form.<\/p>\n

Choose your\u00a0state senator<\/strong>\u00a0and ask for a YES vote on the floor for\u00a0HB 1045<\/strong>. Use what you’ll find in our last blog post,\u00a0Will the State Senate Vote to Help Slow Traffic in Your Neighborhood?<\/a>\u00a0and stress these points:<\/p>\n