{"id":5529,"date":"2013-11-19T16:06:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T00:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=5529"},"modified":"2013-11-19T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T00:06:36","slug":"time-for-more-than-your-two-cents-worth-tell-olympia-washington-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/19\/time-for-more-than-your-two-cents-worth-tell-olympia-washington-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for (More Than) Your Two Cents\u2019 Worth\u2014Tell Olympia Washington Bikes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, we announced our new name: <\/b>Washington Bikes<\/a>.<\/strong> It expresses our vision for the future–one in which more and more of Washington bikes every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And while it looks like the state legislature is finally getting close to investing in our transportation system, current proposals don\u2019t go far enough to build the vision we all want.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we need you to contact legislators now.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>

Not good enough!<\/p><\/div>\n

The proposed $12 billion package will spend less than 2%–two pennies out of a dollar!–on giving you and me alternatives to being stuck in traffic and spending our hard-earned dollars at the pump.<\/p>\n

Thursday the State Senate Transportation Committee will hear testimony on this $12 billion transportation proposal. Your legislators need to hear from you today that every day more and more of Washington bikes, walks, and takes transit<\/i> and a balanced, sensible transportation package will invest accordingly.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This package will guide transportation investment over the next decade<\/strong>. Just some of the reasons we think two cents <\/strong>should instead be two dimes<\/strong>\u2014things you can tell your legislators about why they should dedicate 20% of the new funding to biking, walking, and transit:<\/p>\n