[Macomb-Cycling] Fwd: [edbarsottilib at comcast.net: Complete Streetsis Illinois law!]

[The Coveys]

Next we need to work for an Illinois income tax check off to help fund
these.  I realize that this is built in to the cost estimate for new roads,
but it would be nice for bikers to be able to vote with their dollars to
project our voice.

Frank Covey
cquail at macomb.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey R. Calhoun" <jeff at outfitters.com>
To: <cycling at macomb.com>; <critical-mass at macomb.com>; <wintag at wintag.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:26 PM
Subject: [Macomb-Cycling] Fwd: [edbarsottilib at comcast.net: Complete
Streetsis Illinois law!]


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> ----- Forwarded message from "Ed Barsotti (LIB)"
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> From: "Ed Barsotti \(LIB\)" <edbarsottilib at comcast.net>
> To: "'Ed Barsotti'" <ed at bikelib.org>
> Subject: Complete Streets is Illinois law!
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:12:12 -0500
>
> [Please forward to your club members]
>
>
>
> Dear IL bike club members,
>
>
>
> The Illinois House just voted to override the Governor's amendatory veto
on
> Senate Bill 314 - meaning that Complete Streets is now Illinois law for
IDOT
> roadways!!!
>
>
>
> The bill was approved overwhelmingly by the Legislature in June, but was
> gutted by Gov. Blagojevich's amendatory veto on August 31. The bill had
> required IDOT to include walkways and bicycle ways in their road designs
in
> urban areas (with reasonable exceptions).  The veto made this optional.
> Both the Senate (53-0, October 3) and the House (109-3, October 10) voted
to
> return to the original, meaningful language.
>
>
>
> The result?  IDOT reconstruction and expansion roadwork in urban areas
must
> now include provision for people who walk or bike.  IDOT performance in
this
> area had been poor, despite calls for reform of urban sidewalk and bikeway
> policies by LIB, the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, and others.  Our
thanks
> go to the bill sponsors (Sen. Ed Maloney, Rep. Joe Lyons), and also to CBF
> for leading the charge on this year's version of the bill.   Both
> organizations will continue our work with IDOT on policy revisions - but
> this time backed by Illinois law.
>
>
>
> (Further background from an earlier bill is at
> http://www.bikelib.org/completestreets/sb508mtg1005.pdf.  LIB's analysis
of
> IDOT's bike and ped policies is at
> http://www.bikelib.org/political_state/bdemanualreview.pdf.)
>
>
>
> - Ed
>
>
>
> PS:  Thanks to all of you who contacted your legislators!
>
>
>
> Ed Barsotti
>
> Executive Director
>
> League of Illinois Bicyclists
>
> 2550 Cheshire Dr.
>
> Aurora, IL  60504
>
> 630-978-0583
>
> ed at bikelib.org
>
> www.bikelib.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
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