Comments on: Take action: Transportation Secretary says “Bike facilities are just pork”

By: Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Responds » Commute by Bike

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Responds » Commute by Bike — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:57:41 +0000

[...] facilities was an example of inappropriate, non-transportation use of the federal gasoline tax. We urged you to send your comments to Ms. Peters. I wrote a polite, but pointed comment to Ms. Peters via the link that The League of [...]

By: Jett

Jett — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:53:03 +0000

Every now and then, something burns me and this is one of them.

I changed jobs for one reason: so I could ride my bike to work. I’m sure that is probably outside of 2-3 standard deviations, but saying that bike paths are not transportation infrastructure is outside of 5-6 standard deviations.

The other part that gets me is there are people in this country who will believe what she says. It’s irresponsible for her to make those statements and it’s irresponsible for the public not to question her.

I thought writing my letter would get it out of me, but I think it has only gotten me more fired up. That might be a good thing .

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:25:09 +0000

Thanks Fritz. I send Ms. Peters an email with my feelings on the subject and sent email to a group of like-minded bikers in Eugene.

Tim

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:01:11 +0000

Thanks for the post. I forwarded this information about Ms. Peters to the activists in town. I wouldn’t have known about it if it hadn’t been for the site.

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:02:48 +0000

I use our local trails in Lincoln, Ne almost daily. They (the trails) are a great part of living in Lincoln. Beerokid..I thought that everyone that looks at FFL should see read this article. I hope that a vast majority of them write a response to Ms. Peters.

BTW, I am the guy who rides the green Moncog 29er on TNWR’s. I haven’t been on a ride in quite few weeks as I am taking a college course on Tuesday evenings.

Peace out

See ya around

By: beerorkid

beerorkid — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:22:18 +0000

Whoa. I watch the news hour every night. unfortunately I went out on a bike ride the 15th and missed this. Thanks for sharing this on FFL I will spread the word as well.

By: Warren T

Warren T — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:46:46 +0000

Excellent post Fritz! It only took a few minutes to fill out the form and send the e-mail with the LAB link that you provided. As I told Ms. Peters, I commute by bike on a bike path almost every day (94 work days so far this year) and have only used the trails for recreation ~5 times this year. I’d count that as transportation use…