Just posting a friendly reminder as a follow-up on our post from last week regarding tomorrow’s Virtual Lobby Day in support of the Active Community Transportation Act, H.R.4722.  Tomorrow the League of Michigan Bicyclists is leading a delegation of 13 Michigan cycling advocates to lobby for Complete Streets and more funding and federal support for bicycling in Michigan. We have a full day of meetings scheduled with Michigan Congresspeople and are asking you to back up our face to face efforts with phone calls from back home.  Specifically, please help us generate support for H.R. 4722 (Act Act).

Learn more about the ACT Act here.

Download Issue Paper on ACT Act (and Complete Streets Bill) here.

TAKE ACTION
For those Michigan complete streets advocates not attending the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC, please participate in the Virtual Lobby Day on Thursday March 11.  In conjunction with the National Bike Summit we ask that you call your representative at the same time that over 700 Summit participants will have in-person meetings in congressional offices. The combination of face to face and phone communications in support of this bill will demonstrate a strong and unified Michigan voice next week on Capitol Hill. The Virtual Lobby Day is being organized by our cycling friends at America Bikes.

We encourage you to use the talking points below to send your own alert encouraging your members to participate.

TALKING POINTS

Please call your representatives on March 11th to ask them to co-sponsor H.R.4722: “The Active Community Transportation Act.” Tell them:

  • Bicycling and walking are part of the solution. Half of all trips in the United States are three miles or less, yet the majority of these short trips are made by car.  Shifting more of these short trips to biking and walking would not only reduce congestion, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and our dependence on oil, but will also improve physical activity, safety, and livability.
  • Investing in bicycling and walking infrastructure works.  Commuting by bicycle has increased 43 percent since 2000 - and by 69 percent in designated Bicycle Friendly Communities that have invested in infrastructure improvements.
  • Please co-sponsor the Active Community Transportation Act (H.R.4722).


Here are the phone numbers for all the Michigan Congress people:

  • Senator Carl Levin (D- MI)   202-224-6221
  • Senator Debbie Stabenow (D- MI)  202-224-4822
  • Representative Bart Stupak (D - 01)  202-225-4735
  • Representative Pete Hoekstra (R - 02)  202-225-4401
  • Representative Vern Ehlers (R - 03)  202-225-3831
  • Representative Dave Camp (R - 04)  202-225-3561
  • Representative Dale E. Kildee (D - 05)  202-225-3611
  • Representative Fred Upton (R - 06)  202-225-3761
  • Representative Mark Schauer (D - 07)  202-225-6276
  • Representative Mike Rogers (R - 08)  202-225-4872
  • Representative Gary Peters (D - 09)  202-225-5802
  • Representative Candice Miller (R - 10)  202-225-2106
  • Representative Thaddeus McCotter (R - 11)  202-225-8171
  • Representative Sandy Levin (D - 12)  202-225-4961
  • Representative Carolyn Kilpatrick (D - 13)  202-225-2261
  • Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D - 14)  202-225-5126
  • Representative John D. Dingell (D - 15)  202-225-4071

    Don’t know who your Congressperson is?  Visit http://capwiz.com/lab/home/ and enter your address to find out.