tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post6345407872261720944..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Prospects for State Transportation Bill in 2015 Increase with ElectionSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-91893741386132580762014-11-10T09:36:21.292-08:002014-11-10T09:36:21.292-08:00Bike Portland has a piece on a different group als...Bike Portland has a piece on a different group also aligned on more funding and a gas tax increase - <br /><br />http://bikeportland.org/2014/11/10/car-freight-biking-transit-advocates-agree-back-oregon-gas-tax-fee-hike-2015-113237Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-52353546342979890722014-11-05T18:55:18.548-08:002014-11-05T18:55:18.548-08:00(Maybe I should have mentioned this...because the ...(Maybe I should have mentioned this...because the City of Salem doesn't have its own lobbyist and City employees are not permitted to lobby, I believe the City uses the LOC and its policy positions for the City's own "Legislative Positions," and does lobbying through the LOC's own lobbyist.<br /><br />This <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2014/07/city-council-july-14th-stinky-at-blind-school.html" rel="nofollow">July note on Council</a> contains a bit towards the end on the transportation items when they were being developed.)Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-85899796987201896492014-11-05T16:21:35.852-08:002014-11-05T16:21:35.852-08:00I didn't know there was a League of Oregon Cit...I didn't know there was a League of Oregon Cities. Interesting newsletter. Hope you're right about improved funding for alternative transportation. <br /><br />Massachusetts just passed a ballot measure that pushed back an automatic inflation increase for its gas tax. Livable Streets Alliance, a Greater Boston advocacy group for biking, walking and public transit which actively opposed the measure, claims that it "will eliminate $1 billion over the next ten years to spend on transportation projects across the state to keep our roads and bridges safe and to invest in public transportation."Laurie Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824401850721009298noreply@blogger.com