Virginia Bicycling Federation

There’s a petition going around to get Google to add a “bike there” option to the “directions” in Google Maps, similar to the “take public transit” option available for a few places already. The Google Maps Bike There website has a link to sign the petition, plus some other neat stuff.

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Chairman Joe May of the House Transportation Committee threw another obstacle in the way of this bill, even though his committee had already heard and passed the identical House bill patroned by Del. Ebbin less than 3 weeks ago, by assigning it to be heard by Subcommittee 2 (which also had [...]

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SB644, Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks, was Passed By (postponed) for the day today in the House Transportation Committee and will be heard Thursday at 8:30 a.m.Apparently Sen. Ticer had a conflict and requested that it be passed by.
There is still time to call the Committee members if you haven’t already done so.
The general [...]

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The House Transportation Committee docket for tomorrow (1/2 hour after adjournment, which usually means around 2 p.m.) has just been posted, and SB644 is listed.
Now is the time for all constituents of Transportation Committee delegates to call them and ask them to support the “Motorists Must Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks” bill, SB644.
Committee [...]

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by Bud Vye
Have not had a chance to talk with Del. Ebbin about the action on the House floor today (will try to do so tomorrow), but from the Legislative website it appears that the bill was defeated by a 47-48 vote (although who voted for and against is not listed), after [...]

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Senator Ticer’s SB644 passed the Senate today by a 22-16 vote and now goes over to the House, where it will be heard by the House Transportation committee (unless the House Bill 1270 , which is identical, passes the House, in which event both bills will be “conformed” into one, whereupon I’m not exactly [...]

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by Bud Vye
HB1270 — motorists to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks — was narrowly reported out of the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday by an 11-8 vote. A close look at the vote shows that all of the 8 opposing votes were by Republicans, and that three Republicans were not present.
All of the [...]

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Delegate Ebbin’s bill (which is identical to Sen. Ticer’s bill on the Senate side) was reported out of House Transportation SubCommittee 2 to the full House Transportation Committee this morning by a 5 - 2 vote. Del. Fralin of Roanoke led the opposition as he has done to similar bills over the past [...]

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The Virginia Bicycling Federation urges bicyclists throughout Virginia to express support for House Bill 855, filed by Delegate Adam Ebbin, which would require the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to establish regional pedestrian and bicycle advisory committees in each of the nine VDOT highway construction districts.
HB 855 would require these committees to [...]

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Each fall and spring, Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB)
holds a series of public hearings around Virginia to solicit citizen
input on transportation projects, programs, and policies. A strong
presence of bicyclists at these hearings will help advance a more
bicycling-friendly Virginia.
Please put your local meeting on your calendar now, and consider the
Virginia Bicycling Federation’s current white paper (at
[http://vabike.org] [...]

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