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USDOT Awards $7M to Create Safe-Street Action Plans for 18 Virginia Communities
On Feb. 1, 2023, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $800 million in grant awards for 510 projects through the first round of funding for [...]
Action Alert #2: Big Week for Bike Bills! (Jan 24)
Friends, the General Assembly is starting to heat up. We expected several of the bills we are championing to be heard last week, but many [...]
Action Alert: Bicyclists May Proceed on Walk Signals
Virginia Bicycling Federation (VBF) is excited to pursue bicycling safety initiatives in the 2023 Virginia General Assembly session that begins tomorrow. We are optimistic that, [...]
Bike/ped project funding announced by Senators Warner and Kaine
From their joint press release, here: https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-and-kaine-successfully-secure-over-200-million-for-virginia-in-newly-released-fy2023-budget-bills The budget bill still remains to be passed by the Senate and House at time of announcement. "Strengthening [...]
2023 Legislative Preview
The 2023 Virginia General Assembly session starts next week! Here's a quick preview of what we expect. 2023 is an election year for the entire [...]
General Assembly Preview – Dec 29
VBF will host a live webinar via Zoom next Thursday, December 29 at 6:00 PM to preview the upcoming legislative session and discuss our goals. [...]