Action Alert: Contact House Transportation Committee Members TODAY

Monday, April 22 2013 12:09

Complete Streets (HB 1102) and Safe Passing (HB 2225) have both had their initial hearing in the House Transportation Committee. We're hoping these bills will come up for a vote in the House Transportation Committee tomorrow, April 23. We need your help!

Listed below are those representatives who have not yet confirmed a YES vote for Complete Streets and Safe Passing. If any of these committee members represent you, please contact him or her TODAY to ask for his/her vote on Complete Streets and Safe Passing.

Not sure who represents you? Go here to find your representative.

If your representative isn't listed, hold tight! There will be time for everyone to act as soon as we get these bills out of committee.

Rep. Larry Phillips (Committee Chairman), District 62

Rep. Cindy Burkett, District 113

Rep. Yvonne Davis, District 111

Rep. Bobby Guerra, District 41

TAKE ACTION NOW:

• Call or email your representative’s office now and ask for his/her support for HB 1102 and HB 2225.
• Each member’s name above is a link to his/her page with a phone number and email form. NOTE: Please call the Austin office, not the district office.
• BikeTexas has found the following format to be most effective when communicating with elected officials:

1. My name is _____ and I live in District _____.

2. My occupation is _____.

3. I (or my spouse/child/parent) ride a bicycle.

4. Will Rep. _____ vote Yes on Complete Streets and Safe Passing?

• Be polite. Thank the staff for their time. They field hundreds of angry calls every day, so let's make sure cyclists stand out by being courteous. Giving the staffers and the representative a positive impression of Texas cyclists could be the difference in getting the bills passed!
• Please take a moment to contact us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and let us know if you've reached your Representative's office and how they respond. ACT NOW so Complete Streets and Safe Passing can move out of committee and on to the full House before time runs out on the session.

If none of these are your representative, please do not contact them! Elected officials respond to their own constituents. Don't worry; there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone in Texas to contact their representatives and senators soon!

Thank you for making Texas a great place to bike and walk!

Action Alert: Complete Streets and Safe Passing Hearing in House Transportation Committee on April 9

Friday, April 05 2013 10:32

Great news! Complete Streets (HB 1102) and Safe Passing (HB 2225) have both been scheduled for a hearing in the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday, April 9. We’re thrilled that both of these bills have reached the next step toward coming to a vote. Now you can help get them out of committee and onto the House floor!

Some members of the Transportation Committee are not yet ready to vote “Yes” on these bills. If any of these Transportation Committee members are your representative, please contact them immediately to ask them to vote Yes for Complete Streets and Safe Passing:

Rep. Larry Phillips (Committee Chairman), District 62 

Rep. Cindy Burkett, District 113 

Rep. Allen Fletcher, District 130 

Rep. Bobby Guerra, District 41 

Rep. George Lavender, District 1 

Rep. Joe Pickett, District 79 

Rep. Debbie Riddle, District 150 

TAKE ACTION NOW:

• Call or email your representative’s office now and ask for his/her support for HB 1102 and HB 2225.
• Each member’s name above is a link to his/her page with a phone number and email form. NOTE: Please call the Austin office, not the district office.
• BikeTexas has found the following format to be most effective when communicating with elected officials:

1. My name is _____ and I live in District _____.

2. My occupation is _____.

3. I (or my spouse/child/parent) ride a bicycle.

4. Will Rep. _____ vote Yes on Complete Streets and Safe Passing?

• Be polite. Thank the staff for their time. They field hundreds of angry calls every day, so let's make sure cyclists stand out by being courteous. Giving the staffers and the representative a positive impression of Texas cyclists could be the difference in getting the bills passed!
• Please take a moment to contact us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and let us know if you've reached your Representative's office and how they respond. ACT NOW so Complete Streets and Safe Passing can come to a vote before time runs out on the session.

If these are not your representatives, please do not contact them! Elected officials respond to their own constituents. Don't worry; there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone in Texas to contact their representatives and senators soon!

Thank you for making Texas a great place to bike and walk!

URGENT: Sen. Hutchison Needs to Hear From You Today

Friday, June 22 2012 11:51

ACTION ALERT 6/12/12: Contact Senator Hutchison ASAP

Monday, June 11 2012 16:37

To all Texas bicycle supporters:

Developments last week on the federal transportation bill are ominous and threaten to completely eliminate programs that fund trails, walking and bicycling. Right now, the Senate must hold the line in negotiations on the next federal transportation bill, and you are the key to convincing Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison to stand strong for Texas.

As reported by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, last Thursday evening, the House conferees delivered a countermeasure to the Senate offer. The Senate version had retained the compromises already reached on Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School and Recreational Trails. But the House response demands further evisceration of these programs, eliminating even the downsized pot of money available to them. On top of that, it gives each state's governor (a euphemism for Department of Transportation) the option of eliminating these programs altogether.

What you can do:
Please Contact Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison ASAP

> Phone: 202-224-5922    > Email: Click here

Personal emails and phone calls have a huge impact - much more so than form letters. Your phone call or email to Senator Hutchison should:

• • Thank the Senator for her consistent support of multi-modal transportation, including key support of the provisions in the Cardin-Cochran amendment to MAP-21.
  • Ask the Senator to reject the House position and stand strong for the Senate's solution to fully restore biking and walking programs.
  • Include if possible a story or reason why support for bicycle or pedestrian transportation -- on roads, trails, or as part of Safe Routes to School -- are personally important to you.

Thank you for making a difference.