Tacoma City Council to Hear Mobility Master Plan Tonight

The Tacoma City Council is taking public testimony on the Tacoma Mobility Master Plan. They need to hear from transit and bike-ped advocates that this is a great initiative that needs to be fully funded and implemented in the next decade. TCC had the pleasure of working with City of Tacoma by serving on the steering committee for the project and it really is a visionary bike-ped plan.

Here is more info from our friends at the Cascade Bicycle Club.

First, Happy Bike Month! Last Friday's Bike To Work Day was a positive day all around our region.

Do you want to channel that energy into making bicycling part of the future of transportation in Tacoma?

Come to a public hearing to include the Mobility Master Plan in the city's comprehensive plan tomorrow evening, May 25, at 5:30pm to make your voice heard. It's a great plan - but we need to tell the city council to fund it - and build it faster!

You can read more about the plan at this website.

The hearing will be held at City Council Chambers on the first floor of the Municipal Building, 747 Market Street.

Thanks for your advocacy! Together we can create a better community through bicycling.

Last Chance for Bicycle Safety: Ask your Senator to Vote for HB 3001

With time running out before the final cutoff in the legislature, the window of opportunity to save transit and increase pedestrian and bicycle safety in Washington State is shrinking. But the Legislature still has a chance to step up for transit and safety! Here is an alert from the Cascade Bicycle Club on HB 3001. Take Action Today!

Two weeks ago, we watched as the Vulnerable Roadway User Bill died on the Senate calendar. Today, however, hope is alive. SB 5838 may be officially dead, but the law's language is being kept alive as an amendment to HB 3001.

Lawmakers from every corner of the state need to know you care about this issue.

Tomorrow at 5pm is the final cutoff in Olympia in this year's short legislative session. It's our last chance to pass HB 3001. Developed by the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, the bill expands bike and pedestrian safety education in traffic schools for bad drivers. It also includes our Vulnerable User Bill in an amendment.

Please call 1-800-562-6000 today. Ask your senator to vote for House Bill 3001. The bill passed overwhelmingly in the house - let's not let it die, too.

It's too late for an email. Please take a minute to call the legislative hotline and leave this message: "Senator, please support House Bill 3001 and the leadership amendment."

Cascade Bicycle Club is in Olympia, working hard to build support for the HB 3001. We need your help today to get it passed.

Thank you,
David Hiller
Advocacy Director
Cascade Bicycle Club

P.S.-Thank you to Senator Kline, McDermott, Kohl-Wells, and other Senators for working hard on this issue.