[nfbwatlk] Ask your legislators to invest in walking, biking and transit today!

[Jacob Struiksma]

If you're like me, you want to spend less time in traffic and more with 
your
family and friends. Here in Washington, we need a transportation system 
that
provides more choices, while preserving our existing system of streets,
bridges, ferries, and buses.
The state legislature is close to voting on a transportation package.
Unfortunately, the current proposal does not provide adequate investments 
in
walking, biking, and transit. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Ask your legislators to invest in walking, biking and transit today!
The current package fails to provide affordable transportation options or
make it safer to walk, bike and drive. The proposed $12 billion package 
will
spend less than two percent on transit, bicycle and pedestrian
projects—projects that that we need.
This flawed proposal would also weaken state environmental laws that are
completely unrelated to our transportation system. The Senate’s proposal
diverts $280 million away from our toxic waste cleanup fund, eliminates
protections for our shorelines, and forces Washington to adopt weaker
federal protections instead of the stronger laws of the Evergreen State.
Contact your legislators today and tell them you want safe and affordable
transportation alternatives.
Together we can support a transportation system that protects our
environment and working families.
Thanks for all that you do,
Taldi Walter
Policy & Government Affairs Manager
P.S. We are running out of time, but we can still pass a balanced
transportation package that makes it safer and easier to walk, bike, and
drive. One that restores and expands transit service while protecting our
environment. Your legislators need to hear from you today.
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