| 03/26/2001 | Nation Bicycle Summit UnderwayBicycle advocates, bicycle industry executives, key legislators and government officials are meeting this weeking in Washington DC to discuss initiatives and policies facing bicyclists including: Accommodations, Safety, Health, Environment, Intermodalism, Ridership Goals, Smart Growth, Access, Recreation, and Direction for the 21st Century.
The National Bike Summit is sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists in partnership with Bikes Belong Coalition, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, Rails to Trails Conservancy, International Mountain Bicycling Association, The Thunderhead Alliance, and National Center for Bicycling and Walking. The Summit will provide opportunities to exchange ideas, set priorities and goals, establish new working relationships and develop an agenda with a new Administration, Congress, and state and local legislators and officials. Speakers include:
U.S. Representative James Oberstar
U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer
U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (invited)
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman
Cynthia Burbank, Federal Highway Administration
DC Mayor, Anthony Williams
Richard Killingsworth, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
State Representative Rick Geist
Roy Kienitz, Surface Transportation Policy Project
The Summit will also feature a coordinated lobby day for bicycle advocates and industry representatives on Capitol Hill and with the new administration. Each summit participant will have a unique schedule of meetings with relevant legislators. Your participation can help raise pertinent issues and grow the profile of cycling with key decision-makers. |
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