The House Transportation and Economic Development Committee will hold a hearing on Monday on a resolution urging Federal Funding for the Columbia River Crossing.
This is scheduled for 1pm in Hearing Room D at the Capitol in Salem. BikePortland has additional details and coverage.
This is a political lollipop. The Legislature can ask the Feds for funding without having to commit the $400M that will be Oregon’s share.
But it is an opportunity to publicly ask some of those inconvenient questions about those pesky project assumptions that keep turning out to be wrong…
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And for those of you that are going to be in Salem, there is the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting from 10am to 4-5pm. Here is the draft agenda:
AGENDA
Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
March 28, 2011
Technical Leadership Center
4040 Fairview Ind Dr.
Salem, Oregon
Alsea Room
Monday, March 28th
9:00 AMAdministrative Business
Welcome; Call to Order & Introduction of Guests; Additional Agenda Items;
Introductions/Public sign in (10 minutes)
Minutes – Feb 2, 2011 – Adoption (5 minutes)
9:30 AMRobert Pape, PE. – New State Traffic Engineer (30 minutes)
10:00 AMNational Bike Summit, La Hood Soiree, Other info items – All (30 minutes)
10:30 AMBreak(15 minutes)
11:15 AMLegislative Update – AJ, Sheila, others (30 minutes)
SB 424 Ped Crossing Claification
SB 415 Vulnerable Road Users
20 MPH Greenway Zones
Citizen Citiation
Bicycle Licensing Study
SB 766 Limiting local
Roundabout Ban
SB 846
HB 3429
HB 2865
HB 2602
11:45Lunch (30 minutes) – Walk to local eatery, Dim Sum anyone?
12:15 PMMonetary Support for Scenic Bikeways (25 minutes)
12:35 PMBy Laws Subcommittee – AJ (20 minutes)
12:50 PMReview of 2008 Vision Statement – All (15 minutes)
1:15 PMGoal Setting/Vision/OTC Presentation – All (2 hours)
3:20 PMWrap up – Non Agenda Items
4:00PMishAdjourn
Don’t forget to go to the Active Transportation Summit the next day!