Fellow Virginia Cyclists,

Please help support House Bill 855, which establishes VDOT bike/ped

advisory committees for each VDOT district — a giant leap forward for

bicycling in Virginia. I’ve put an article about it on the VBF website

(http://www.vabike.org/support-virginia-hb-855), with links to find your

legislators, members of the House Transportation Committee, plus a link

to the bill itself. You can use the “share this” button at the end of the

article to help spread the word. Please forward it to your bike club

mailing lists, etc.

I’ll post more about this soon — talking points for discussing it with

legislators and others, plus advice about who else to approach for

support.

We’ve come close to getting this done before. With your help we can get

it done in 2008.

Matt O’Toole

Advocacy Coordinator, New River Valley Bicycle Association

Board Member, Virginia Bicycling Federation

949-422-1974