Please note: “stop for pedestrians in crosswalks” has returned for 2009 as HB 2386, which has an excellent chance of passing. As of Jan. 27 it has cleared committee and is headed for the House floor. Contact your House Delegate now to ask for their support.
SB644 FAILED to be Reported Out of House Transportation Subcommittee 2 this morning by a 3-3 vote.As has increasingly been the case as this legislative session wears on, this vote was right along party lines, with the 3 D’s (Marsden from Fairfax, Nichols from Woodbridge, and Ward from Hampton) voting to report the bill, and the 3 R’s (Carrico, Fralin from Roanoke, and Loupassi from Richmond/Chesterfield) voting against it. [continue reading…]
Please note: “stop for pedestrians in crosswalks” has returned for 2009 as HB 2386, which has an excellent chance of passing. As of Jan. 27 it has cleared committee and is headed for the House floor. Contact your House Delegate now to ask for their support.
Chairman Joe May of the House Transportation Committee threw another obstacle in the way of this bill, even though his committee had already heard and passed the identical House bill patroned by Del. Ebbin less than 3 weeks ago, by assigning it to be heard by Subcommittee 2 (which also had heard and reported the identical bill on Feb. 4)So here we go again on Monday, at 7:00 or 7:30 a.m.
Since the identical bill came through this sub committee by a 5-2 vote the first time around, with Chairman Carrico and Del. Fralin opposed, I would say that delegates Rust (Herndon), Loupassi (Richmond and Chesterfield), and Fralin (Roanoke) are the ones where calls might be helpful. [continue reading…]
Please note: “stop for pedestrians in crosswalks” has returned for 2009 as HB 2386, which has an excellent chance of passing. As of Jan. 27 it has cleared committee and is headed for the House floor. Contact your House Delegate now to ask for their support.
SB644, Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks, was Passed By (postponed) for the day today in the House Transportation Committee and will be heard Thursday at 8:30 a.m.Apparently Sen. Ticer had a conflict and requested that it be passed by.
There is still time to call the Committee members if you haven’t already done so. [continue reading…]
Please note: “stop for pedestrians in crosswalks” has returned for 2009 as HB 2386, which has an excellent chance of passing. As of Jan. 27 it has cleared committee and is headed for the House floor. Contact your House Delegate now to ask for their support.
The House Transportation Committee docket for tomorrow (1/2 hour after adjournment, which usually means around 2 p.m.) has just been posted, and SB644 is listed.
Now is the time for all constituents of Transportation Committee delegates to call them and ask them to support the “Motorists Must Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks” bill, SB644.
Committee members are: [continue reading…]
We’ve had a lot of interest lately in US Bike Route 1, which traverses Virginia from north to south, passing through Richmond along the way. The official state bike map shows the route, but the Richmond section is not shown in detail. However the signage is good enough that anyone should be able to follow it through Richmond without problems.
Today Andy Thompson of the Times-Dispatch has an excellent article about US Bike Route 1, and a 17 mile ride he did on the Richmond section. This looks like an interesting ride for anyone in the Richmond area, plus the article is a good read for anyone interested in US Bike Route 1.
For more route information, see our Virginia Bike Routes page.
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