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{"id":3560,"date":"2014-12-03T21:27:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T21:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2014-12-03T21:27:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T21:27:17","slug":"earl-blumenauer-league-of-american-bicyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/earl-blumenauer-league-of-american-bicyclists\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out The Pro-Biking Bling In This Congressman&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><!--\n#fontchange { font-size: 20px; line-height:30px; color: black;}\n--><\/style>\n<div id=\"fontchange\">\n\nOne of the federal government&#8217;s most vocal proponents for infrastructure funding happens to be a staunch supporter of bicycle commuting.\n\nIn a recent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/falling-apart-america-neglected-infrastructure\/\"><i>60 Minutes<\/i>\u00a0report<\/a> on the growing problem of underfunded, aging U.S. infrastructure, only one elected official unabashedly asserts what experts have long acknowledged: To save our crumbling roads and bridges, we need a long term, federal strategy.\n\nAlthought the reporter does not mention it, this transportation advocate clearly favors a second measure:\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3561 aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Bike_Pin\" data-src=\"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bike_Pin.png\" width=\"817\" height=\"331\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 817px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 817\/331;\" \/><em>Right: Pin from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeleague.org\">League of American Bicyclists<\/a>; Left: Unidentified<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3562  aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"PPL4Bikes_001\" data-src=\"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/PPL4Bikes_001.png\" width=\"813\" height=\"327\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 813px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 813\/327;\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Proudly displaying support for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforbikes.org\">People for Bikes<\/a> (formerly Bikes Belong)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nThe Congressman is Earl Blumenauer, a U.S. Representative from Oregon. This guy has a solid history of supporting transportation reform and recently sponsored a bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/113th-congress\/house-bill\/3494?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+3494%22%5D%7D\">establish traffic safety <\/a>measurements\u00a0for states. He also chairs the <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeleague.org\/content\/congressional-bike-caucus\">Congressional Bike Caucus<\/a>\u00a0which works to support increased bicycle infrastructure throughout the country.\n\nWhat does bicycling have to do with funding our highways?\n\nMuch of our road surfaces are past their 15 to 20 year prime and the constant weight of motorized vehicles adds considerable stress. When a person chooses a bike over a car, they reduce\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vabike.org\/vehicle-weight-and-road-damage\/\">their weight by 95%<\/a>. When enough people switch, roads benefit from reduced impact. Bicycling also helps alleviate congestion and free up parking spaces. It might not be the sweeping reform we so desperately need, but it is a tiny step towards solution.\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3571 aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"EarlBaum\" data-src=\"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/EarlBaum.png\" width=\"820\" height=\"321\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 820px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 820\/321;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That&#8217;s why the bike pin&#8217;s surprise cameo is such gold. It was probably unintentional. Congressman Blumenauer\u00a0sports these more frequently than his beloved bowties &#8212; he&#8217;s got the same pin in multiple colors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 12px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3572 aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"CongressmanEarlBaumanerNECG\" data-src=\"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CongressmanEarlBaumanerNECG.jpg\" width=\"821\" height=\"368\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 821px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 821\/368;\" \/><em>With East Coast Greenway staff in Portsmouth, New Hampshire<\/em> (Image \u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenway.org\">East Coast Greenway Alliance<\/a>)<\/p>\nThanks Congressman Blumenauer for supporting safe transportation!\n\n<\/div>\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the federal government&#8217;s most vocal proponents for infrastructure funding happens to be a staunch supporter of bicycle commuting. In a recent\u00a060 Minutes\u00a0report on the growing problem of underfunded, aging U.S. infrastructure, only one elected official unabashedly asserts what experts have long acknowledged: To save our crumbling roads and bridges, we need a long term, federal strategy. Althought the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/earl-blumenauer-league-of-american-bicyclists\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Check Out The Pro-Biking Bling In This Congressman&#8217;s Office&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,201],"tags":[131,199,200],"class_list":["post-3560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-bicycle-advocacy","tag-highway-trust-fund","tag-earl-blumenauer","tag-bicycle-advocasy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}