Safe Streets Campaign
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A group of veteran bicycle riders and advocates started the Safe Streets Political Action Committee to endorse and support candidates. We helped some winning candidates and now we want them to make this a safer city for biking and walking.
Our Endorsements
Every politician I know claims they are supportive of biking and walking in Nashville but we need more than talk. Help us out today with $20, $100 or more.
The goal of the Safe Streets PAC is to raise funds to donate to candidates who deserve our support. Every donor will have input into our endorsement decisions whether you give $20 or $1,000.
WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP. GIVE ALL YOU CAN AFFORD TODAY.
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Safe Streets PAC is registered with the Davidson County Election Commssion and is in compliance with all applicable state laws.
Carey Rogers, Treasurer Tom Grose, Chair.
E-mail us for more info: info@safestreetscampaign.com
If you prefer to pay by check send it to Safe Streets PAC, 1310 Howard Ave., Nashville 37216.
Donations of more than $100 require name, address, job title, and employer. Sorry it's state law.
Think that local politicians listen to bicycle riders?
We’re Living - and Biking - in Strange Times
I’ve never seen anything like the current experience with Covid-19, even after 9/11. It’s unprecedented since none of us were around for the flu pandemic of 1918 when millions died. That should be a lesson for our short and long term actions.
This bike advocate sees more people out biking and walking in Nashville than I can remember. Families are navigating our mediocre infrastructure many for the first time. I see people riding bikes that obviously spent some time in the garage. Some people are bemoaning the crowding on our greenways - and it’s definitely a mixed blessing - but the Mayor encouraged biking and walking in his stay at home order so we’re following orders.
Many cities, such as Oakland CA, Minneapolis, MN, and Boston, MA are opening streets to walkers and bike riders. Where is the leadership in Nashville promoting neighborhood-based open streets as a way to ease congestion on overcrowded greenways, and also as a way to address the lack of sidewalk infrastructure in many neighborhoods? Let’s hope they’ll follow the lead of these other cities. I hear it’s being discussed in the courthouse.
While sitting at home (except when I ride my bike to the grocery store or the still open park) I am stumped about how to capture the moment to promote cycling. I can’t organize a group ride or communicate with the new cyclists out there. Bike Month in May is canceled, but biking isn’t.
Now would be a great time to advocate for increased infrastructure but the city budget will be devastated by the depression. The Mayor plans to raise property taxes, which we should support, but that will not even fill the holes left by the economic collapse much less allow for new infrastructure. I’ve already heard talk of furloughs for city workers.
Capital spending, such as sidewalks and bikeways, was already set for cuts under the Cooper administration. For what’s it worth paving for car streets was also budgeted for a cut. Even that may now disappear but we’ll know more soon as the Metro Council and the public study the Mayor’s budget.
I think the best thing we can all do is ride our bikes in a safe and healthy manner. Wave at all the new cyclists and give them a thumbs up. Some people are continuing the good fight.
Check out K.J. Garner at Bike Fun. She also has a list of open bike shops in Nashville.
People for Bikes, an industry advocacy group, has some guidelines for safe cycling. Bicycling Magazine also has some tips and the Guardian Newspaper also makes some great points about continuing to ride.
I hear that Walk Bike Nashville continues their work.
I hope Nashville Slow Ride, our local group for the average rider, will return to action soon but who knows. In the meantime read our Facebook page here.
Let’s the make the best of the crisis and stay out of our cars.
Carey Rogers
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