Lobbying Blog Post #4

Posted by Natasha Ashby in American Government - Laufenberg on

It is time we start focusing on contacting and connecting with our representative to start making progress, because during this season is the perfect time to advance in getting more bike paths. People are only focused on certain types of transportation such as cars or buses. However, there are many people who are still biking in the cold and need their own space. By working with the bicycle coalition and staying updated with their progress, we would definitely see where they are taking this issue.



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I want to make sure that people are not losing interest in this issues. It is extremely important because it deals with the safety of Philadelphia citizens. They need to realize that if they want more bike paths and more of a change in the transportation system for them, they have to continuously fight to receive more attention. Without bike paths, bikers are forced to bike in the street with other cars. Sure, they have the "share the road" signs but many drivers ignore that. Biking to school, work, etc is much more efficient, does not involve gas and is a great source of exercise. Like on highways, you have the slow lane and the fast lane. How about in the city we have the vehicle lane and bike lane?

It would be much easier to speak directly with Mayor Nutter about this issue.
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​I decided to use twitter because social networking sites is the most efficient way to get the word spread. I search for Mayor Nutter directly, and depending on how many mentions he receives on a daily basis, he could find time to answer my tweets. I also posted on his facebook page, in which he may check as well.
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Many people use social networking sites as a way to communicate their ideas. By using these, hopefully more people would come across this issue and look towards finding ways to support and solve it. Uyen and I plan on writing letters to the councilman William Greenlee petitioning the idea of having more bike paths. By the springtime, we hoped to have had some progress in issuing more bike paths in the city for that is a time when people are out and about getting to their necessary destination.
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