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Proposed Amendments Would Weaken Bike/Ped Safety

The federal Transportation Appropriations bill is coming up for a vote, which means representatives are trying to add amendments that weaken federal funding for bicycling and pedestrian safety. The League of American Bicyclists is urging cyclists to express opposition to three proposed amendments:

• Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) has proposed an amendment that would prohibit the use of DOT funds to implement and enforce the administration’s Equity Action Plan, which aims to “Advance Racial Equity and Support Underserved Communities.”
• Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) has proposed an amendment to prohibit federal rulemaking that would finalize the first-ever Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for the safety of people outside vehicles and require Automatic Emergency Braking systems that can detect and stop for people walking. This technology is already required on cars in other countries, and we deserve just as much access to this technology in the U.S.
• Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has proposed to defund implementation of Sec. 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to create standards for technology that can passively detect driver impairment and keep drunk drivers off the road.

For more information or to use the League’s website to email your representative, visit this page.  It takes just a few clicks using this page to automatically send a message to your state representative.