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t4america.org - 11/20/2008
President-elect Obama responds to Transportation For America : Transportation For America
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Glad to see this response from the President-Elect. Very encouraging. As someone who has been bike commuting off and on for 20 years, I have noticed a much greater interest in transportational cycling in the last year or so. These days, more and more people, both those I know and those who just ...

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Obama Writes to the T4 Campaign
The Overhead Wire — The letter was released a bit late for the election, but I think it says what we all like to hear. Now its that implementation thing that's tricky. My favorite section: ...

Obama, is he or isn't he ... real?
Angry Bear — ... exclusively on the problems in our cities, and ignores our growing metro areas. Strong cities are the building blocks of strong regions, and strong regions are essential for a strong America....that is the new metropolitan reality and we need a new strategy that reflects it . . . Obama furthers his argument that type of transportation is important in the overall picture of our living arrangements which relates to the overall quality of our economy. Responding to Transportation for America's petition: We need our next president to lead an ...

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