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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks Nadav,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Step 1 and step 2 done!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Nadav Carmel<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 05, 2007
3:53 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> list@bostoncriticalmass.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [*BCM*] Politics</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Changes to the traffic laws can only be
made by the state legislature- not by the governor, or the police, or the RMV.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Any legislator can introduce a bill. For
traffic-related issues they tend to go to the Committee
on Public Safety and Homeland Security (<a
href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/comm/j22.htm">http://www.mass.gov/legis/comm/j22.htm</a>)
and then through the committee process like any other bill.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Which is where the current Bicycle Safety
Bill is. It had a hearing before the Committee (on Public Safety and
Homeland Security) in the spring, and now all we can do is wait and check
in periodically with the sponsors.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>It actually was passed by both houses last
year, but then vetoed by the outgoing administration, Kerry Healey
specifically.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>And this is timely (we couldn't have
arranged a better plant) because we are sending out the Action Alert below in our
newsletter right now:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Action Alert: Help Get Bicyclist
Safety Bill Out of Committee</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h3>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We need your help
to get the Bicyclist Safety Bill out of the Committee on Public Safety and
Homeland Security. This is essentially the same bill that was passed by both
houses of the Legislature last December, then vetoed by the outgoing
administration, forcing us to start over. The bill, Senate 1414, called
“An Act Relative to Bicyclist Safety”, can be viewed </span></font><a
href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/185/st01/st01414.htm"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>here</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The key provisions
of the bill are: police training on bicycle law; clarification of how to safely
pass a bicycle; clarification of how to safely make turns in front of bicycles;
“dooring” subject to ticket and fine; riding two abreast permitted
when it does not impede cars from passing; improved enforcement of bicycle law
for both motorists and bicyclists; and additional legal protections for
bicyclists who choose to ride to the right of other traffic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Public Safety
Committee held a hearing on this bill in June, and MassBike and others
testified in support of it. Now we need the Committee to report favorably on
the bill, so that it can move to the next step in the legislative process. We
are still a few steps away from getting the bill passed again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Here is what
we need you to do:</span></font></b></strong><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
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</span></b><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1. Email the co-chairs of the Public Safety Committee,
Senator James Timilty </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>(</span></font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><a href="mailto:James.Timilty@state.ma.us"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>James.Timilty@state.ma.us</span></font></a></span></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>) and Representative Michael Costello (</span></font><a
href="mailto:Rep.MichaelCostello@hou.state.ma.us"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rep.MichaelCostello@hou.state.ma.us</span></font></a></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>) <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>to ask that
S1414, An Act Relative to Bicyclist Safety, be reported favorably.</span></font></b></strong><br>
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<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>2. Call or
email your state representative and your state senator and ask each of them to
contact the co-chairs of the Public Safety Committee to say they want S1414, An
Act Relative to Bicyclist Safety, reported favorably.</span></font></b></strong><br>
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<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Your participation
counts – don’t assume that everyone else will do it! </span></font></b></strong></span></font><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></b></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Click here to find
contact information for your State Representative (called “Rep in General
Court”) and State Senator (called “Senate in General Court”).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php">http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Lee Peters<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 05, 2007
2:55 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Boston Critical Mass<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [*BCM*] Politics</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear MassBike Lurkers,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Who, at the state level, determines the Mass. driving
laws? Which committees?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>and</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Did that bike bill ever pass? The one making it
illegal to door a bicyclist.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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