Active Transportation for America Report

Oct 20, 2008

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy "Active Transportation for America" report was presented to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar at the National Press Club. The report quantifies the national benefits of bicycling and walking and public demand for an investment in varied transportation choices. It reports .. Read More
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy "Active Transportation for America" report was presented to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar at the National Press Club. The report quantifies the national benefits of bicycling and walking and public demand for an investment in varied transportation choices. It reports that more funding for bicycling and walking can save Americans billions of dollars not only in traditional transportation and health benefits, but in the economic, energy and climate benefits of Active Transportation.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:04 Unidentified Speaker THEN WE LEAVE THIS TO TAKE A LIVE TO AN EVENT. MEMBER IS TALKING ABOUT A REPORT ADVOCATING MORE INVESTMENT...
00:00:24 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE ALLOW ME TO GO THROUGH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. FIRST OF ALL, KEITH LAUGHLIN,...
00:01:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE 100,000 MEMBERS OF THE CONSERVANCY, I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF...
00:04:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WHAT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY IT IS TO BE HERE AND HAVE THIS REPORT PRINTED AND IN HAND....
00:06:50 Unidentified Speaker ANYWAY, CELLS OF BIKES USED FOR TRANSPORTATION, FOR COMMUTING AND A SHORT TRIPS HAVE BEEN STRONG THIS...
00:08:05 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. NOW KEVIN MILLS WILL DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT, THE LONG AWAITED RESULTS. TO WHAT....
00:08:17 Unidentified Speaker ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA IS NOT JUST FOR THE SMALLER THE BRITS BICYCLING AND WALKING. RATHER,...
00:14:52 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. NOW THE DOCTOR WITH THE METHODOLOGY.
00:14:59 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. PRIOR TO THIS REPORT, THE NATIONWIDE BENEFITS OF BICYCLING AND WALKING HAD NOT BEEN QUANTIFIED....
00:18:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:18:32 Unidentified Speaker NOW I AM GOING TO ASK CONGRESSMAN OBERSTAR TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.
00:18:46 Unidentified Speaker OK.
00:18:51 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE I GO INTO THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REPORT FOR REAUTHORIZATION, I WANT TO SAY TO YOU HOW GRATEFUL...
00:19:16 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:19:25 Unidentified Speaker NOW THE REPORT'S IMPLICATIONS FOR REAUTHORIZATION -- FIRST, THIS ISSUE OF WHETHER THERE IS A NATIONAL...
00:21:17 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH A COPY OF THE REPORT? [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
00:21:32 Unidentified Speaker WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO YOUR PRESENTATION, IT IS NOT RE -- IT IS AUTHORIZATION....
00:40:56 Unidentified Speaker ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN OBERSTAR. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS EITHER FOR THE CONGRESSMAN OR FOR THE...
00:41:33 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE] CONGRESSMAN, YOU HAVE BEEN A TERRIFIC LEADER IN THE CONGRESS. NOW YOU ARE IN A CHAIRMANSHIP...
00:42:25 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE ANSWER WAS ARE REPLACED IN THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION BILL. WHEN MEMBERS DESIGNATED HIGH...
00:43:45 Unidentified Speaker ANY MORE QUESTIONS? BY THE WAY, THAT IS KATIE WITH A MICROPHONE.
00:44:00 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS MARIA WITH TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHAIRMAN OBERSTAR AND ALSO FOR...
00:45:01 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF YEARS PAST IS THE STOVE PIPE MENTALITY OF THE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION. IN...
00:48:04 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ADD A COMMENT TO THE CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS. IF WE WILL ACHIEVE THE BENEFITS IN THIS REPORT, WE...
00:49:13 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH AN OBSERVATION. IT REQUIRES ALL OF YOU BEING ADVOCATES AT THE GRASS-ROOTS...
00:50:12 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE PROVED THAT YOU CAN DO A LOT AND WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT AS WE LOOK AHEAD IN 2016,...
00:50:52 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DERRICK, YOU ARE ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD. WONDERFUL. YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT. WE INCREASE...
00:51:58 Unidentified Speaker DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN I WILL POINT OUT MY BICYCLE APPEAR. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. BECAUSE...
00:53:05 CALLER [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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