Comments on: An Open Letter To Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Department of Transportation http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/ Moving Together, Faster Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Tallahassee Responds to ‘Dangerous by Design’ | Best Miami News http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-86898 Tallahassee Responds to ‘Dangerous by Design’ | Best Miami News Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:01:19 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-86898 [...] after the Dangerous by Design report came out, I filled out a letter at the Rails to Trails website to be sent to the Florida [...] [...] after the Dangerous by Design report came out, I filled out a letter at the Rails to Trails website to be sent to the Florida [...]

]]> By: Ry http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-83369 Ry Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:10:16 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-83369 Rails-to-Trails had a form set up a few weeks ago that sends the message to a few Florida state leaders https://secure2.convio.net/rtt/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=199&AddInterest=1121 Your message will be sent to the following: Jeff Atwater, Senate President Larry Cretul, House Speaker Charlie Crist, Governor Andy Gardiner, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Richard Glorioso, House Transportation Committee Chairman Debbie Hunt, Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos, Department of Transportation Secretary Jeff Kottkamp, Lieutenant Governor Rails-to-Trails had a form set up a few weeks ago that sends the message to a few Florida state leaders

https://secure2.convio.net/rtt/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=199&AddInterest=1121

Your message will be sent to the following:

Jeff Atwater, Senate President
Larry Cretul, House Speaker
Charlie Crist, Governor
Andy Gardiner, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman
Richard Glorioso, House Transportation Committee Chairman
Debbie Hunt, Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary
Stephanie Kopelousos, Department of Transportation Secretary
Jeff Kottkamp, Lieutenant Governor

]]> By: tjblaze http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-83251 tjblaze Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:51:37 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-83251 Well done, Felipe. Please let us know if you get any response from anyone with the Governor's office or the FDOT. Please consider submitting it as a letter to the editor to the Herald. Squeak on! tom Well done, Felipe.

Please let us know if you get any response from anyone with the Governor’s office or the FDOT.

Please consider submitting it as a letter to the editor to the Herald.

Squeak on!

tom

]]> By: Daniel M. Perez (Slow Bike Miami) http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-83190 Daniel M. Perez (Slow Bike Miami) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:37:08 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-83190 A similar letter was featured at the Florida Bicycle Association's site: http://floridabicycle.org/wordpress/2009/11/bikewalklees-letter-to-governor-crist-requesting-action-on-dangerous-by-design-report/ A similar letter was featured at the Florida Bicycle Association’s site:

http://floridabicycle.org/wordpress/2009/11/bikewalklees-letter-to-governor-crist-requesting-action-on-dangerous-by-design-report/

]]> By: Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-79999 Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:46 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-79999 Felipe, This is a fantastic start - hopefully this report and letters of support form people like you will help FDOT realize that their autocentric practices must come to an end. Their attempts at multi-modal transportation planning are half-hearted at best and further jeopardize our health, safety, and environment. It's time for FDOT and our elected officials to wake up, we cannot continue to degrade our beautiful state any longer. Felipe,

This is a fantastic start – hopefully this report and letters of support form people like you will help FDOT realize that their autocentric practices must come to an end. Their attempts at multi-modal transportation planning are half-hearted at best and further jeopardize our health, safety, and environment.

It’s time for FDOT and our elected officials to wake up, we cannot continue to degrade our beautiful state any longer.

]]> By: Daniel M. Perez (Slow Bike Miami) http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-79996 Daniel M. Perez (Slow Bike Miami) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:24:58 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-79996 Featured today on Streetblogs.com: http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/13/message-to-florida-dot-time-for-real-change-is-now/ Rock on. Featured today on Streetblogs.com:
http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/13/message-to-florida-dot-time-for-real-change-is-now/

Rock on.

]]> By: TM http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-79984 TM Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:41:38 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-79984 I hope individuals will take pieces from this letter and referenced article to send additional emails to your state and local leaders. We need the State, County and Local jurisdictions to all create livable streets. Activism is the key- "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" attend the transit summit next wednesday. I hope individuals will take pieces from this letter and referenced article to send additional emails to your state and local leaders. We need the State, County and Local jurisdictions to all create livable streets. Activism is the key- “the squeaky wheel gets the oil”

attend the transit summit next wednesday.

]]> By: RG http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-79970 RG Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:08:59 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-79970 Agreed. With this car centric planning, where do you see Florida in 10 years? More pedestrian/bikers dead, more congestion, more pollution, more road rage? Please, do not let this nightmare continue. Agreed. With this car centric planning, where do you see Florida in 10 years? More pedestrian/bikers dead, more congestion, more pollution, more road rage? Please, do not let this nightmare continue.

]]> By: Mike Lydon http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/11/12/an-open-letter-to-governor-charlie-crist-and-the-florida-department-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-79841 Mike Lydon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:49:01 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=5133#comment-79841 Felipe, Thank you for taking the time to draft this important article. Florida's citizens can no longer be complicit in the unintended consequences of FDOTs engineering practices. We know, without doubt, that conventional transportation engineering practices lead to a placeless built environment, one that is simply unsafe for pedestrians and bicyclists, one that contributes to the obesity epidemic, one that helps destroy what is left of Florida's beautiful natural environment, and one that adds to the growing crisis of global warming on a daily basis. Enough is enough. Felipe,

Thank you for taking the time to draft this important article. Florida’s citizens can no longer be complicit in the unintended consequences of FDOTs engineering practices. We know, without doubt, that conventional transportation engineering practices lead to a placeless built environment, one that is simply unsafe for pedestrians and bicyclists, one that contributes to the obesity epidemic, one that helps destroy what is left of Florida’s beautiful natural environment, and one that adds to the growing crisis of global warming on a daily basis.

Enough is enough.

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