Can anyone enlighten me as to what exactly the Young
St. coalition has against the bike lane??? I was
unable to determine their main problem with it
yesterday.

Linda S.




--- Duane Browning <ddb1965@...> wrote:
> Aloha All
>
> A big Mahalo to everyone who wrote in to the city
> council or made the
> trip down to Honolulu Hale to opose the resolution
> for an
> Environmental Impact Statement for the Young St.
> Bikeway project.
> This was a long contentious meeting that had us
> spending most of our
> time countering falsehoods and misinformation put
> forth by members of
> the Young St. Coalition.
>
> Towards the end of the session it seems that several
> members of the
> committee became aware of some of the shenanigans
> going on and the
> session ended with some rather tough questioning of
> the coalitions
> spokespeople.
>
> In the end the committee moved to hold it over until
> 7/14 for a vote
> by the full council. In the meantime DTS, the
> Mayor's Advisory
> Committee and the Young St. Coalition have agreed to
> meet one more
> time with the purpose of coming to an agreement that
> would make the
> vote on 7/14 unnecessary.
>
> I will let you know what the outcome of this meeting
> is, and if any
> further action is needed. Once again, thank you very
> much to all that
> got involved.
>
> Sincerely,
> Charles Rosa-Coleman
> Executive Director
> Hawaii Bicycling League
>
>
>




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