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PUBLIC MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Do you want a better transportation system? Then get involved in the process and tell your congressional leaders what you need to travel in your community and across your state. See public meeting details below.

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A TRANSPORTATION BILL LISTENING SESSION

Congressman Mica is holding listening sessions and other meetings around
the country to inform the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee's drafting of a long-term reauthorization of the nation's
surface transportation programs.

The Committee is seeking input on how to consolidate and improve the
performance of programs, cut government red tape and streamline the
project delivery process, increase private sector investment in our
infrastructure, identify creative financing alternatives, and other
ideas for writing the legislation. The previous multi-year law
(SAFETEA-LU) expired in September 2009.

Radisson Valley Forge Hotel
Franklin and Adams Rooms, 1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA
February 17, 2011

NOTE: This is a listening session of the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and not an official hearing of the Committee. Witnesses
have been invited to speak, but the public is invited to attend, and
reportedly will be able to submit written comments to the committee as
well.

* Who: Chairman John L. Mica, Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and other Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
* What: Public forum and listening session on long-term highway funding legislation
* When: February 17, 2011; 7:15 p.m.
* Where: Radisson Valley Forge Hotel, Franklin and Adams Rooms, 1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA

Scranton City Council Chambers
340 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA
February 18, 2011

NOTE: This is a listening session of the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and not an official hearing of the Committee. Witnesses
have been invited to speak, but the public is invited to attend, and
reportedly will be able to submit written comments to the committee as
well.

* Who: Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL), Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA),other Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
* What: Public forum and listening session on long-term highway funding legislation
* When: February 18, 2011; 8:00 a.m.
* Where: Scranton City Council Chambers, Scranton, PA

No RSVP information is available for these events.

Pennsylvania retailers are stocking a New Form of Green Transportation

Imagine riding your bicycle to work on a summer day without needing to change out of sweaty clothes once you arrive at the office. Or having a bike that gives you a little push up that steep hill by your house.
Bicycles exist that provide this extra boost and power. But unlike the entirely pedal-powered cycles like the one you learned to ride as a kid, these electric bicycles have battery-powered motors to help push the rider along when pedaling isn’t quite enough.
They’re popular in China and Europe and somewhat common in the U.S. on the West Coast and in the South. They haven’t quite caught on nationwide because few bicycle shops sell them, but that’s changing ever so slowly, says Dr. Frank Jamerson, publisher of the Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. And in Pennsylvania, a growing number of retailers are stocking this new form of transportation.

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