<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4ca99985-7fff-5859-eb8a-dd59bdf90fd3" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TOMORROW AT 5:30PM, BIKE DURHAM IS HOSTING THE RIDE OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE WERE KILLED OR INJURED WHILE BIKING</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Ride of Silence is a slow-paced, silent 5-mile bike ride through the streets of central Durham. This is a global event designed to remember those who were riding a bike when they were injured or killed each year in traffic violence and to raise awareness of the need to make our streets safer. To register for the event, please use this </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/ride-of-silence-2023?source=listserv&" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">link</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by Bike Durham, a local non-profit that believes everyone should have access to safe, affordable, and sustainable transportation regardless of who they are or where they live. Through events, advocacy and education, Bike Durham empowers all people to walk, bike, and ride transit more often.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.  Details of the program are in the </span>attached media advisory.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Where: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CCB Plaza, 201 Corcoran St, Durham, N.C. 27701 </span></p></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Also, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Last night, Durham City Manager Wanda Page released her</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/50542/FY-24-Proposed-Budget" target="_blank">proposed budget and Capital Improvements Program</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">for the upcoming year, and it looks like there are significant proposed investments that will make Durham's streets safer for everyone. We're going to take some time to analyze it, but here are some quick highlights of the proposed funding:</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong></strong></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><li><strong>Vision Zero Coordinator position</strong></li><li><strong>Sidewalk repair ($10 million)</strong></li><li><strong>New sidewalks, new bike facilities, and neighborhood bike routes ($22.5 million)</strong></li><li><strong>I</strong><strong>mproved streets crossings at schools and trails ($1 million)</strong></li><li><strong>Multi-</strong><strong>modal improvements in street<span> </span></strong><strong>resurfacing projects ($600,000)<br></strong></li><li><strong>Continuation of fare-free transit service on GoDurham and GoDurham ACCESS</strong></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Through the Equitable and Green Infrastructure program established by City Council in 2019 with dedication of 1/2-cent of property tax per year, funding is proposed for<span> </span><strong>new sidewalks in Bragtown, East Durham, and Merrick-Moore neighborhoods</strong>, as well as<span> </span><strong>traffic calming assessments<span> </span></strong>in seven historically disinvested communities.</p><div><font color="#000000"><span><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span>Sincerely,</span></font></div><div><br></div><div>John Tallmadge (he/him/his)<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Executive Director<div>Bike Durham</div><div>919.672.3862</div><div><br></div><div><img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wE9cckdAlmH-nsE4EhHqxfF288miwEFDU5SQEkzHIFF5CSb4bOAld207wZUY1pttPUvEs62hw"><br></div><div><div><b><font color="#000000" style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Working for safe, affordable, & sustainable transportation for </span></font><font color="#000000" face="Source Sans Pro, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.000000953674316px">all</span></font></b></div><div style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><a href="http://bikedurham.org/donate" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">bikedurham.org/give</a> <img alt="🚲" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f6b2" style="margin:0px 0.2ex;vertical-align:middle;max-height:24px"><img alt="🚌" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f68c" style="font-size:14px;margin:0px 0.2ex;vertical-align:middle;max-height:24px"><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><img alt="🚶" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f6b6" style="font-size:14px;margin:0px 0.2ex;vertical-align:middle;max-height:24px"></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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