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Bike Projects and Stimulus Dollars
By spokesman | March 6, 2009
This week I received an e-mail from the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) discussing bike projects and the recent stimulus package. The e-mail explained that although money has been allocated for bicycle and pedestrian projects, action must still be taken to ensure the money is used as planned. The e-mail explains that “Transportation Enhancements funds, a pool of money that funds many bike and pedestrian projects, was protected in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This was a big win for bike advocates, but we still need to work hard in ensuring that each state’s available transportation funds are used in part for bicycle and pedestrian projects. While each state must use at least 3% of their highway funds for Transportation Enhancements, bicycle and pedestrian projects are only one of the eligible purposes for the funding. In addition, the remaining 97% of the highway funding presents an opportunity to create complete streets. ”
Since states have just 120 days to obligate half of their available funding and one year to obligate the remainder of funds, it is essential that advocates work quickly to familiarize State officials with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects that are ready to go. WABA provided a sample letter that you can send to State officials that you can modify for your State. Please check out the list of bike projects and campaign for the ones near you.
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Topics: Bikes and Politics |