Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Congressional Bike Caucus letter on Transportation Bill

He went on to write that "Bicycling and walking currently accounts for 10% of all trips made by Americans yet our current Federal investment is closer to 2% of transportation funds. Investing in these modes of transportation creates jobs, saves taxpayers money and helps raise our overall quality of life."
He then asks for committee support to:
- Reauthorize the Safe Routes to School Program at a substantially higher level
- Include a Complete Streets policy requirement to ensure that roads built using federal transportation dollars are available to all users, including bicyclists and pedestrians
- Create a new Active Transportation Investment Fund
- Require data collection of comparable frequency and scope for all modes of transportation
Labels: congressional bike caucus, congressman blumenauer, transportation bill
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