Comments on: Cycling and the Election Cycle of 2010

By: LED Tape

LED Tape — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:14:46 +0000

I know this post is old,
But I hope the Pedestrian cycling is now a safer place for the youth of today and also for the new generations of kids.

By: Ted Johnson

Ted Johnson — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:50:41 +0000

@gregario

I forwarded your comment to Darren Flusche at League of American Bicyclists, and this was his quick response:

TE gets 10% of STP funds. But only about half of TE goes toward bike/ped projects. In 2009, 292 billion of TE went to bike/ped as well as an additional $254 from ARRA stimulus funds. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/bipedfund.htm

He is correct that my numbers included all sources.

By: gregario

gregario — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:14:47 +0000

BNA’s “$4B annually” is just flat out Boehner-loving wrong. Transportation Enhancements (TE) are 10% of one particular funding category, not the whole Surface transpo budget. FY09 TE total was NOT $4B, but around $800M.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/te/appor_res_2009.htm

The $1B compiled by LAB is made up funds from TE, and from other transpo funding sources like money for congestion reduction and air quality mitigation, highway money that states/localities choose to spend on ped/bike, and ARRA funds.

By: Chas Ferris

Chas Ferris — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:43:44 +0000

Ted,
Wouldn’t it be sweet if cycling was a winner this time out! I hope so.