Bike/Ped funding has been saved!
Thanks to everyone who wrote to CAMPO asking them to maintain bike/ped project funding. Details of our victory are in the newsletter. The original alert appears below for historical purposes.
Tell CAMPO to keep bike/ped funding!
CAMPO is the governmental body which plans and funds transportation for the Central Texas region. One of their jobs is to divvy up the federal money. Of all the money they control, 10% of it is Metropolitan Mobility Funds (STP4C), and 15% of that has to be spent on bicycle and pedestrian improvements, according to policy. What this means is that 15% of 10% of the funds — 1.5% — is what they have to spend on bike & ped.
But soon even that 1.5% may be taken away from cyclists and pedestrians. At its Dec. 8, 2003 meeting, CAMPO will be considering a proposal to spend that money on projects some members think will do a better job of improving air quality, like synchronizing traffic signals and widening intersections. In fact, so far as we've been able to tell, signal synchronization has never improved air quality, because when it gets easier to drive, people drive more.
Central Texas residents can fill out this form below to send an email to CAMPO members, asking them to keep our meager 1.5% funding for bike/ped projects.
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Dear CAMPO legislator, Ten percent of the money that CAMPO controls is Metropolitan Mobility Funds (STP4C), and CAMPO has historically spent 15% of that on bicycle and pedestrian projects, or 1.5% of total funds. But at the Dec. 8, 2003 CAMPO meeting CAMPO will be considering a proposal to take much of that meager 1.5% away from bicyclists and pedestrians and give it to motorists to widen a roadway for cars. If you decide to take away the traditional bike/ped funds and give it to roadway projects, then I would appreciate hearing from you why you think that 98.5% of the funding is not enough for motorists (and why cyclists and pedestrians don't deserve even 1.5% of the funding). Personalize your message if you wish: Thank you for ensuring that cyclists and pedestrians get their fair share of project funding. | |