BIKE: NYTimes.com Article: The Path to a Healthier America

[Stuart Werbner]

In reality, even though the 15% setaside was retained by CAMPO, as I 
mentioned earlier, it represents only 1.5% of the total CAMPO budget.

The so-called "15% Setaside" pertains to 15% of the Metropolitan Mobility 
Fund, which is reserved for bike/ped projects. The Metropolitan Mobility 
Fund, in turn, represents only about 10% of the total CAMPO budget.

Hence, even with the local setaside, we are not doing much better than the 
national average.

Having said that, I am glad we were able to win the fight to preserve this 
money for bike/ped projects.

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Stuart Werbner
Annuit Coeptis

"Time for another regime change."





>From: Patrick Goetz <pgoetz>
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>Byrnes, Rick wrote:
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>>Maybe this is a digression, but in one local situation they did listen.  
>>The public health issue and exercise benefits of pedestrian/bicycle
>>facilities was one of the arguments the Austin cycling community used in
>>support of maintaining the so-called 15 percent set-aside at the local 
>>CAMPO
>>hearing last November.  I am not sure just how much of a role the argument
>>played in CAMPO's decision, but I heard that they voted to continue the
>>set-aside.
>>
>
>Yes, this is true.  CAMPO voted unanimously (with one abstention) to 
>continue the 15% set-aside.  As the NYT points out, however, less than 1% 
>of federal tranportation money is going towards supporting pedestrians and 
>cyclists.  This might have something to do with the fact that the highway 
>building lobby is the second most powerful in the country (just behind 
>ARPA).
>
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