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[Mike Dahmus]

Stuart Werbner wrote:

> 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. 

It's even less than that. It's only 1.5% of what CAMPO oversees; keep in 
mind that there's also additional TXDOT spending, Travis County 
spending, and city spending (although the city does better than 1.5%, 
I'd bet).

- MD