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

[Stuart Werbner]

No argument from me! :-)
Unfortunately for all of us, you are very, very correct.

Also, I didn't mean "National Average"; instead I really meant "Federal 
Amount".

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Stuart Werbner
Annuit Coeptis

"Time for another regime change."





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>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
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