Comments on: $1 billion to bicycle and pedestrians projects in FY 2010

By: $1 Billion to Bicycle and Pedestrians Projects in 2010, Enough for One Bridge – Planetsave.com: climate change and environmental news

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:10:27 +0000

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By: Link Roundup: November 4 | Tucson Velo

Link Roundup: November 4 | Tucson Velo — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:37:31 +0000

[...] $1 billion to bicycle and pedestrians projects in FY 2010 [...]

By: Cycling and the Election Cycle of 2010 | Commute by Bike

Cycling and the Election Cycle of 2010 | Commute by Bike — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:04:40 +0000

[...] $4 billion, about one-fourth is used on cycling infrastructure. To put this into perspective, is this recent post from The League of American Cyclists: It is being used to create miles of bicycling facilities, [...]

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:31:05 +0000

In FMIS, the states code projects as ‘bike-ped’ and do not separate the two modes.

By: tom murphy

tom murphy — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:25:08 +0000

Why do you say ‘spending on bike-ped projects’. If 10.9% of the 12% of all trips is from walking, and only 1% is from biking, wouldn’t you be more correct calling them ‘ped-bike projects’?
Of course, I have no access to the money spreadsheet so I can’t determine if the bucks aren’t being pushed to enhance the routes of the bikers at the expense of the walkers, etc.

By: Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Bike-Ped Funding Dips as Stimulus Spending Slows

Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Bike-Ped Funding Dips as Stimulus Spending Slows — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:34:33 +0000

[...] Via the League of American Bicyclists, new information is out about how much the feds are spending on bike-ped projects. While federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects is down a bit from last year’s all-time high, it still comes in at more than a billion dollars. A third of the money is from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which begs the question of what will happen to bike-ped funding once the stimulus funds dry up. Bike-ped funding dropped off some after a bonanza year in 2009, but it still tops $1 billion. Bike League [...]

By: khal spencer

khal spencer — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:00:53 +0000

Given what is about to happen to Congress (if the polls are correct) maybe we ought to be proudly telling everyone how cheap it is to use bicycling as transportation, not how much money we are spending on it.

The operative words are “…the amount of federal money spent on bicycle and pedestrian projects, nation-wide, in FY 2010 is equal to the cost of just one (heavy duty) bridge…”. In areas where bicycling can actually serve a serious transportation function (i.e., compact areas with good climate and manageable terrane; throw in high congestion and parking costs as a bonus), we really do provide more bang for the buck.