[Durham INC] National Transportation Bill -- Make sure it includes money for sidewalks!

[Pat Carstensen]

As calls for a “clean” extension to SAFETEA-LU poured in, Coburn made it clear last week he won’t get with the program. His spokesperson announced that Coburn would try to block the extension if Transportation Enhancements weren’t removed from the bill.About two percent of the federal transportation budget goes to TE, and of that, 57 percent goes to bike/ped projects, with the rest funding streetscaping, historic preservation and other programs.
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/09/06/the-senates-dr-no-says-hell-block-an-extension-unless-bikeped-is-cut/
I admit that some of the Transportation Enhancement spending has been pretty silly, but we really need MORE money.
If you are moved to contact Senator Hagan, http://hagan.senate.gov/contact/
Regards, pat

 		 	   		  
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