Federal Funding for Pedestrian Projects

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Federal Funding for Pedestrian Projects

• Aida Berkovitz
• FHWA Resource Center
• San Francisco

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Federal Funding Levels for Ped/Bike Projects
Since ISTEA
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Funding Sources Ped/Bike Projects

• Broadly eligible for funding from almost all
  major Federal-aid highway, transit, safety and
  other programs.
• Bike facility projects must be primarily for
  transportation, not recreation.

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National Highway System Funds

• May be used to construct bike transportation
  facilities and pedestrian walkways on land
  adjacent to any highway on the NHS.

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Recreational Trails Program

• Funds may be used for all kinds of trails
  projects
• -30 for non-motorized users
• -30 for motorized users
• -40 for diverse groups.
• Total 5 year funding 370 million.

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Surface Transportation Program (STP) Funds

• Bike Transportation facilities pedestrian
  walkways
• Nonconstruction projects
• (maps, brochures,
• PSAs) related to safe
• biking walking
• Modification of
• sidewalks to comply
• with ADA
• Total 5-Year Funding
• 35.2 Billion.

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Transportation Enhancements (TE)

• 10 of states STP funds set-aside for TE
• Provision of faciliities for peds/bikes
• Provision of safety and educational activities
• Preservation of abandoned railway corridors
  (including conversion to ped/bike trails)
• Approx. 3.25 billion over 5 years

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Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

• Requires each state to implement HSIP to identify
  and correct locations dangerous to motorists,
  bicyclists and pedestrians.
• Total of 5 billion over 5 years.

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Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)

• Uses
• Survey of hazardous locations.
• Projects on any publicly owned bike or ped
  pathway or trail
• Safety-related traffic calming measures

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Section 402 Funding Program

• States with Performance Plan or Highway Safety
  Plan are eligible for these State and Community
  Highway Safety Grants.

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Section 402 Program Funding

• Can be used to develop countermeasures that
  include addressing a wide array of highway safety
  problems related to human factors and some
  roadway-related non-construction
  countermeasures.
• 100 Federal funds. No match requirement.

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Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement
Program

• Construction Bicycle Transportation and
  Pedestrian Walkways
• Non-Construction maps, brochures, PSAs etc.
  related to safe bicycle use
• 8.6 million total available over 5 yrs.

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Federal Lands Highway Program

• Can be used for stand-alone ped/bike projects on
  Federal Lands or Tribal govts.
• Or in conjunction with roads, highways and
  parkways on Federal Lands or Tribal government.
• 100 Federal. No match.

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National Scenic Byways Program

• Construction along a scenic byway of a facility
  for pedestrians and bicyclists.
• Total 5 year funding is 175 million.

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Safe Routes to School Program

• A minimum of
• 1 million per year per state
• Apportionments based on school enrollments in
  elementary and middle schools

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Safe Routes to School Program

• Purpose
• To enable and encourage children, to walk/bike to
  school.
• Make biking/walking to school safer and more
  appealing.

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Safe Routes to School Program

• Facilitate the planning, development and
  implementation of projects and activities that
  will improve safety and reduce traffic, air
  pollution, and fuel consumption in school
  vicinity.

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Safe Routes to School Program

• 10-30 of funding must go to non-infrastructure
  related activities.
• 70-90 for infrastructure-related activities
• 100 Federal Funding. No match required

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Safe Routes to School Program

• Funding Levels
• 54 million (2005)
• 100 million (2006)
• 125 million (2007)
• 150 million (2008)
• 183 million (2009)
• TOTAL 612 million

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