What the White House budget means for biking | League of American Bicyclists
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MoBikeFed comment: Working to support needed funding and policy at the federal level for bicycling, walking, and trails in one of our top priorities. We have recently joined the new national partnership called "Bike Walk Action," between the Bike League and a number of local, state, and regional bicycle, pedestrian, and trails advocacy groups, to work together in support of our federal agenda.The White House released its full budget for fiscal year 2018 this week, which builds on the skinny budget — the earlier version released in March. The budget does not touch transportation alternatives, the major source of funding for bicycling and walking infrastructure. However, it does include some warning signs moving forward.
What is in the President’s budget?Spending levels for transportation in this budget are similar to the levels in the skinny budget, which you can read about here, including a 13 percent cut to the transportation budget. A few differences:
* This budget significantly slashes funding for New Starts transit programs or long distance Amtrak trains. (but does not wipe it out completely).
* It makes significant cuts to the Office of the Secretary in the U.S. Department of Transportation. This is the office that spearheads most of the policy and innovation.
No matter which party is controlling Congress and the White House, there is always plenty of work to do--because working towards the proper level of funding for bicycling, walking, and trails takes continual education and outreach to our national leaders on both sides of the aisle.
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