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natives Enhancements Act. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Roger
Wicker (R-Miss.) head this bill. The
legislation proposes increasing funding for TAP by 40 percent, allocating
more of the funding for rural areas
and big cities, and providing technical assistance to help local governments apply for TAP awards and get
their projects built more quickly.
Making Active Transportation Safer Travel has become more dangerous
for people who walk, bike and roll,
and fatality rates are at their highest
since 1990. Yet, state departments of
transportation spend a tiny fraction
of their transportation safety dollars
on making active transportation safer. H.R. 3040, the SAFE Streets Act,
would ensure that local governments
with above-average active transportation safety risks would be able to
access transportation safety funding

to put in sidewalks, crosswalks, bike
lanes, lighting, traffic calming and
other proven safety improvements.

Congress Has a Ways to Go
In July, the Senate Environment and
Public Works Committee passed
S. 2302, America's Transportation
Infrastructure Act of 2019 (ATIA).
We are pleased with the attention
ATIA gives to active transportation.
The bill includes $2 billion more in
funding for TAP over five years, plus
nearly all our recommendations to
make the program even more accessible to local governments. It also
includes a new program created by
Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) that
would potentially direct $200 million
more to active transportation safety
projects. While ATIA still needs to
make its way through three other
Senate committees before it can be

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considered by the full Senate, the
active transportation provisions are
very strong.
The U.S. House of Representatives has been holding hearings and
listening to recommendations from
members of Congress and constituents, and we anticipate seeing their
transportation legislation early next
year. We hope the House transportation bill will build on the Senate's
and include even stronger provisions
for biking, walking and rolling.
Congress has a long way to go
and a lot of negotiations before we
see a transportation bill become law.
But, we are optimistic that the next
transportation law will include significant strides forward, allowing
communities across the country to
create more safe routes to parks.
Margo Pedroso is Deputy Director at Safe Routes
Partnership (margo@saferoutespartnership.org).

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