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SD Bicycle Summit - T4A presentation

Jessica Giard
Jessica Giard

Presentation by Transportation for America (www.t4america.org) for the South Dakota Bicycle Summit, Jan. 21-22 in Pierre, SD. Sponsored by the South Dakota Bicycle Coalition (www.sdbicyclecoalition.org).

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Blueprint for a 21 st Century Federal Transportation Program
Big Ideas in Transportation Come Once in a Generation Big ideas in transportation come once in a generation 1800s: We forged our nations economic growth with powerful locomotives and a vast system of rails. 1950s: Eisenhowers vision for an interstate highway system spurred suburban development, connected our communities, and funded a national network of roads. Flickr user: taurusaficionado Flickr user: thomas.merton
Its Time for a New Beginning We face a new set of challenges in the 21 st century energy security, climate change, economic growth, access and opportunity, safety, congestion, public health We need a transportation policy that helps us address these issues.
What Challenges Do We Face? What challenges do we face? How do we become energy independent ? Why are our roads always congested? Why are our communities becoming so sprawled? How can we protect our climate? How can we get better public transportation? Where can we walk and bike in our community? How do we accommodate an aging population? How do we pay for better options? How do we keep our bridges in good condition? What happened to our Main Street? How can we keep our streets safe? When will gas prices rise again? Why cant our children safely walk to school? Why doesnt the bus run more frequently?
What Are the Options? Where are the options? More than 50% of non-drivers age 65 and older stay home on any given day in part because they lack transportation options. 53% of Americans have no access to public transportation. 60% of people believe we need more trains, light-rail, or dial-a-ride services.
Transportation for America believes the 21 st century requires a more complete transportation systemone that is smart, safe, and clean, and provides options for everyone. As the largest and broadest transportation coalition, T4 America is ready to support the major increase in funding necessary to complete this system, provided significant reforms are made to ensure the investment will produce strong, measurable results. Transportation for America: Fighting for Reform
Money from the gas tax goes into the Highway Trust Fund The Department of Transportation allocates funding to state DOTs State DOTs use a combination of federal funding with state revenues to fund transportation projects in the states Current Federal Transportation System
Transportation Enhancements Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Surface Transportation Program (STP) Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) Recreational Trails Program (RTP) Highway Safety Improvement Program State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program (Section 402) What federal funding is there for bike programs?
Bike/ped infrastructure related to surface transportation (not purely recreational) Safety and Educational programs Who to contact: State TE Coordinator Transportation Enhancements (TE)
Funds transportation projects in areas that are not in compliance with air quality laws In affected areas, can be used to fund most bike/ped infrastructure Who to contact: MPO in affected areas Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvements
Provides flexible funding for federal aid highways Can be used for bike/ped infrastructure and programs on these roads Who to contact: Bike/ped coordinator for your state Surface Transportation Program (STP)
Funds bike/ped infrastructure within 2 miles of schools Also funds encouragement, enforcement, and education activities for children grades K-8 Who to contact: State DOT SRTS coordinator Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS)
Funds for recreational trails for both motorized and non-motorized vehicles Who to contact: State trail administrator Recreational Trails Program
Funds bike lanes, bike parking, crosswalks, and signage Up to 10% of states funds can also be used for public awareness and educational campaigns Who to contact: Bike/ped coordinator or HSIP coordinator in your state Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
Does not fund infrastructure Does fund safety programs such as educational programs or distribution of helmets Who to contact: DOT Traffic Safety Office Section 402- State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program
Bicycling and walking make up about 10% of all trips in the United States but receive less than 2% of federal transportation funding. Bicyclists and pedestrians account for 13% of traffic fatalities but receive less than 1% of federal safety funding. 40% of all trips in U.S. are less than 2 miles; 74% of those are travelled by car. Some Facts on Bicycling
America is becoming more obese. Americans are Becoming Increasingly Obese
We Need Safe Routes to School In 1969: 50% of children walked or biked to school. In 2001: only 13% of children walked or biked to school. Source: Robert Wood Johnson foundation, Active Transportation to School: Trends in Walking and Biking to School Children Are Walking Less to School
Reform Areas Performance Measurement and Accountability How to measure progress? Program Structure How to achieve objectives? Institutional Structure How to monitor and deliver reforms?
National Transportation Objectives Promote Energy Conservation and Energy Security Ensure Environmental Protection Improve Economic Competitiveness and System Efficiency Ensure Safety and Improved Public Health Better Transportation System Conditions and Connectivity Provide Equal and Equitable Access to Transportation Options Flickr user: starquake
Contact Info for Congress Senator Johnson (202) 224-2321 Senator Thune (202) 224-2321 Representative Noeme (202) 225-2801
Rural areas face a unique set of transportation challenges that need to be addressed by policy reform: Regional connectivity Accessibility to local resources Roads and bridges in disrepair Safety of road users, including drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders Preserving Main Street and reducing sprawl Conservation of agricultural land and natural resources What About Small Town and Rural America?
Work with Us! Join us at t4america.org Heather Brutz Regional Organizer [email_address] Flickr user: tallkev

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SD Bicycle Summit - T4A presentation

  • 1. Blueprint for a 21 st Century Federal Transportation Program
  • 2. Big Ideas in Transportation Come Once in a Generation Big ideas in transportation come once in a generation 1800s: We forged our nations economic growth with powerful locomotives and a vast system of rails. 1950s: Eisenhowers vision for an interstate highway system spurred suburban development, connected our communities, and funded a national network of roads. Flickr user: taurusaficionado Flickr user: thomas.merton
  • 3. Its Time for a New Beginning We face a new set of challenges in the 21 st century energy security, climate change, economic growth, access and opportunity, safety, congestion, public health We need a transportation policy that helps us address these issues.
  • 4. What Challenges Do We Face? What challenges do we face? How do we become energy independent ? Why are our roads always congested? Why are our communities becoming so sprawled? How can we protect our climate? How can we get better public transportation? Where can we walk and bike in our community? How do we accommodate an aging population? How do we pay for better options? How do we keep our bridges in good condition? What happened to our Main Street? How can we keep our streets safe? When will gas prices rise again? Why cant our children safely walk to school? Why doesnt the bus run more frequently?
  • 5. What Are the Options? Where are the options? More than 50% of non-drivers age 65 and older stay home on any given day in part because they lack transportation options. 53% of Americans have no access to public transportation. 60% of people believe we need more trains, light-rail, or dial-a-ride services.
  • 6. Transportation for America believes the 21 st century requires a more complete transportation systemone that is smart, safe, and clean, and provides options for everyone. As the largest and broadest transportation coalition, T4 America is ready to support the major increase in funding necessary to complete this system, provided significant reforms are made to ensure the investment will produce strong, measurable results. Transportation for America: Fighting for Reform
  • 7. Money from the gas tax goes into the Highway Trust Fund The Department of Transportation allocates funding to state DOTs State DOTs use a combination of federal funding with state revenues to fund transportation projects in the states Current Federal Transportation System
  • 8. Transportation Enhancements Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Surface Transportation Program (STP) Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) Recreational Trails Program (RTP) Highway Safety Improvement Program State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program (Section 402) What federal funding is there for bike programs?
  • 9. Bike/ped infrastructure related to surface transportation (not purely recreational) Safety and Educational programs Who to contact: State TE Coordinator Transportation Enhancements (TE)
  • 10. Funds transportation projects in areas that are not in compliance with air quality laws In affected areas, can be used to fund most bike/ped infrastructure Who to contact: MPO in affected areas Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvements
  • 11. Provides flexible funding for federal aid highways Can be used for bike/ped infrastructure and programs on these roads Who to contact: Bike/ped coordinator for your state Surface Transportation Program (STP)
  • 12. Funds bike/ped infrastructure within 2 miles of schools Also funds encouragement, enforcement, and education activities for children grades K-8 Who to contact: State DOT SRTS coordinator Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS)
  • 13. Funds for recreational trails for both motorized and non-motorized vehicles Who to contact: State trail administrator Recreational Trails Program
  • 14. Funds bike lanes, bike parking, crosswalks, and signage Up to 10% of states funds can also be used for public awareness and educational campaigns Who to contact: Bike/ped coordinator or HSIP coordinator in your state Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
  • 15. Does not fund infrastructure Does fund safety programs such as educational programs or distribution of helmets Who to contact: DOT Traffic Safety Office Section 402- State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program
  • 16. Bicycling and walking make up about 10% of all trips in the United States but receive less than 2% of federal transportation funding. Bicyclists and pedestrians account for 13% of traffic fatalities but receive less than 1% of federal safety funding. 40% of all trips in U.S. are less than 2 miles; 74% of those are travelled by car. Some Facts on Bicycling
  • 17. America is becoming more obese. Americans are Becoming Increasingly Obese
  • 18. We Need Safe Routes to School In 1969: 50% of children walked or biked to school. In 2001: only 13% of children walked or biked to school. Source: Robert Wood Johnson foundation, Active Transportation to School: Trends in Walking and Biking to School Children Are Walking Less to School
  • 19. Reform Areas Performance Measurement and Accountability How to measure progress? Program Structure How to achieve objectives? Institutional Structure How to monitor and deliver reforms?
  • 20. National Transportation Objectives Promote Energy Conservation and Energy Security Ensure Environmental Protection Improve Economic Competitiveness and System Efficiency Ensure Safety and Improved Public Health Better Transportation System Conditions and Connectivity Provide Equal and Equitable Access to Transportation Options Flickr user: starquake
  • 21. Contact Info for Congress Senator Johnson (202) 224-2321 Senator Thune (202) 224-2321 Representative Noeme (202) 225-2801
  • 22. Rural areas face a unique set of transportation challenges that need to be addressed by policy reform: Regional connectivity Accessibility to local resources Roads and bridges in disrepair Safety of road users, including drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders Preserving Main Street and reducing sprawl Conservation of agricultural land and natural resources What About Small Town and Rural America?
  • 23. Work with Us! Join us at t4america.org Heather Brutz Regional Organizer [email_address] Flickr user: tallkev

Editor's Notes

  • #3: This is an opportunity to talk a little bit about how our transportation has played such an important role in the development of our national economy and been so important in the history of our nation. Can focus a litlte bit on the interstate highway system and how Eisenhowers vision helped create a world-leading economy
  • #4: And this is where we can really talk about how this transportation has stalled and is inadequate to deal with the challenges we face today
  • #5: I tried to personalize this made it more a question of what challenges are people facing on a daily basis in their communities, so framing this really from a local perspective
  • #7: One important point I would think to mention here is our support for no new money without major reform.
  • #23: How does our platform impact rural areas and their transportation needs? Discuss challenges and opportunities of rural and small town transportation. Brief overview of four case studies of various solutions to transportation challenges in rural communities (next four slides). Population and demographic shifts. Non-metropolitan counties have higher levels of poverty and larger shares of disabled and elderly residents Traffic congestion is increasing by 11 percent per year in small towns, twice the rate of urban areas. While vehicle ownership rate is higher in rural America than in metropolitan areas, more than 1.6 million rural households still do not have access to a car. Multimodal transportation options are inadequate and do not recognize rural realities. 66 percent of residents in non-metropolitan areas have no access to transit, or live in areas with below average transit services.