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A State-by-State Look at Biking and Walking

Posted by: Nate Berg

1 February 2010 - 5:00am

A new report from the Alliance for Biking & Walking takes a state-by-state look at the cycling and walking community, safety statistics, and investment figures.

Streetsblog delves into the report and summarizes its findings.

"The Alliance crunched numbers from all 50 states to determine how much of their federal transportation dollars are spent on improving bike-ped infrastructure, access, and safety.

Overall, the report found that biking and walking account for 9.6 percent of all U.S. trips (0.9 percent of that share from biking, 8.7 percent from walking) but just 1.2 percent of federal transport spending."

Full Story: A Bike-Ped State of the Union: 9.6% of Trips, 1.2% of Federal Funding
Source: Streetsblog, January 28, 2010
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