The move jeopardizes dozens of road safety projects around the country.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that his department would redirect $1.73 billion in funds allocated for "DEI bike lane" projects to roads and bridges, reports Edith Olmsted in The New Republic.
"In reality, those Biden-era grants directed funds to build a new transit center in North Carolina, replace bridges in New Mexico, extend streets in New Hampshire, install traffic lights and crosswalks in Missouri, and install bike lanes in Seattle, among other projects," Olmsted explains. Now, dozens of projects around the country are in jeopardy.
The policy contradicts the federal government's own findings that bike lanes improve safety for all road users. According to a statement from the Federal Highway Administration, "Providing bicycle facilities can mitigate or prevent interactions, conflicts, and crashes between bicyclists and motor vehicles, and create a network of safer roadways for bicycling."
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