{"id":134081485,"date":"2009-04-01T20:51:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T20:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=134081485"},"modified":"2009-04-01T20:51:25","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T20:51:25","slug":"u-s-dept-of-energy-grants-can-fund-bike-ped-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=134081485","title":{"rendered":"U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY GRANTS CAN FUND BIKE\/PED PROJECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Note $52M Available to Maryland that could be used for bike lanes and trails.]<br \/>\n-&gt; In a Mar. 30th note, Gabe Rousseau, the FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager, wrote, &quot;I wanted to let you know of a new funding opportunity that includes walking and bicycling facilities as an eligible activity. It&#8217;s the Department of Energy&#8217;s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program. The DOE Block Grant funds are available &#8216;to assist State, local, territorial and Tribal governments in implementing strategies to reduce fossil fuel emissions, total energy use, and improve energy efficiency in all sectors.&#8217;<br \/>\n&quot;&#8217;Eligible activities&#8217; include &#8216;Development of infrastructure such as bike lanes and pathways and pedestrian walkways.&#8217;&quot;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a link to the program press release: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dzmaeh\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dzmaeh<\/a> Here&#8217;s the website for the program: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ckbpec\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ckbpec<\/a><br \/>\nTo see the Funding Announcement, follow these instructions:<br \/>\n1. Go here: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dh4fuf\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dh4fuf<\/a><br \/>\n2. Click on &quot;Search Public Opportunities and Awards&quot;<br \/>\n3. Search on reference number DE-FOA-0000013<br \/>\n4. Click on the title (&quot;Recovery Act &#8211; EECBG Program&quot;)<br \/>\n5. This takes you to the &quot;Opportunity Summary&quot;<br \/>\n6. Check out the documentation on the right side of the screen and the overview on the leftoldId.20090401205125743<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Note $52M Available to Maryland that could be used for bike lanes and trails.] -&gt; In a Mar. 30th note, Gabe Rousseau, the FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager, wrote, &quot;I wanted to let you know of a new funding opportunity that includes walking and bicycling facilities as an eligible activity. It&#8217;s the Department of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=134081485\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY GRANTS CAN FUND BIKE\/PED PROJECTS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134081485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134081485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134081485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134081485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134081485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134081485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134081485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}