{"id":172491823,"date":"2010-06-20T10:23:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T10:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=172491823"},"modified":"2010-06-20T10:23:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T10:23:43","slug":"obama-doubles-spending-on-bicycling-walking-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=172491823","title":{"rendered":"Obama doubles spending on bicycling, walking projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration more than doubled transportation spending on bicycling and walking last year, seeking to coax Americans out of their cars, a Federal Highway Administration report said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Spending on biking and walking projects rose from $600 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion in 2009. Twenty years ago, the government was spending only $6 million a year on such projects.
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\nThe spending was scheduled to rise last year anyway, but the administration boosted it with $400 million in funds set aside under the economic recovery program.<\/p>\n

The new focus on biking and walking represents a turnaround from the administration of President George W. Bush. Mary Peters, transportation secretary under Bush, dismissed biking paths and trails as projects that "really are not transportation."<\/p>\n

In March, Obama’s transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, announced a policy "sea change" that gives biking and walking projects the same importance as automobiles in transportation planning and selecting projects for federal money. – AP"<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration more than doubled transportation spending on bicycling and walking last year, seeking to coax Americans out of their cars, a Federal Highway Administration report said Wednesday. Spending on biking and walking projects rose from $600 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion in 2009. Twenty years ago, the government was spending … <\/p>\n

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