Americans Support Federal Funding for Sidewalks and Bikeways

Americans Support Funding for SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES 12% OF ALL TRIPS MADE IN THIS COUNTRY BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010 BIKE COMMUTING ARE BIKING AND WALKING AMERICANS TOOK OD 4 Billion BIKE TRIPS IN 2009 INCREASED 43% SOME LAWMAKERS WANT TO ELIMINATE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR BIKING AND WALKING IIII IIII II S ONLY 1.5% OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING GOES TO BIKING AND WALKING A PRINCETON SURVEY ASKED 1,003 Americans: SHOULD SPENDING ON SIDEWALKS AND BIKEWAYS INCREASE, STAY THE SAME, OR DECREASE? 83% OF AMERICANS WANT TO MAINTAIN OR INCREASE THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING THAT HELPS BUILD SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, AND BIKE PATHS ONLY 13% WANT THAT FUNDING TO DECREASE NO ANSWER POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION 88% 86% 80% 18% 9% 11% MAINTAIN/ INCREASE MAINTAIN/ INCREASE MAINTAIN/ INCREASE DECREASE DECREASE DECREASE A. REPUBLICAN A DEMOCRAT FINDEPENDENT AGE GROUP AGE 18-29 AGE 30-49 AGE 50-64 AGE 65+ 91% 83% 78% 79% 12% 17% 16% 7% MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE COMMUNITY TYPE 87% 82% 81% 15% 14% MAINTAIN/ INCREASE MAINTAIN/ INCREASE MAINTAIN/ INCREASE DECREASE DECREASE DECREASE URBAN SUBURBAN A RURAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA 85% 79% 84% 84% 13% 15% 13% 12% MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE MAINTAIN/ DECREASE INCREASE NORTHEAST MIDWEST SOUTH WEST TO KEEP INVESTING IN ASK CONGRESS BIKING AND WALKING AMERICA Visit americabikes.org to read the full report BIKES