LaHood: ‘This Is the End of Favoring Motorized Transportation’
Following last week’s National Bike Summit, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today a sea change in American transportation policy. Proclaiming
Jul 31, 202045.9K Shares851.6K Views
Following last week’s National Bike Summit, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced todaya “sea change” in American transportation policy.
Proclaiming the “end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized,” LaHood sent the following recommendations to state departments of transportation as well as local governments and groups:
- Treat walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes.
- Ensure convenient access for people of all ages and abilities.
- Go beyond minimum design standards.
- Collect data on walking and biking trips.
- Set a mode share target for walking and bicycling.
- Protect sidewalks and shared-use paths the same way roadways are protected (for example, snow removal)
- Improve nonmotorized facilities during maintenance projects.
Of course, these are just recommendations, and you won’t see LaHood scrap the Highway Trust Fund in favor of a cycling fund. But this announcement does represent a tangible manifestation of a new direction in transportation policy that’s making Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)look more mainstream by the day.
Rhyley Carney
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