After the most competitive cycle yet of the Active Transportation Program, we and our partners in mobility and environmental justice advocacy are pushing for a $1 Billion augmentation to Cycle 5 from the State General Fund, which is currently benefiting from an unprecedented one-time surplus. This augmentation would be sufficient to fully fund all applications that received a score of at least 80 out of 100 in Cycle 5, a threshold that we believe should be the expectation in every future ATP cycle.
We are further requesting $500 million respectively to seed pilot programs for 15-minute cities (an idea pioneered in Paris to create urban environments in which every residents’ needs are accessible in a 15-minute walk or bike ride) and bicycle highways at the Strategic Growth Council and CalTrans, respectively.
See our coalition letter here.
