Today, advocates from New Yorkers for Active Transportation (NY4AT) decided to test out how safe it is to walk and bike (just kidding) the halls of the State Capitol building in Albany. With panniers overflowing with postcards to the Governor asking for dedicated funding in the Executive Budget it seemed a good sign that the gang was only stopped by press, not police or armed guards.
The true test of safety, however, will come on Tuesday, January 21, when Governor Cuomo unveils his Executive Budget. In a state with the worst record in the nation for pedestrian and bicycling safety, will the Governor heed the call to dedicate funds exclusively for pedestrian and bicycling safety infrastructure?
[…] an ask for $20 million in annual dedicated pedestrian and cycling funding that advocates have called for in recent weeks. While the Transportation Enhancements Program, which helps pay for municipal […]
[…] an ask for $20 million in annual dedicated pedestrian and cycling funding that advocates have called for in recent weeks. While the Transportation Enhancements Program, which helps pay for municipal […]
[…] $20 million in dedicated funding for pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure—annually, and on top of what is already being spent […]
[…] worst record in the nation when it comes to bike-ped fatalities on our roads. One day after NY4AT delivered over 1,300 postcards, the governor announced $67 million in federal funds that would go to bicycle and pedestrian […]