What does the TEXT of the amendment say? If the current administration stops funding transit and bikes from the transportation fund, that's a bad thing. If the amendment bars future administrations from reversing their policy, that's a considerably worse thing.
My understanding is that the amendment doesn't define "transportation" as highways alone, but I got my info from the newspapers, so who knows? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robbie Webber" <[email protected]> To: "Matt Logan" <[email protected]> Cc: "Bikies" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:27:56 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] So what is the Gov going to do to state bicycle funding? By the way... note that transit is now being proposed to be funded via the General Fund instead of the Transportation Fund. That means it won't be protected by the amendment. I do fear that bicycling and walking may end up with the same fate. I would feel better about the amendment if it was a two-way wall: No raiding the Transportation Fund to supplement deficits in the General Fund AND no raiding the General Fund to pay for things in the Transportation budget. As an FYI, a number of states have a constitutional amendment saying the Transportation Fund can ONLY be used for roadways. This is a huge problem for states trying to have a more balanced transportation system. At my job, we have been working with a number of states that are up against this restriction. I am concerned that this amendment may be but a stepping stone to that restriction. Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) [email protected] On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:09 PM, < [email protected] > wrote: By the way, I see the Bike Fed supports the Constitutional Amendment protecting a fund that our Republican leaders clearly intend to be spent exclusively on facilities for motorists. Any chance you could back off on that support until the state includes bicycling facilities in the projects receiving money from that fund? _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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