PREDICTING THE FUTURE!

By Cecil "Zeke" Yount | Nov 13, 2012

I recently had the pleasure of attending the first N.C. State Bike Summit in Raleigh. The Summit sought to bring together citizens involved in health, economics, and transportation issues in our state. The 170+ registered participants met for two days discussing each of these aspects as related to cycling and the overall health and wellbeing of the State of North Carolina.

We had the opportunity to hear from the League of American Bicyclists President Andy Clarke on how changes in the recently passed Federal Transportation bill will affect pedestrian and cycling funding from the federal level. The short story is that there will be less overall and less specific funding for bike/ped projects and the competition for the remaining funds will occur more at the state and local levels than at ...

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