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President Obama in mid-February signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act bill, which includes tens of billions of dollars for transportation infrastructure.

The action now moves to the states, where state officials will decide whether to build more unnecessary superhighways or forge a 21st century transportation system with public transit at its core.

Soon to be determined is how the biggest chunk of infrastructure money in the Economic Recovery Act, the flexible $27.5 billion in “Surface Transportation Program” (STP) funds will be spent. Contrary to the practice of most states’ past practice, this is not a “highway” program. Federal law explicitly designates this program to provide funding for road, bridge, rail, bus, bicycle or pedestrian projects. Please join us in urging your Governor to use STP funding to prioritize energy-saving transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects with the remainder allocated to road and bridge repair and preventive maintenance rather than new or wider highways.

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