From PeopleForBikes.org
By: Chris Bell, Director of Federal Policy
Last week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870), a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize federal transportation funding programs for five years. The 1,005-page bill includes major investments in roads, bridges, transit, and bicycle infrastructure.
The legislation would directly impact federal funding for bike lanes, trails, greenways, and transportation safety programs across the country. PeopleForBikes and our partners spent the past year advocating to preserve and strengthen key bicycle infrastructure and safety programs included in the bill. Learn more about PeopleForBikes efforts to shape the bill here.
The last surface transportation reauthorization bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, included big wins for bicycling thanks to the work of PeopleForBikes and our partners.