In the SCAG Region, less than 0.5 percent of all regional transportation funding goes toward bike and pedestrian projects, yet 12 precent of all trips are made by bicycling and walking. And, worse yet, 25 perecent of all roadway fatalities and accidents involve pedestrians and bicyclists. It is a huge problem that these numbers are acceptable to our policy makers.
Jessica Meaney, California policy manager for the Safe Routes to School National Partnershiop, in an interview with Nate Baird at The City Fix.
