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Obesity Prevention Bringing Together Unlikely Partners Transportation. Why Transportation?. The Built Environment. Transportation Enhancements Bicycle and Facilities Program Safe Routes to School Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality. Bike/Pedestrian Funding. Other Transportation Funding.
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Obesity PreventionBringing Together Unlikely Partners Transportation
Transportation Enhancements Bicycle and Facilities Program Safe Routes to School Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Bike/Pedestrian Funding
Other Transportation Funding • Federal surface transportation law provides tremendous flexibility to fund bicycle and pedestrian improvements from a wide variety of programs. • Virtually all the major federal transportation funding programs can be used for bicycle and pedestrian projects. • However, bicycle projects must be "principally for transportation rather than recreation purposes”.
DOT Website Links • Programs for Local Government • http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/localgov/index.htm • Bicycles • http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/modes/bicycles.htm • Pedestrian • http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/modes/pedestrian.htm
Contact Renee Callaway WisDOT Multi-Modal Program Manager 608-266-3973 renee.callaway@dot.state.wi.us www.dot.wisconsin.gov