"...bicyclists and pedestrians are over-represented in traffic fatalities: while 10 percent of trips are made on foot or bicycle, 13 percent of traffic deaths are pedestrians and bicyclists. Yet federal transportation safety dollars are doing little to make it safer for people to walk and bicycle. On average, states are spending less than two percent of their federal safety funds on projects to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety." "...bicyclists and pedestrians are over-represented in traffic fatalities: while 10 percent of trips are made on foot or bicycle, 13 percent of traffic deaths are pedestrians and bicyclists. Yet federal transportation safety dollars are doing little to make it safer for people to walk and bicycle. On average, states are spending less than two percent of their federal safety funds on projects to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety."

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More Information: www.americabikes.org/transportationbill_newsrelease.asp

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Fair Share for Safety