California's Active Transportation Program: Coalition Building to Boost Funding Learn how the ad-hoc Coalition for Active Transportation Leadership won a 35% boost in active transportation funding in California. Coalition members from California Walks, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and the California Bicycle Coalition will highlight how member organizations came together, underscore keys to the successful campaign, and share lessons learned for other states looking to follow California's lead. Presenters: Presenter: Tony Dang California Walks Co-Presenter: Dave Snyder California Bicycle Coalition Co-Presenter: Jeanie Ward-Waller Safe Routes to School National Partnership

1. We
enable
more
people
to
bike
for
safer,
healthier,
and
more
prosperous
communities
for
all.

2. CalBike’s
Affiliate
Network

3. Singular
goal
since
2012:
to
double
biking
by
2017

4. #1
Strategy:
Build
the
Infrastructure

6. Bicycle Transportation Account
portion of Enhancements
portion of Safe Routes to
Schools
portion of other categories
everything else

7. Bike
Coalition
considers
ATP
• Con: loss of dedicated funding category
– No more Bicycle Transportation Account
– Loss of significant planning requirement
• Pro: More money for active transportation
– More political attention
– Bigger potential projects

8. Mission Vision Goal Strategy 1234
b.
Build
high-quality
networks

9. Mission Vision Goal Strategy 1234
b.
Build
high-quality
networks

10. 1990
census

11. 2000
census

12. 2005-2009
ACS

13. 2006-2010
ACS

14. 2007-2011
ACS

15. 2008-2012
ACS

16. ATP
funding
results

17. ATP
funding
results
36.1
23.7
7.2 7.2
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Bike/Ped Bike-only
TE
BTA

18. ATP
funding
results
Out of $221M (60%) in Statewide Small
Urban/Rural pots:
• $103 million is allocated to 62 projects to
build or plan bike/ped infrastructure
• $12 million goes to 13 stand-alone bike
projects
• $44 million goes to stand-alone bike
projects plus multi-use trails

19. ATP
funding
results
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
pre-ATP ATP
100% ATP
.6ATP mixed
.6ATP paths
.6ATP bike only
TE mixed
TE bike only
BTA

20. Bike
Coalition
evaluates
ATP
• Stand-alone bike projects probably got less
money
• Mixed projects probably got more money
• No network-based projects were funded,
but there were some big projects funded
– Top 5 got $36.4 million (16% of funds)
– Top 10% got $75.3 million (34% of funds)
– 11 of the top 15 projects were bike/ped
combined projects

21. Conclusions
• Needs more money
• Need to incent network-based projects
Active Transportation
Program
everything else