2007 Benchmarking Report - Alliance for Biking & Walking

State
% of
transportation
$ to
bike/ped
(1)
Per capita spending
on bicycle &
pedestrian
projects (1)
Federal
Total
Spending
target for
bike/ped
projects
State bike/ped staff
number of
full-time
equivalent
staff/ 1
million
people
(4)
Miles of
converted
rail to
trails
Hrs./wk.
bikes
allowed on
state-operated
trains
(out of 168)
Published goals
to increase
bicycling
& walking
to
reduce
bike/ped
fatalities
Specified state funding:
for bike
safety
programs
for ped
safety
programs
New Hampshire 3.54% $7.20 $9.05 No 2.0 1.62 306 ** Yes Yes No No No
New Jersey 1.23% $1.41 $1.93 Yes 4.0 0.48 211 144 No No * * No
New Mexico 2.11% $3.73 $5.14 No 1.3 0.73 17 75 No No Yes Yes No
New York 0.91% $1.06 $2.38 No 15.0 0.79 805 140 No No No No No
North Carolina 1.08% $1.02 $1.61 Yes 8.0 0.99 51 168 Yes Yes No No Yes
North Dakota 0.78% $5.18 $6.66 No 0.1 0.16 17 ** No No No No No
Ohio 1.86% $2.83 $4.37 No 2.0 0.18 744 ** No No No No No
Oklahoma 1.11% $3.47 $4.31 No 1.0 0.29 51 * Yes Yes No No No
Oregon 1.99% $3.71 $4.58 Yes * * 209 168 No No No No Yes
Pennsylvania 1.79% $3.23 $3.59 No 1.5 0.12 1130 146 No No No No Yes
Rhode Island 5.40% $11.13 $15.92 Yes 1.0 0.95 36 ** No No Yes Yes No
South Carolina 0.24% $0.49 $1.02 No 2.0 0.50 44 ** No No No No Yes
South Dakota 0.49% $2.07 $5.21 No 0.3 0.33 110 ** No No No No No
Tennessee 2.41% $4.79 $5.72 Yes 1.0 0.18 58 ** Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Texas 1.22% $1.87 $3.70 * * * 174 * No Yes Yes Yes No
Utah 1.26% $2.39 $3.50 * 2.0 0.90 58 168 Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Vermont 3.17% $11.14 $12.83 * 1.0 1.64 147 ** No No * * Yes
Virginia 0.50% $0.74 $1.37 *** *** *** 198 *** *** *** *** *** Yes
Washington 1.98% $3.45 $4.86 Yes 4.8 0.81 634 * Yes Yes * * No
West Virginia 0.46% $1.82 $1.99 No 1.0 0.55 475 ** No No No No No
Wisconsin 1.81% $3.78 $4.79 No 3.0 0.56 1533 ** No Yes Yes Yes No
Wyoming 1.31% $8.97 $11.59 No 0.5 1.01 22 ** No No Yes Yes No
Mean /Average
(3)
1.54% $2.50 $3.80 No* 2.2* 0.34 400* 138* No* No* No* No* No*
Median 1.41% $2.58 $4.18 No 0.1 0.33 122 158 No No No No No
High 5.40% $29.35 $38.16 ** 15 1.64 1533 168 ** ** ** ** **
Low 0.24% $0.49 $1.02 ** 0.1 0.1 5 0 ** ** ** ** **
Source: FHWA FMIS accounting system (2004-2006), State Surveys, ACS (2005), Rails to Trails Conservancy, Thunderhead Alliance
(1) Funding data here is from a three year average of authorized funding and thus represent all federal funds obligated to
projects in the 3-year period and are not necessarily the actual amount spent in these years;
(2) Only policies endorsed as “complete streets policies” by Thunderhead member organizations are included;
(3) All averages are weighted by population or take into account the sums from all cities except for those noted with a *;
(4) For states where the population is less than one million, standardized values will be larger than the value of the variable.
Complete
streets
policy
(2)
Legend:
* = Offi cials could not access data
** = Not applicable
*** = Data Unavailable or Thunderhead
could not access data
= High Value = Low Value
BICYCLING & WALKING POLICIES & PROVISIONS
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Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007