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Senate Sign-On Letter Cardin-Cochran Amendment 1549-AARP 2/13/2012 «F1» Dear Senator «Last_Name», We are writing to request your support for the Cardin/Cochran amendment #1549 to MAP- 21, to ensure local access to Transportation Enhancement (TE) and Safe Routes to School (SRTS) funds. This amendment will ensure the effective implementation of TE and SRTS eligibilities by empowering local governments through suballocation of funds to Tier I metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). In addition, for localities outside of Tier I MPOs, the amendment provides a streamlined administrative structure for a statewide pool set aside for these activities. At the same time, the amendment improves capacity for state departments of transportation (DOTs) to partner with locals. Since 1992, the Transportation Enhancements program has brought tremendous benefits to local communities through improved transportation choice, economic development, historic revitalization, and environmental restoration of the surface transportation system. This program enjoys broad local support in every state. For example, just in one area in Florida, 13 counties, cities and transportation agencies in and around Daytona Beach have passed resolutions supporting federal investment in TE. Local communities also support TE because of the job-creation benefits these projects provide; a recent American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials/Transportation Research Board study found that TE projects create more jobs per dollar than any other type of Federal-aid highway spending. However, a major challenge for state DOTs in implementing this program has been the local-scale orientation of the eligible activities, a non-traditional area for state DOTs. There is limited capacity at the state level for addressing these myriad, sometimes competing, priorities. The Cardin/Cochran amendment resolves these issues in an elegant, win-win modification of the original bill language. The Safe Routes to School program similarly benefits local communities by targeting specific schools for infrastructure improvements and educational programs that promote safety. The simple fact is that in the early 1970’s, half of all American kids walked or biked to school; now the figure is only 15 percent. The SRTS program has been profoundly influential in empowering a grassroots movement to turn around this trend. Parents know best what is needed to create safe conditions for their children to walk and bike to school – the Cardin/Cochran amendment brings these decisions closer to them. Every dollar in MAP-21 available to help children be active and safe should be spent in the most efficient way possible, and the Cardin/Cochran amendment will achieve this. Friends of the Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County MAINKearney STREET National Organizations AARP National Bicycle Dealers Association Adventure Cycling National Center for Bicycling and Walking Alliance for Bicycling and Walking National Complete Streets Coalition America Bikes National Recreation and Park Association America Walks National Trust for Historic Preservation American Cultural Resources Association National Wildlife Federation American Heart Association Natural Resources Defense Council American Horse Council Outdoor Alliance American Public Health Association Pedal America American Recreation Coalition Performance Bicycle American Rivers Preservation Action American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Trailbuilders Association American Trails Public Health Law and Policy American YouthWorks Rails-to-Trails Conservancy America's State Parks Raleigh America Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Safe Kids Worldwide Professionals (APBP) Safe Routes to School National Partnership Bicycle Technologies International Shimano American Corporation Camelbak Sierra Club Choose Outdoors Society for Historical Archaeology City Parks Alliance SRAM Coalition for Recreational Trails Student Conservation Association Diamondback Bicycles The Corps Network eXperticity Transportation for America Institute for Transportation Development and Trust for America’s Health Policy (ITDP) Yeti Cycles International Mountain Biking Association YMCA of the USA League of American Bicyclists League of Conservation Voters Trailsnet.com Dirt Rag Magazine Ride America for Safe Routes SockGuy Regional Organizations Appalachian Mountain Club (CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA, WV) The Arkansas River Coalition (AR, CO, KS, OK) East Coast Greenway Alliance (CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC, VA) Landscape Architects & Planners, Inc. 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