Safe Routes to School Rails-to-Trails TransForm U.S. Green Building California WALKS Prevention Institute National Partnership Conservancy 436 14th Street, Suite 600 Council - California 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 221 Oak Street PO Box 663 235 Montgomery St., Suite Oakland, CA 94612 usgbc-california.org 709 Oakland, CA 94607 Fairfax, CA 94978 769 510.740.3150 650.395.7825 Oakland, CA 94612 510.444.7738 415.454.7430 San Francisco, CA 94104 TransFormCA.org 510.292.4435 preventioninstitute.org saferoutespartnership.org 415.814.1101 californiawalks.org railstotrails.org California Bicycling Central California Regional California Pan-Ethnic Regional Asthma League of American People for Bikes Coalition Obesity Prevention Program Health Network Management & Prevention Bicyclists P.O. Box 2359 1017 L Street, #288 2110 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 1225 8th Street, Suite 470 180 Grand Ave., Suite 750 1612 K Street NW, Suite 510 Boulder CO 80306 Sacramento, CA 95814 93721 Sacramento, CA 95814 Oakland, CA 94612 Washington, DC 20006
[email protected] 916.446.7558 559.498.0622 916.447.1299 510.302.3316 202.822.1333 calbike.org ccropp.org www.cpehn.org www.rampasthma.org http://www.bikeleague.org/ ChangeLab Solutions 2201 Broadway, Suite 502 Oakland CA 94612 510-302-3380 http://changelabsolutions.org January 29, 2013 Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Dear Governor Brown: Your 2013-2014 proposed budget includes an innovative new funding mechanism of $134 million for bicycle and pedestrian projects – the Active Transportation Program (ATP), which consolidates the federal Transportation Alternatives Program (including Recreational Trails), Safe Routes to Schools Programs, the state Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program, and the state Bicycle Transportation Account program.