Oregon's Rep. Earl Blumenauer has introduced the Active Community Transportation Act, which would greatly enhance the livability of cities, towns, and neighborhoods by funding infrastructure.... Oregon's Rep. Earl Blumenauer has introduced the Active Community Transportation Act, which would greatly enhance the livability of cities, towns, and neighborhoods by funding infrastructure enhancements for walking and cycling. According to a press release from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy:

Americans are hungry for safe and convenient opportunities to walk or bicycle to work, school, shops, transit and other daily destinations. Nearly half of the trips taken in the United States today are within a 20-minute bicycle ride, and half of those trips are within a 20-minute walk. Further, 90 percent of transit trips begin with walking or bicycling. There is huge potential for an increased role for active transportation to these nearby destinations. No wonder respondents in a national poll said they would spend 15 times current levels on walking and bicycling (currently, less than two percent of all transportation dollars) at the expense of what they view as lopsided spending on roads. To this end, the ACT Act is strategically targeted to maximize mode shift by providing "intensive, concentrated funding of active transportation systems rather than discrete piecemeal projects."

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