The Federal Highway Administration recently issued $44.5 million in grants to 14 projects in 13 states and Puerto Rico via its Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program or ATIIP.
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The agency noted in a statement that ATIIP grants aim to support the planning, design, and construction of connected networks that lead to destinations and make communities safer for bicyclists and pedestrians while increasing access to public transit.
FHWA said state agencies, local and tribal governments, plus metropolitan and regional planning organizations can use ATIIP grants to plan, design, or construct safe and connected active transportation networks such as sidewalks, bikeways, and trails that connect schools, workplaces, transit, and other destinations within a community or metropolitan region.
Grants can also be used for projects to plan, design, and construct routes known as “transportation spines” that serve as backbones to connect two or more communities, metropolitan regions, or states.
Among the projects receiving grants via this round of ATIIP disbursements, the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works received $2 million for its La Vereda Planning and Design project.
That project seeks to construct an active transportation network in the Hato Rey neighborhood of San Juan, which will include pedestrian and non-motorized connections linking jobs, schools, services, and recreational facilities to each other and the Tren Urbano rail system.
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