In a recent survey by national transportation reform groups (designed by Collective Strength and conducted by Harris Interactive), Americans clearly indicated that we should be spending more transportation dollars on active transportation facilities. Here’s how their responses compared to current spending breakdowns:
| Transportation Mode | How would you distribute federal transportation funds? | How federal transportation funds are actually distributed* |
| Roads |
37% |
78% |
| Transit |
41% |
20% |
| Walking and bicycling |
22% |
1.5% |
* Approximate
In other words, Americans want to spend nearly two-thirds of all our transportation dollars on walking, bicycling and public transit—flipping current priorities upside-down! Indeed, in the last month several major news sources have picked up on the trend and run stories highlighting how more and more people are choosing to walk or bike to get where they’re going:
