The lion's share of ARRA funds are just starting to flow into the economy. Last week the Department of Transportation announced $1.5 billion dollars in funding from the Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. Applications totalled $60 billion, reflecting tight budgets at the state & local levels.

Complete Streets measures to increase physical activity were evident in many of the grant applications.

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The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) highlighted Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) on their website this month. ASLA is a member of the SRTS Coaltion and is on record supporting a bill sponsored by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) to expand SRTS to high schools and more rural communities.
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