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Appendix 9 <br /> Costs <br /> Accomplishing the plan's service objectives requires adequate levels of funding to build non- <br /> motorized facilities and promote the safe use of them. Pedestrian and bicycle projects can <br /> compete equally for several types of transportation funding. However, funding available for non- <br /> motorized transportation projects must be targeted at projects that will promote safe walking and <br /> bicycling for commuting, utilitarian, and transit connection trips. Achieving the goal of higher <br /> levels of walking and bicycling trips leads to the following five highest priority areas that should <br /> be targeted for funding: <br /> • Facilities <br /> • Safety Education and Enforcement <br /> • Promotion of Bicycling and Walking <br /> • Improvements <br /> • Intermodal Connections <br /> A historical framework will illustrate past expenditures on non-motorized facilities. The five <br /> priority areas will then be discussed, with targeted expenditures (in 1993 dollars)provided to <br /> meet the service objectives. <br /> HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES: FACILITIES, INTERMODAL CONNECTIONS,AND <br /> IMPROVEMENTS <br /> • ISTEA Enhancement Dollars—This funding source has ten separate categories, three of <br /> which benefit non-motorized transportation. The "categories" compete for enhancement <br /> dollars and projects are selected by regional governments. Just over $26 million has been <br /> allocated to non-motorized facilities during the first four years of Intermodal Surface <br /> Transportation Efficiency Act(ISTEA). These dollars account for over 85 percent of total <br /> ISTEA Enhancement dollars available. By way of comparison, the ISTEA Enhancement <br /> Program is a subcomponent of the Surface Transportation Program(STP). During the <br /> same period, $352.7 million in STP funds was apportioned. The ISTEA Enhancement <br /> dollars represents 7.3 percent of the total STP moneys available and is subject to tradeoffs <br /> during an annual competitive process. <br /> • Paths and Trails—Expenditures fulfill RCW 47.30's requirement that 3/10 of 1 percent of <br /> state construction expenditures be spent on paths and trails. On average,the Washington <br /> State Department of Transportation(WSDOT) has accounted for 5/10 of 1 percent of its <br /> construction expenditures on paths and trails. <br /> W:\PLANNING\TRAILS\COMP96.DOC 59 <br />