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House T&I Chair Vows ‘No Money for Bikes or Walking’ in Fed Transportation Bill

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The politician in charge of writing the next major federal transportation bill has signaled his intent to zero out funding for walking and biking infrastructure — unless advocates can rally their own representatives to resist him. Rep. Sam Graves, (R–Mo.), told Punchbowl News that he did not consider infrastructure for biking and walking to be an important federal priority, and that he would not include money for it in the bill intended to replace the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act when the latter expires in September 2026 — at least if he were the legislation’s sole author.

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