Trump administration takes aim at bike lanes, other WA projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered state officials to scrutinize all projects that received federal grant spending over the past four years on bike lanes, electric vehicle charging stations and other “green infrastructure,” with an eye toward potentially canceling any project that doesn’t align with the Trump administration’s goals.
The order, which came in a memo to state transportation agencies this week, is the latest in a series of actions by the Trump administration to revoke Biden-era spending and policies on climate-related projects.
“The focus of this review is to identify project scope and activities that are allocating funding to advance climate, equity and other priorities counter to the Administration’s Executive Orders,” reads the memo, which was first shared by Yonah Freemark, a researcher with the Urban Institute.
The memo, which seeks to review projects funded beginning in fiscal year 2022, further defines activities considered contrary to President Donald Trump’s executive orders that could lead to projects being “canceled entirely.” They include bikeways such as recreational trails and shared-use paths, electric vehicles and charging networks, and climate change, environmental justice, equity and gender-specific activities.
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