Safe Routes to School

Safe Routes to School
Current Law	Administration Proposal H.R. 2088 & S. 1072 as Modified SAFETEA of 2003	House H.R. 3 as Passed House TEA-LU	Senate H.R. 3 as Passed Senate SAFETEA of 2005
		Section 1122(a)	Section 1405
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Separate authorization -- totals $1.0 billion for 2005-2009. [1101(a)(18)]	Funded by takedown of $65.7 M/year from Highway Safety Improvement Program funds
School Transportation Safety - TEA-21 (sec 4030) required study of safety issues of transporting children to and from school/activities	No provision, but most activities eligible under Highway Safety Improvement Program.	New program to enable and encourage children (including those with disabilities) in grades K-8 to walk/ bike safely to school. Program purpose similar to Senate bill, but expanded to include reducing traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.	New program to enable and encourage children in grades K-12 to walk/ bike safely to school. Program purpose - to make walking and bicycling to school safer and more appealing.
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Funds to be apportioned based on State's student enrollment as % of US total; $2M minimum apportionment; 2% setaside for administration (includes funding for Clearinghouse and task force). Set-aside of $25 M/year for non-motorized pilot program.	To be apportioned according to HSIP formula.
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Federal share is 100%	Except as provided in 23USC120 and 130, Federal share is 90%
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Same as Senate bill.	May be used on any public road, bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail within 2 miles of school.
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Similar eligibilities to Senate bill, except does not include pedestrian-railroad grade crossing improvements.	Infrastructure-related project eligibilities- sidewalk improvements, traffic calming, ped/bike crossings, on-street bike facilities, off-street bike/ped facilities, secure bike parking, traffic signals, and pedestrian-railroad grade crossing improvements.
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Behavioral -- must use no less than 10%, no more than 30% of funds. Similar to SEPW bill, but activities also include training, volunteers, and coordinators.	Behavioral - must use at least 10% of funds. Activities include public awareness and outreach, traffic education and enforcement, student sessions on bike/ped safety, health, environment.
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	State receiving funds must use part of apportionment to fund full-time coordinator position.	No comparable provision
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Secretary to use part of administrative funds for national safe routes to school clearinghouse.	No comparable provision
No comparable provision	No comparable provision	Secretary to use part of administrative funds for national safe routes to school task force; report to Congress by March 31, 2006 on strategy for advancing safe routes to school programs nationwide .	No comparable provision
		Non-motorized Transportation Pilot Program -- to construct in 4 communities a network of nonmotorized transportation infrastructure facilities (sidewalks, bicycle lanes, bike & ped trails) that connect directly with transit stations, schools, homes, businesses [1122(b)] Funded by set-aside from Safe Routes to Schools authorization, with additional funds from transit program. [1122(a)(3)(D)]

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