From the Margins to the Mainstream: A Guide to Transportation Opportunities in Your Community

This report communicates some of the complexities of transportation processes, laws and programs. It helps communities to make transportation choices that will benefit them and improve the livability of communities. It discusses how the federal surface transportation law - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETY-LU) - can answer basic transportation questions. It provides a mechanism for activism, and it discusses how to plan and pay for transportation projects. It also identifies specific financing sources to promote public health through walking and bicycling, mitigate traffic congestion, protect the environment, improve transportation security and safety, and provide an integrated public transportation system.