Funding
Reported Spending on Biking & Walking Data on spending and spending targets appears more difficult to obtain than other data. Cities that reported their level of spending on bicycling and walking projects showed a wide range in the amount spent on bicycling and walking projects. Among large cities, five cities reported funding of less than…
Data on federal transportation funding is available from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) based upon reporting from the Fiscal Management Information System (FMIS) and program-specific reporting, which is sometimes required by Congress. Data users are cautioned against comparing states based on FHWA data. However, since no other national source of transportation funding use exists, FHWA…
Federal funding is reported as obligations, which occur when an entity creates an obligation for the federal government to reimburse that entity for project costs. Federal law specifies which entities have the authority to create an obligation. Specific federal transportation funding programs sometimes have additional reporting requirements that provide additional information, such as the Transportation…