# Prop. B: $460M Bond Election for Sidewalks, Trails, & Bike Lanes. Feedback Needed

**URL:** <https://forum.atxfriends.org/t/prop-b-460m-bond-election-for-sidewalks-trails-bike-lanes-feedback-needed/3192>\
**Category:** General Austin\
**Created:** [September 4, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.atxfriends.org/t/prop-b-460m-bond-election-for-sidewalks-trails-bike-lanes-feedback-needed/3192 "2020-09-04T01:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![tommyates](https://forum.atxfriends.org/user_avatar/forum.atxfriends.org/tommyates/32/692_2.png) [@tommyates](https://forum.atxfriends.org/u/tommyates)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.atxfriends.org/t/prop-b-460m-bond-election-for-sidewalks-trails-bike-lanes-feedback-needed/3192/1 "2020-09-04T01:56:11Z")

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How does FAN membership feel about Austin City Council’s [Proposition B funding $460M for Sidewalks, Trails, & Bike Lanes](https://www.statesman.com/news/20200814/austin-council-oks-460m-bond-election-for-sidewalks-trails-bike-lanes-and-more) coming before Austin voters this November?

> Here’s what is in the proposal, which will be on the ballot as Proposition B in November:
> - $80 million for sidewalks.
> - $80 million for urban trails.
> - $40 million for bike lanes.
> - $65 million for the Vision Zero traffic safety plan.
> - $20 million for Safe Routes to School infrastructure.
> - $53 million for improvements to substandard streets, including Ross Road, Johnny Morris Road, Cooper Lane, Circle S Road and Nuckols Crossing Road.

Questions:

1. Should FAN support Proposition B? Why or why not?
2. Regardless of support, how could Proposition B be improved?

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**Author:** ![tannerblair](https://forum.atxfriends.org/user_avatar/forum.atxfriends.org/tannerblair/32/743_2.png) [@tannerblair](https://forum.atxfriends.org/u/tannerblair)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.atxfriends.org/t/prop-b-460m-bond-election-for-sidewalks-trails-bike-lanes-feedback-needed/3192/2 "2020-09-04T02:12:22Z")

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This one I’m also in support of for similar reasons as outlined for A

I would add that I don’t love the Safe Routes to School program, in that I think that it’s a bit of a cop out. The safest route to school would be for us to have more housing within easy walking distance, not figure out how to teach 8 year-olds the safest way to cross Burnet.