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Transportation and Infrastructure
1. Improve municipal infrastructure by:
a. Maintaining current funding for grant and bond programs.
b. Continuing efforts to expand and improve broadband access throughout the state.
2. Enhance safety for pedestrians and vehicular traffic by:
a. Allowing municipalities to utilize photographic traffic enforcement technology.
b. Increasing funding for local initiatives to improve the safety and accessibility for bicyclists and pedestrians in urban, suburban and rural community centers through grants such as but not limited to the “Community Connectivity Grant Program”.
3.Improve our public transit system by:
a. Maintaining the current .5% of sales tax that is directed to fund public transit operations and is scheduled to sunset.
b. Increasing municipal input over existing fixed route systems allowing for greater flexibility and ensuring that transit routes meet need and demand.
c. Requiring fixed route service providers to report to the public transit district body.