So the proposed how-to is more government spending? How novel. Has anyone noticed the government is worse than broke? It's at least $100 Trillion in debt and has monetized its debt so that an original $1 Federal Reserve Note is now worth $0.03. So the solution is to take it from 3 cents to zero? And that will make us safer? No, it will make us go to war and the government will send the poor people first. Why is it the government's role to make anyone safer? Maybe safer from violent criminals, but bicycle safety? The government's unique feature is its monopoly on the use of physical force. It should use that feature to put violent criminals in prison and not to make people pay for useless bicycle safety planning. Is this justified because it's supposed to serve poor people and thereby redistribute the wealth in a socialist scheme? Do you think those poor people want protected bike lanes so they can stay poor? Or a car? Suppose they were riding their bike to work (hardly a safe assumption). Which would they elect to spend their paychecks on? Useless government boondoggles only serve as a war on the poor to keep them dependent on even more government spending.