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Lee on cycling and micromobility funding allocation

New York City Council · May 29, 2026 · starts 1:04:39 · 1 min 1 sec

Lee asks what the $11.2M cycling funding will go toward. Beaton explains it covers planners, outreach specialists, concrete work, and markings program to deliver projects, not just plan them.

Linda Lee

I'll move over to cycling and micromobility.

Linda Lee

The executive plan adds funding for cycling and micromobility.

Linda Lee

It includes 11.2 million and 45 new positions in fiscal 2027, 8.6 million and 52 new positions in fiscal 2028, reaching 22.8 million and 54 new positions by fiscal 2030.

Linda Lee

What will this funding go towards and how many bike lanes will be installed because of this funding?

Eric Beaton

Sure.

Eric Beaton

So in terms of what it goes towards, it's a little bit similar to what we talked about with the bus plan earlier, where it's both the planners and outreach specialists who can

Eric Beaton

get the project moving, but it also really reinforces the operations around the agency in terms of our ability to deliver.

Eric Beaton

So it includes money for concrete work.

Eric Beaton

It includes money for our markings program.

Eric Beaton

Again, we want to be very committed to not just saying we're coming up with a lot of ideas, but to really delivering them.