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How a New Program is Helping Small Cities Transform Their Transportation Systems

“We don’t want the infrastructure law to compound our geographic inequalities. We wanted it to be an equalizing moment,” said James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies.
A groundbreaking new effort to give small cities the tools they need to compete for federal grants is shining a light on how hard it can be to transform transportation outside of America’s biggest cities — and how much potential there is to end the national car dependency crisis if mini-metros get the resources they deserve.
Last year, a consortium of organizations lead by Bloomberg Philanthropies quietly launched a sprawling resource called the Local Infrastructure Hub, which provides communities under 150,000 residents with a full slate of “grant application boot camps,” peer mentorships, and expert design guidance aimed at making their bids for federal funding as competitive as possible.
By Kea Wilson
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