Amends GS 136-189.11(d)(3) to no longer generally prohibit the Department of Transportation from providing financial support for independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects. Authorizes the Department to provide financial support for federal and local government funded independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects as Division Need Projects, which receive 30% of the funds subject to the Transportation Investment Strategy Formula. Makes conforming changes. Amends GS 136-189.10(2) to include federal and local government funded (was federally funded only) independent bicycle and pedestrian improvements to division need projects.