Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
The bill amends title 23 U.S.C. to require the Secretary of Transportation to set aside at least 5% of combined funds authorized under sections 203 and 204 each fiscal year for “active transportation.” Active transportation is defined to include planning, design, and construction of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, ADA-compliant transportation projects, safe-route infrastructure for non-drivers, and conversion of abandoned rail corridors to trails.
Low‑risk, modest reallocation of federal lands transportation funds increases chances, but passage depends on legislative vehicle and competing priorities.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear statutory directive establishing a recurring 5% set-aside of funds authorized under 23 U.S.C. §§203 and 204 for defined "active transportation" activities. The principal mandate and definition are specified, but the bill omits many operational, fiscal, and accountability details that would clarify how the set-aside is to be allocated, administered, monitored, and reconciled with existing program rules.
Liberal emphasizes equity, ADA, climate co-benefits
Liberal emphasizes equity, ADA, climate co-benefits
Likely broadly supportive: the bill directs federal transportation funds to nonmotorized access, ADA compliance, and safe routes to public lands.
Progressives will view it as advancing equity, health, and climate-friendly transport, though some may want a larger set-aside and explicit equity requirements.
Generally favorable but cautious: the measure is a modest, targeted funding requirement for trails and pedestrian access on federal lands.
Centrists will like the limited (5%) mandate but want clarity on funding sources, allocation rules, and administrative burden.
Likely opposed or skeptical: conservatives will view the mandatory federal set-aside as federal overreach and an intrusion on local and state control of land access funding.
Concerns will focus on redirected funds, priorities for vehicle access, and unfunded mandates.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Low‑risk, modest reallocation of federal lands transportation funds increases chances, but passage depends on legislative vehicle and competing priorities.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberal emphasizes equity, ADA, climate co-benefits
Low‑risk, modest reallocation of federal lands transportation funds increases chances, but passage depends on legislative vehicle and compe…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear statutory directive establishing a recurring 5% set-aside of funds authorized under 23 U.S.C. §§203 and 204 for defined "active transportation" activities.…
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