To amend title 23, United States Code, to require transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill adds greenhouse gas emission reduction, road resilience, and transit accessibility as federal highway performance measures, requires metropolitan planning organizations and states to conduct and publish GHG and environmental justice impact analyses before approving any covered road capacity expansion project (new lanes or >=M federal funds), and creates escalating fiscal penalties for states failing to meet GHG and VMT reduction targets: mandatory obligation of 33% of NHPP funds and 10% of STBG funds toward qualifying transit, active transportation. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, reporting requirements, and product standards. The main policy areas are Transportation, Housing, Technology, and Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
Public transit operators could gain revenue opportunities, Public transit riders would be affected, and Public transit agencies could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
State Departments of Transportation would be affected, Highway construction contractors would be affected, and Metropolitan planning organizations (250,000+ population) would be affected.
Key Provisions
- Adds greenhouse gas emission reduction, road resilience, and transit accessibility as federal highway performance measures.
- Requires metropolitan planning organizations and states to conduct and publish GHG and environmental justice impact analyses before approving any covered road capacity expansion project (new lanes or >=M federal funds).
- Creates escalating fiscal penalties for states failing to meet GHG and VMT reduction targets: mandatory obligation of 33% of NHPP funds and 10% of STBG funds toward qualifying transit, active transportation...
- Establishes national transit access standards and performance measures for transit accessibility, transit stop distance, transit mode share, first/last mile accessibility, and disability accessibility.
- Establishes ongoing reporting cycle for covered entities on transit accessibility targets with Secretary-set schedules.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill adds greenhouse gas emission reduction, road resilience, and transit accessibility as federal highway performance measures, requires metropolitan planning organizations and states to conduct and publish GHG and environmental justice impact analyses before approving any covered road capacity expansion project (new lanes or >=M federal funds), and creates escalating fiscal penalties for states failing to meet GHG and VMT reduction targets: mandatory obligation of 33% of NHPP funds and 10% of STBG funds toward qualifying transit, active transportation.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Housing, Technology, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
The bill adds greenhouse gas emission reduction, road resilience, and transit accessibility as federal highway performance measures, requires metropolitan planning organizations and states to conduct and publish GHG and environmental justice impact analyses before approving any covered road capacity expansion project (new lanes or >=M federal funds), and creates escalating fiscal penalties for states failing to meet GHG and VMT reduction targets: mandatory obligation of 33% of NHPP funds and 10% of STBG funds toward qualifying transit, active transportation.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Public transit operators
- Public transit riders
- Public transit agencies
- Environmental justice communities
- Bus rapid transit providers
Identified Costs
- State Departments of Transportation
- Highway construction contractors
- Metropolitan planning organizations (250,000+ population)
- Metropolitan planning organizations
- State governments with large metro areas
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Huffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Covered entities (large metro MPOs and states), Metropolitan planning organizations, Metropolitan planning organizations (250,000+ population)
Bus rapid transit providers, Public transit agencies, Public transit operators
Active transportation infrastructure contractors, Active transportation infrastructure providers, Highway construction contractors
Positive-direction: Active transportation infrastructure contractors, Active transportation infrastructure providers, Sidewalk, crosswalk, and bike lane contractors
Negative-direction: Highway construction contractors
Environmental Protection Agency, Secretary of Transportation, Tribal communities
Positive-direction: Tribal communities
Negative-direction: Environmental Protection Agency, Secretary of Transportation
Environmental advocacy organizations, Environmental consulting firms
Disability rights and accessibility advocates, Local community-based organizations
Micromobility and shared vehicle services, Transportation data analytics firms
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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