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119-hr-5465119th CongressWALLET

GREEN Streets Act

Sponsored By: Representative Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

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Summary

This bill makes federal transportation decisions explicitly target and measure greenhouse gas reductions, climate resilience, air quality, and transit accessibility. It forces planners and project sponsors to show how projects cut pollution and improve access before new road capacity gets federal support.

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  • Families and neighborhoods will see more emphasis on transit and cleaner air because planners must track transit accessibility, transit stop distance, transit mode share, first/last mile access, and mobile-source emissions for big projects.
  • State and metropolitan planning organizations and newly defined "covered entities" must set targets and file an initial performance report within 180 days of standards, and large or capacity‑increasing projects must analyze changes in vehicle miles traveled, emissions, non-single-occupancy-vehicle trips, and environmental justice metrics.
  • Federal funding shifts if targets are missed: 33 percent of 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1) and 10 percent of 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(2) apportioned funds must go to eligible climate and multimodal projects, rising 2 percentage points each year until targets are met.

The bill also requires cost-effectiveness comparisons, a public maintenance plan for new capacity, interagency data tools, and technical assistance to implement these standards.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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States face climate targets and funding shifts

This bill would add new goals to cut per-person driving, reduce greenhouse gases, and make roads more resilient. The Secretary, with EPA, would set minimum State standards and measures, aiming for net-zero emissions. Federal road performance tracking would also add transit access metrics like stop distance and transit share. States would need to update their targets within one year after each federal rule update. If a State reports it missed its targets, the next year it would have to direct 33% of one major highway funding pot and 10% of another (not counting money already set aside for metro areas) to projects that help meet the targets. The 33% share would rise by 2 percentage points for each extra year the State keeps missing. This would continue until the Secretary finds the State met its targets. Eligible uses would include transit expansions and service, fare reductions or priority treatments, walking and biking projects, micromobility, and land-use changes like denser housing near transit.

Transit access standards for big metros

Within one year of enactment, the Secretary would set national standards to measure transit access, stop distance, transit mode share, first/last mile links, and access for people with disabilities. Metropolitan planning areas with 250,000 or more people on the enactment date, and the States that include them, would be covered. Within 180 days after the standards, covered areas would set targets and file an initial report. Reports would include, by road type, how many homes and streets have sidewalks, crosswalks, or bike lanes, and show progress over time. The Secretary would provide tools and technical help. Non-covered States and communities (including rural and Tribal) could get help without having to follow the reporting rules.

Stronger review before adding road lanes

Before approving a covered project that adds capacity or gets at least $25 million in federal highway funds, planners would need to publish analyses. They would estimate changes in per-person driving, greenhouse gases, and trips by transit, walking, biking, or passenger rail. For environmental justice communities—defined as communities of color, low-income, or Tribal communities facing higher harms—the analysis would include air pollution, toxic contaminants, and other EJ metrics using a federal tool. Before building new lanes for single-occupancy vehicles, planners would have to show progress on fixing existing roads, prove the project is more cost-effective than alternatives, and publish a plan to maintain the new asset while keeping up repairs.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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