Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act
Sponsored By: Representative Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
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Summary
This bill would expand federal support for pedestrian and bicyclist safety by adding new project types to the Highway Safety Improvement Program and giving states more funding flexibility for projects that protect vulnerable road users.
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- Families and people who walk or bike: Creates explicit project categories for connecting segments of existing bike and pedestrian infrastructure and for projects or strategies that reduce risks to vulnerable road users.
- State departments of transportation and project sponsors: Lets the federal share for qualifying projects reach up to 100 percent and allows non-federal shares to be calculated on a project, multiple-project, or program basis to ease financing.
- Local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, tribes, and planners: Permits use of a wide range of safety plans to qualify projects, including pedestrian or bicyclist safety plans, Complete Streets plans, Vision Zero action plans, ADA transition plans, tribal transportation safety plans, and other plans the Secretary approves. HSIP funds can be credited toward non-federal shares when projects use proven safety countermeasures or align with state safety emphasis areas.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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More federal help for bike and pedestrian safety
This bill would make it easier to fund bike and pedestrian safety projects. States could use Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) money as the local match in some cases, and the federal share could be up to 100% for eligible projects. Eligible projects would include connecting existing bike or walk paths, and data‑driven projects that cut risk for vulnerable road users listed in a safety program. Agencies could set match levels across a whole program, not just one project, and FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures for bikes and pedestrians could get a higher federal share. Plans like Vision Zero, Complete Streets, local roadway safety plans, ADA transition plans, Tribal safety plans, or similar plans could qualify as the guiding safety plans.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
MD • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
WI • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
MI • R
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 4/17/2025
Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Buchanan
FL • R
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Wied
WI • R
Sponsored 6/24/2025
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/24/2025
Fitzgerald
WI • R
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Roll Call Votes
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