Cool Corridors Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
In Committee
Summary
This bill would reauthorize and expand the Healthy Streets program to create _cool corridors_ that add trees, shade structures, reflective surfaces, and other nature-based solutions along transit routes and school zones.
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- Families and students: Would cool school zones and neighborhood pedestrian corridors to improve comfort and safety near transit and schools, with a focus on areas that have high heat vulnerability or low tree canopy.
- Local governments, transit agencies, schools, and stewardship groups: Would open eligibility for grants to state and local transit agencies, departments of transportation, local educational agencies, and tree and greenspace stewardship organizations to plan, design, build, and maintain tree canopy and green infrastructure along rights-of-way, bus stops, transit hubs, and school properties. Grants would fund planning, smart sensors and data tools, workforce training, and long-term maintenance plans.
- Communities and climate resilience: Would require demonstration projects across diverse regions and mandate annual reporting on temperature reductions, resilience, public health and equity outcomes, and cost-benefit information. The Secretary of Transportation would also be required to report to Congress within 5 years evaluating outcomes and recommending permanent authorization and integration into surface transportation block grants.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Healthy Streets grants extended to 2030
If enacted, Healthy Streets grants could continue through 2030. The current authorization ends in 2026. This would give more years for eligible agencies and schools to apply and build cooling projects. Communities would have more time to plan multi-year work.
More groups can build cool corridors
This bill would let more groups apply for grants, including state and local transit agencies, state DOTs, school districts, and qualified tree and greenspace groups. Money could pay to plan, build, and maintain trees, shade, and reflective surfaces along roads, bus stops, transit hubs, and school zones. Projects could use sensors to track heat and include community input and job training. The program would test projects in many regions, with a focus on places with low tree cover or high heat. It would define "cool corridors" and allowed heat strategies to guide what qualifies.
New rules and help for cooling projects
Project plans would need state or local review and approval before work starts. Trees planted with grant money could not block traffic views, and grantees would have to water and maintain them. Grantees would send a yearly report with heat, health, equity, cost-benefit, and community engagement results. DOT and partner agencies would provide technical help, templates, and guidance on trees and stewardship. Within five years of enactment, DOT would report to Congress on results and next steps.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
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