Affordable Commutes Act of 2025

House Votes

This bill, called the Affordable Commutes Act of 2025, aims to lower costs for people who drive on private toll roads. It tells the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate how private toll road companies set prices, including any price gouging or unfair practices, and to refer any evidence of wrongdoing to the Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission. It also orders a study on whether the federal government should buy certain private toll roads and transfer them to the states, and whether that could lead to lower tolls for drivers. The study must also outline how such purchases and transfers would work and suggest other ways to reduce commuting costs.

The Department of Transportation must send Congress a report within one year of the law taking effect. The report will include what the investigation and study found and give recommendations to stop unfair toll pricing and to carry out any purchases and transfers if needed.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Drivers who use private toll roads; private toll road companies; state governments.
• What changes: A federal investigation into toll pricing; possible referrals to law enforcement and regulators; a study on buying private toll roads and giving them to states; ideas to cut commuting costs.
• When: A report to Congress is due within one year after the law is enacted.