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The bill directs federal funding and planning support to create safer, greener walking and biking infrastructure—especially benefiting underserved communities—while increasing federal spending and risking exclusion of small, low-capacity areas and potential federal centralization or local displacement concerns.
Residents and commuters in urban and rural communities gain safer, connected walking and biking greenways that improve access to jobs, schools, transit, and parks.
State and local governments (especially in low-income areas) receive federal funding and high federal cost-shares (up to 90–100% for qualifying areas), lowering local upfront costs for large multimodal projects.
Low-income communities and communities of color may receive prioritized support to reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities and improve equitable access to services and opportunities.
Taxpayers fund an authorization of up to $300M per year through 2031, increasing federal spending and potentially adding to deficits or requiring offsets.
Matching fund and local-commitment requirements may disadvantage low-capacity jurisdictions that lack local funds or planning resources, leaving high-need areas without projects.
Smaller local or grassroots projects under the $15M threshold are ineligible for construction funding, which can exclude small towns and rural communities from benefits.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Creates a federal competitive grant program to plan, design, acquire land for, and build regionally or nationally significant greenway paths.
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a program to make grants for the improvement or construction of greenway paths, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 2, 2026 by LaMonica McIver · Last progress March 2, 2026
Creates a federal competitive grant program to fund construction, improvement, planning, and property acquisition for safe, connected greenway paths designated by the Secretary as regionally or nationally significant. Grants will prioritize projects that cross jurisdictions or state lines, reduce single-occupant vehicle trips, improve safety and access to jobs, lower air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions, integrate with transit and parks, and serve communities with documented need. Sets eligibility, application, and selection requirements, requires local commitments and matching contributions (with limited exceptions), and requires the Secretary to set aside at least $5 million each fiscal year for planning and design activities. Projects on federal land require cooperative agreements with the relevant federal agency.