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The bill directs guaranteed federal funding to pedestrian-safety improvements that should reduce injuries and costs, but reduces states' flexible highway funds (especially impacting small/rural states) and adds administrative burdens for implementation.
Urban communities (including children and other pedestrians) will see more federal dollars directed to pedestrian-safety projects (crosswalks, signals, sidewalks), likely reducing pedestrian injuries and deaths.
Local governments receive targeted resources to plan and build safety improvements at crash-prone locations, making it easier to deliver crosswalk, signal, and sidewalk upgrades where they are most needed.
Families and taxpayers may face lower long-term medical and productivity costs because preventing pedestrian crashes reduces crash-related health care and economic losses.
States will have 5% less flexible funding from §104(b)(3) apportionments each year beginning in FY2027, reducing funds available for other highway projects and priorities.
Smaller or rural states with relatively few pedestrian problems may be forced to reserve funds for the set-aside, limiting their ability to fund other local transportation priorities.
Implementation requires state consultation with local governments, creating administrative planning burdens and potential delays in project delivery.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Starting FY2027, requires states to set aside 5% of a specified highway apportionment each year for safety projects at high‑risk pedestrian crossings.
Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to require States to set aside certain funds to carry out highway safety improvement projects to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.
Introduced June 24, 2026 by Mike Carey · Last progress June 24, 2026
Requires states to set aside 5% of a specific federal highway apportionment each year starting in FY2027 for projects that make high‑risk pedestrian crossings safer. States must identify high‑risk pedestrian crossings in consultation with local governments and spend the set‑aside funds on highway safety improvement projects to reduce pedestrian injuries and deaths.