Sponsor
Val Hoyle
Representative · D-OR
Representative · D-OR
Makes shared micromobility (including bikeshare and shared-scooter systems) an eligible project type for three federal surface-transportation grant programs.
The bill broadens federal support for micromobility to expand travel options and potentially cut emissions, but does not guarantee new funding and raises risks of shifting limited grant dollars, imposing local maintenance costs, and leaving accessibility or real-emission benefits unaddressed.
Urban residents — especially people without cars and low-income communities — gain more travel options and easier local mobility as bikeshare and shared-scooter projects become eligible for federal transportation grants.
Communities could see reduced vehicle emissions and lower local pollution if Carbon Reduction Program funds support low‑carbon last‑mile micromobility trips.
Local governments gain greater flexibility to use existing federal grant programs to fund micromobility infrastructure without requiring new earmarks, potentially speeding project deployment.
Local governments and taxpayers may face new ongoing operating and maintenance costs for bikeshare and scooter systems if federal support covers only capital purchases.
Making micromobility eligible for grants does not guarantee additional funding and could divert limited grant dollars away from other transportation projects.
Shared-scooter and bikeshare projects could fail to serve people with disabilities equitably if accessibility standards are not required in implementation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to provide eligibility for shared micromobility projects to receive funding under certain surface transportation programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 11, 2026 by Val Hoyle · Last progress May 11, 2026
Adds shared micromobility projects — explicitly including bikeshare and shared-scooter systems — to the list of eligible projects under three federal surface-transportation funding programs. It changes program lists for the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, the Carbon Reduction Program, and the Local and Regional Project Assistance program to permit those funds to be used for shared micromobility investments. The bill only changes eligibility language; it does not appropriate new dollars, set funding levels, or add conditions beyond listing micromobility as an eligible use under those existing programs.