Sponsor
Val Hoyle
Representative · D-OR
Representative · D-OR
The bill enables federal funding for micromobility to expand access and potentially cut emissions, but it shifts long-term costs and grant competition onto local governments and taxpayers and risks uneven accessibility or limited environmental benefits if poorly implemented.
Urban residents, low-income individuals, and people without cars gain more transportation options and improved access because bikeshare and shared-scooter projects become eligible for federal transportation grants.
Local governments can leverage existing federal grant programs to fund micromobility infrastructure without new earmarks, giving them greater flexibility to support active-transport projects.
Urban communities may experience reduced vehicle emissions for last-mile trips if Carbon Reduction Program funds are directed to well-designed low-carbon micromobility projects.
Local governments and taxpayers may incur ongoing operating and maintenance costs for bikeshare and scooter systems if federal support covers capital but not long-term expenses.
Eligibility for micromobility could increase competition for limited grant dollars, potentially diverting funding away from other transportation projects and priorities.
People with disabilities may be left underserved if shared-scooter and bikeshare deployments proceed without enforceable accessibility standards.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Makes shared micromobility (including bikesharing and shared scooters) an eligible project type for three federal surface-transportation grant programs.
Adds shared micromobility projects — explicitly including bikeshare and shared-scooter systems — to the list of eligible projects for three federal surface-transportation grant programs. The bill simply expands what types of projects state and local applicants may fund with the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, the Carbon Reduction Program, and the Local and Regional Project Assistance program, without authorizing new spending or specifying funding amounts or requirements. The change is limited to eligibility language: it inserts shared micromobility as an eligible activity in each program’s statutory list and adjusts punctuation/numbering to integrate the new items.
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