Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National Streets Act or the GREEN Streets Act This bill establishes national goals to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resilience of the transportation system. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish minimum standards for states to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and per capita vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) on the National Highway System; DOT to establish measures for states to assess and reduce carbon dioxide; states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to consider projects and strategies that reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and decrease per capita VMT's; states and MPOs to publish an analysis of the impact on per capita VMTs and mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for each project that adds new lanes or otherwise increases traffic capacity and costs more than $25 million; states that are out of compliance with the per capita VMT standards or carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emission measures to dedicate federal highway funding to achieve compliance; and DOT to establish national transit access standards and performance measures for transit accessibility, transit stop distance, and transit mode share.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesDepartment of TransportationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFood supply, safety, and labelingGovernment information and archivesHealth care coverage and accessLand use and conservationPedestrians and bicyclingPerformance measurementPublic transitRegional and metropolitan planningRoads and highwaysState and local government operationsTransportation programs funding
GREEN Streets Act
USA117th CongressHR-4520| House
| Updated: 7/20/2021
Generating Resilient, Environmentally Exceptional National Streets Act or the GREEN Streets Act This bill establishes national goals to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resilience of the transportation system. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish minimum standards for states to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and per capita vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) on the National Highway System; DOT to establish measures for states to assess and reduce carbon dioxide; states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to consider projects and strategies that reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and decrease per capita VMT's; states and MPOs to publish an analysis of the impact on per capita VMTs and mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for each project that adds new lanes or otherwise increases traffic capacity and costs more than $25 million; states that are out of compliance with the per capita VMT standards or carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emission measures to dedicate federal highway funding to achieve compliance; and DOT to establish national transit access standards and performance measures for transit accessibility, transit stop distance, and transit mode share.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesDepartment of TransportationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFood supply, safety, and labelingGovernment information and archivesHealth care coverage and accessLand use and conservationPedestrians and bicyclingPerformance measurementPublic transitRegional and metropolitan planningRoads and highwaysState and local government operationsTransportation programs funding