Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2025

IntroducedApril 10, 2025

Introduced11 months ago

Intro

House

Senate

Pres

Introduced in Senate

Transportation and Public Works

Why This Matters

This bill directs transportation planners to include strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the resilience of roads. It also sets new performance goals, planning requirements, and funding conditions for road and transit projects.

Who this affects

State transportation agencies · Metropolitan planning organizations · Communities using roads · Public transit users

What changes is this bill making?

1Adds a climate change goal to public road performance measures to cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and boost system resilience.
2Requires the Transportation Secretary to set state standards for lowering per-person vehicle travel, improving road resilience, and achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions on public roads.
3Mandates that metropolitan planning organizations and States analyze the effects of road capacity expansion projects on travel, emissions, non-car trips, and impacts on environmental justice communities.
4Requires planners to demonstrate progress on road maintenance, alignment with performance targets, cost effectiveness compared to transit or other options, and a plan for operating new road capacity before approving single-occupancy vehicle projects.
5Directs States that miss emissions and resilience targets to reserve specific shares of federal highway funds for projects that meet those targets, with those shares rising if targets remain unmet.
6Establishes national transit accessibility standards and performance measures for access to jobs, services, average distance to stops, share of trips by transit, first-last mile connections, and access for people with disabilities.
7Requires large metropolitan areas and States to set transit access targets, report on performance, and receive technical assistance and analytical tools from the Department of Transportation.

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Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2025

IntroducedApril 10, 2025

Introduced11 months ago

Intro

House

Senate

Pres

Introduced in Senate

Transportation and Public Works

Why This Matters

Who this affects

State transportation agencies · Metropolitan planning organizations · Communities using roads · Public transit users

What changes is this bill making?

1Adds a climate change goal to public road performance measures to cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and boost system resilience.
2Requires the Transportation Secretary to set state standards for lowering per-person vehicle travel, improving road resilience, and achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions on public roads.
3Mandates that metropolitan planning organizations and States analyze the effects of road capacity expansion projects on travel, emissions, non-car trips, and impacts on environmental justice communities.
4Requires planners to demonstrate progress on road maintenance, alignment with performance targets, cost effectiveness compared to transit or other options, and a plan for operating new road capacity before approving single-occupancy vehicle projects.
5Directs States that miss emissions and resilience targets to reserve specific shares of federal highway funds for projects that meet those targets, with those shares rising if targets remain unmet.
6Establishes national transit accessibility standards and performance measures for access to jobs, services, average distance to stops, share of trips by transit, first-last mile connections, and access for people with disabilities.
7Requires large metropolitan areas and States to set transit access targets, report on performance, and receive technical assistance and analytical tools from the Department of Transportation.

Read full document