Federal law requires streets designed for all users, not cars alone.
H.R. 10059 — Building Safer Streets Act · Filed by Seth Moulton (D-MA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill tells highway agencies to think about pedestrians, cyclists, and bus riders. They must also consider drivers when they design streets and spend money. States must update their design rules to include safer, slower streets. States that do not update within two years may lose federal money. The bill requires a study on deadly crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists.
Who it affects
People who walk, bike, or ride buses gain safer street design. States must change their design rules. Small communities get extra money and help.
One thing to notice
States must not let deaths of pedestrians and cyclists go up. States that miss this target could face penalties.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- pedestrians — people who walk on streets and sidewalks
- cyclists — people who ride bicycles
- design rules — official instructions that engineers follow when they build or fix roads
- federal money — money from the national government used to pay for roads
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (13,981 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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