The Building Safer Streets Act directs the federal government to strengthen requirements that transportation projects consider all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists, not just cars. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to update federal design standards and provide clearer guidance on how states and local governments can deviate from standard highway design rules when doing so improves safety for vulnerable road users like pedestrians and bicyclists. It also mandates new guidelines for bus stop placement and design, requires the Federal Highway Administration to develop a list of approved multimodal design exceptions that don't need special approval, and calls for a study on crash factors on federal highways. Additionally, the legislation sets aside at least 10 percent of funding under the Safe Streets for All program for small communities with projects under one million dollars and allows the federal government to cover up to 90 percent of project costs for qualifying small communities, while requiring states to establish performance targets to reduce vulnerable road user fatalities.
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