Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Save Our Pedestrians Act of 2024”.
Save Our Pedestrians Act of 2024
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to require States to set aside certain funds to carry out highway safety improvement projects to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.
Sec. 2 Set-aside for high-risk pedestrian crossings
Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(m) Set-Aside for high-Risk pedestrian crossings
“(1) In general—Of the funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(3) for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall require that an amount equal to 5 percent of such funds shall be expended on highway safety improvement projects carried out to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities at high-risk pedestrian crossings.
“(2) High-risk pedestrian crossing defined—In this subsection, the term high-risk pedestrian crossing means a pedestrian crossing on a highway identified by the State, in consultation with units of local government within such State, as having a high frequency of injuries or fatalities resulting from an incident between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian.”