SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cool Corridors Act 
of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Extreme heat is a growing public health 
and infrastructure challenge. 
(2) Tree canopy and green infrastructure re-
duce surface and air temperatures, improve safety 
and usability along transportation corridors, and 
protect infrastructure from heat-related degradation. 
(3) Communities with limited infrastructure in-
vestment often lack sufficient tree cover and face in-
creased exposure to extreme heat and limited trans-
portation access. 
(4) Federal programs such as the Healthy 
Streets program and the Urban and Community 
Forestry Program have demonstrated both high de-
mand and the effectiveness of locally driven, commu-
nity-scale interventions. 
(5) Locally driven efforts to plant and maintain 
trees along key walking, biking, and transit corridors 
are under-resourced, despite proven benefits to heat 
mitigation, public safety, and community health. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to— 
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(1) promote the deployment of cooling infra-
structure along transportation corridors; 
(2) enhance resilience and safety of transpor-
tation systems in the face of extreme heat and im-
prove air quality; 
(3) improve safety, accessibility, and usability 
for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users; 
(4) extend the useful life of infrastructure; and 
(5) prioritize investment in communities facing 
disproportionate heat and access challenges. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF HEALTHY STREETS PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 11101(b)(2)(C) of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note(b)(2)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘through 2026’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2030’’. 
SEC. 4. HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11406 of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (D) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (E) by striking 
the period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) State and local transit agencies; 
‘‘(G) State departments of transportation; 
‘‘(H) local educational agencies; and 
‘‘(I) tree and greenspace stewardship orga-
nizations, environmental asset management 
groups, or infrastructure resilience partners 
with experience in protecting and sustaining 
green infrastructure and shade assets.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) COOL CORRIDOR.—The term ‘cool corridor’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a designated transportation route en-
hanced through linear greening strategies, in-
cluding tree canopy, shade infrastructure, and 
other nature-based solutions designed to reduce 
surface and ambient temperatures; and 
‘‘(B) incorporates planning and steward-
ship 
measures 
to 
ensure 
the 
long-term 
functionality, protection, and climate resilience 
of the activities described in subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(9) HEAT
MITIGATION
STRATEGIES.—The 
term ‘heat mitigation strategies’ means activities 
that result in the mitigation of heat in public spaces, 
including tree planting, vegetative infrastructure, 
cool or reflective surfaces, shade structures, and 
other evidence-based practices, including the mainte-
nance and preservation of already existing green in-
frastructure, roadside vegetations and trees.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘for 
demonstration 
projects in geographically and climatically di-
verse regions, including both urban and rural 
communities with historically low tree canopy or 
high heat vulnerability’’ before ‘‘to eligible enti-
ties’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘, including the integration of 
shade structures, bus stop shelters, and climate- 
resilient streetscape elements, which may in-
clude the strategic planting of trees for shade;’’; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) to plan, design, construction, and maintain 
tree canopy and green infrastructure along public 
transportation corridors, including alongside trans-
portation right of ways, at bus stops, near transit 
hubs, and within designated public-school zones and 
properties; 
‘‘(4) to deploy smart sensors and data tools to 
monitor heat exposure and performance; 
‘‘(5) for community engagement, planning, and 
workforce development activities relating to heat 
mitigation, tree planting and maintenance; and 
‘‘(6) to integrate cooling infrastructure into ex-
isting or planned multimodal corridors or new and 
existing transportation projects; particularly school 
zones, and neighborhood-scale corridors where pedes-
trian mobility is high to create cool corridors’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) plans to undergo review and seek ap-
proval from the State or local agency of juris-
diction prior to project implementation to en-
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