Mobility Options, Resiliency, and Efficiency (MORE) through TDM Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2514 To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, and development of surface trans- portation systems, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 14, 2021 Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SHERRILL, and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 23, United States Code, to encourage and promote the safe and efficient management, operation, and development of surface transportation systems, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Mobility Options, Resiliency, and Efficiency (MORE) 5 through TDM Act’’. 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7 this Act is as follows: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2514 IH Sec. 1. Short title. TITLE I—ADOPTING THE NATIONAL PLANS TO SECTION 134 Sec. 1001. Policy. Sec. 1002. Definitions. Sec. 1003. Requirements. Sec. 1004. Planning. TITLE II—ADOPTING THE STATE PLANS TO SECTION 135 Sec. 2001. Requirements. Sec. 2002. Planning. Sec. 2003. Relationship to long-range plan. TITLE III—APPROPRIATIONS AND GRANT PROGRAMS Sec. 3001. Authorizations of appropriations. Sec. 3002. Grants. TITLE IV—NATIONAL AND STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT Sec. 4001. National and State advisory committees on transportation demand management. TITLE I—ADOPTING THE NA- 1 TIONAL PLANS TO SECTION 2 134 3 SEC. 1001. POLICY. 4 Section 134(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 ‘‘(1) to encourage and promote the safe and ef- 7 ficient management, operation, and development of 8 surface transportation systems and support Trans- 9 portation demand management expectations and 10 goals that will serve the mobility needs of the people 11 and freight, foster economic growth and development 12 within and between States and urbanized areas, and 13 to take into consideration resiliency needs while 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2514 IH minimizing transportation related fuel consumption, 1 congestion, and air pollution through metropolitan 2 and Statewide transportation planning processes in 3 this chapter; and’’. 4 SEC. 1002. DEFINITIONS. 5 Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 6 amended by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(35) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGE- 8 MENT; TDM.—The terms ‘Transportation Demand 9 Management’ and ‘TDM’ mean the use of strategies 10 to inform and encourage travelers to maximize the 11 efficiency of a transportation system leading to im- 12 proved mobility, reduced congestion, and lower vehi- 13 cle emissions. 14 ‘‘(36) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGE- 15 MENT STRATEGIES.—The term ‘Transportation De- 16 mand Management Strategies’ means the use of 17 planning, programs, policy, marketing, communica- 18 tions, incentives, pricing, data, and technology to 19 shift travel mode, routes used, departure times, 20 number of trips, and location and design of work 21 spaces or public attractions.’’. 22 SEC. 1003. REQUIREMENTS. 23 Section 134(c) of title 23, United States Code, is 24 amended— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2514 IH (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 1 following: 2 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plans and TIPs for each 3 metropolitan area shall provide for the development 4 and integrated management, including transpor- 5 tation demand management, and operation of trans- 6 portation systems and facilities (including accessible 7 pedestrian walkways, bicycle transportation facilities, 8 and intermodal facilities that support intercity trans- 9 portation and reduce the need of single-occupancy 10 vehicles and intercity bus facilities and commuter 11 vanpool providers) that will function as an inter- 12 modal transportation system for the metropolitan 13 planning area and as an integral part of an inter- 14 modal transportation system for the State and the 15 United States.’’; and 16 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 17 following: 18 ‘‘(3) PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.—The process 19 for developing the plans and TIPs shall provide for 20 consideration of all modes of transportation and 21 transportation demand management and shall be 22 continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the 23 degree appropriate, based on the complexity of the 24 transportation problems to be addressed.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2514 IH SEC. 1004. PLANNING. 1 Section 134(h) of title 23, United States Code, is 2 amended— 3 (1) in paragraph (1)— 4 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub- 5 paragraph (I); 6 (B) by striking the period at the end of 7 subparagraph (J) and inserting a semicolon; 8 and 9 (C) by adding at the end, the following: 10 ‘‘(K) summarize the issues, problems, bar- 11 riers and existing policies and programs of 12 transportation demand management; 13 ‘‘(L) incentivize equitable and lower-cost 14 options for transportation systems, including 15 transportation demand management; 16 ‘‘(M) identify strategies which provide 17 multimodal choices to single-occupancy vehicle 18 travel on the road; and 19 ‘‘(N) mitigate congestion-related issues 20 and identify alternative transportation routes 21 and options during times of severe weather 22 storms and other natural disasters declared 23 local, State, and Federal state of emergencies.’’; 24 and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2514 IH (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 1 clause (ii) the following: 2 ‘‘(iii) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND 3 MANAGEMENT TARGETS.—Each Metropoli- 4 tan planning organization that is consid- 5 ered to be in nonattainment or mainte- 6 nance areas for at least one National Am- 7 bient Air Quality Standard as defined 8 under the Clean Air Act shall establish de- 9 mand management targets that address 10 the objectives, issues, and goals of trans- 11 portation demand management described 12 in subsection (b), where applicable, to use 13 in tracking progress toward attainment of 14 such critical outcomes for the region of the 15 metropolitan planning organization.’’. 16 TITLE II—ADOPTING THE STATE 17 PLANS TO SECTION 135 18 SEC. 2001. REQUIREMENTS. 19 Section 135(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is 20 amended to read as follows: 21 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The statewide transportation 22 plan and the transportation improvement program 23 developed for each State shall provide for transpor- 24 tation demand management issues, objectives devel- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 2514 IH opment, and integrated management and operation 1 of transportation systems and facilities (including 2 accessible pedestrian walkways, bicycle transpor- 3 tation facilities, and intermodal facilities that sup- 4 port intercity transportation, including intercity 5 buses and intercity bus facilities and commuter van 6 pool providers) that will function as an intermodal 7 transportation system and reduce the need of single 8 occupancy vehicles for the State and an integral part 9 of an intermodal transportation system for the 10 United States.’’. 11 SEC. 2002. PLANNING. 12 Section 135(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 13 amended— 14 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara- 15 graph (I); 16 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub- 17 paragraph (J) and inserting a semicolon; and 18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 19 ‘‘(K) resolve issues, problems, and barriers 20 of transportation demand management; 21 ‘‘(L) guide transportation investment deci- 22 sions including transportation demand manage- 23 ment policies, strategies, and performance 24 measures of the State; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 2514 IH ‘‘(M) enhance private-sector and disadvan- 1 taged community involvement in providing 2 multimodal and multioccupancy transportation 3 programs and services that promote environ- 4 mental, safety, and equity goals and increase 5 economic activity; and 6 ‘‘(N) improve operations and facilities with 7 mobility issues within the State, and a descrip- 8 tion of the strategies the State is employing to 9 address them, considering the objectives of 10 transportation demand management.’’. 11 SEC. 2003. RELATIONSHIP TO LONG-RANGE PLAN. 12 Section 135(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 13 amended to read as follows: 14 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop 15 a long-range Statewide transportation plan, with a 16 minimum 20-year forecast period for all areas of the 17 State, that provides for the development and imple- 18 mentation of the intermodal transportation system 19 and supports the objectives of transportation de- 20 mand management of the State.’’. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 2514 IH TITLE III—APPROPRIATIONS 1 AND GRANT PROGRAMS 2 SEC. 3001. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 3 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 170 the 5 following: 6 ‘‘§ 171. Transportation Demand Management imple- 7 mentation program 8 ‘‘The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a 9 program to encourage and assist the development and 10 funding of Transportation Demand Management related 11 projects in accordance with this section and to further di- 12 rect Federal resources, as authorized in this section, to- 13 wards implementation of Transportation Demand Man- 14 agement objectives described in section 134(b).’’. 15 (b) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are author- 16 ized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 17 (other than the Mass Transit Account): $250,000,000 for 18 each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to carry out sec- 19 tion 171 of title 23, United States Code. 20 (c) DIVISION OF FUNDS AMONG STATES.—The Sec- 21 retary shall distribute the funds authorized in subsection 22 (b) to the 50 States and the District of Columbia in ac- 23 cordance with the formula described in subsection (d). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 2514 IH (d) CALCULATION OF STATE AMOUNTS.—For each 1 of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, funds shall be distrib- 2 uted to each State and the District of Columbia in a for- 3 mula that mirrors the allocation/apportionment percent- 4 age each State or the District of Columbia receives under 5 section 104(c) of title 23, United States Code. 6 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 7 (1) IN GENERAL.—States shall distribute funds 8 authorized under the TDM Implementation Program 9 in the form of competitive grants to eligible entities 10 to support the implementation of projects and pro- 11 grams identified within a State adopted Transpor- 12 tation Demand Management plan to support the 13 movement of people and result in reduced conges- 14 tion, environmental benefits, improved equity within 15 transportation systems, and support economic activ- 16 ity. 17 (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Funds apportioned 18 to the State under this section for the TDM Imple- 19 mentation program may be obligated to carry out 20 one or more of the following: 21 (A) Technologies designed to inform and 22 promote the use of non-single occupancy vehi- 23 cles. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 2514 IH (B) Technologies designed to inform and 1 promote alternative trip mode options that im- 2 prove and assist the movement of all people. 3 (C) Marketing and promotional efforts to 4 promote mode choice and reduce the environ- 5 mental impacts of commuter movement. 6 (D) Real-time traffic and multimodal 7 transportation information systems that aim to 8 influence travel mode decisions and behavior. 9 (E) Work zone management and informa- 10 tion systems that aim to shift travel modes dur- 11 ing construction. 12 (F) Support the development of plans that 13 enhance disaster preparedness and mitigate 14 congestion along major travel routes during 15 times of emergency, natural disasters, and con- 16 struction that impacts existing road capacity. 17 (G) Any other multimodal surface trans- 18 portation project to improve the equitable flow 19 of all people and goods within the existing na- 20 tional highway infrastructure network. 21 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—States are authorized 22 to award competitive grant funds, as identified in 23 this section, to the following organizations or enti- 24 ties: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:55 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2514.IH H2514 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 2514 IH (A) Transportation Demand Management 1 product and service providers, and related 2 Transportation Demand Management associa- 3 tions. 4 (B) Transportation Management Associa- 5 tions and Transportation Management Organi- 6 zations. 7 (C) Metropolitan Organizations. 8 (D) Regional Planning Organizations. 9 (E) Public transportation Agencies. 10 (F) Local governments. 11 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 12 terms ‘‘Transportation Management Associations’’ or 13 ‘‘TMAs’’ and ‘‘Transportation Management Organiza- 14 tions’’ or ‘‘(TMOs)’’ mean associations, organizations, or 15 cooperatives that provide transportation services and edu- 16 cation to businesses, property owners, residents, and em- 17 ployees in a defined geographic area, combining their ef- 18 forts to expand transportation options and reduce pro- 19 gram costs. TMAs and TMOs are not-for-profit collabora- 20 tions of private and public sector entities working together 21 tow [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]