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

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6770 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 MAY 8, 2020 Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. COHEN, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6770 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 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6770 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 134(b) of title 23, United States Code, is 6 amended by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 7 ‘‘(8) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT; 8 TDM.—The terms ‘Transportation Demand Manage- 9 ment’ and ‘TDM’ mean the use of strategies to in- 10 form and encourage travelers to maximize the effi- 11 ciency of a transportation system leading to im- 12 proved mobility, reduced congestion, and lower vehi- 13 cle emissions. 14 ‘‘(9) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT 15 STRATEGIES.—The term ‘Transportation Demand 16 Management Strategies’ means the use of planning, 17 programs, policy, marketing, communications, incen- 18 tives, pricing, and technology to shift travel mode, 19 routes used, departure times, number of trips, and 20 location and design work space or public attrac- 21 tions.’’. 22 SEC. 1003. REQUIREMENTS. 23 Section 134(c) of title 23, United States Code, is 24 amended— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 6770 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 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 6770 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 lower-cost options for 14 transportation systems, including transportation 15 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 declared local, State, and Federal state 23 of emergencies.’’; and 24 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 25 clause (ii) the following: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 6770 IH ‘‘(iii) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND 1 MANAGEMENT TARGETS.—Each Metropoli- 2 tan planning organization that is consid- 3 ered to be in nonattainment or mainte- 4 nance areas for at least one National Am- 5 bient Air Quality Standard as defined the 6 Clean Air Act shall establish demand man- 7 agement targets that address the objec- 8 tives, issues, and goals of transportation 9 demand management described in sub- 10 section (b), where applicable, to use in 11 tracking progress toward attainment of 12 such critical outcomes for the region of the 13 metropolitan planning organization.’’. 14 TITLE II—ADOPTING THE STATE 15 PLANS TO SECTION 135 16 SEC. 2001. REQUIREMENTS. 17 Section 135(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is 18 amended to read as follows: 19 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The statewide transportation 20 plan and the transportation improvement program 21 developed for each State shall provide for transpor- 22 tation demand management issues, objectives devel- 23 opment, and integrated management and operation 24 of transportation systems and facilities (including 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 6770 IH accessible pedestrian walkways, bicycle transpor- 1 tation facilities, and intermodal facilities that sup- 2 port intercity transportation, including intercity 3 buses and intercity bus facilities and commuter van 4 pool providers) that will function as an intermodal 5 transportation system and reduce the need of single 6 occupancy vehicles for the State and an integral part 7 of an intermodal transportation system for the 8 United States.’’. 9 SEC. 2002. PLANNING. 10 Section 135(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 11 amended— 12 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara- 13 graph (I); 14 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub- 15 paragraph (J) and inserting a semicolon; and 16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 17 ‘‘(K) resolve issues, problems, and barriers 18 of transportation demand management; 19 ‘‘(L) guide transportation investment deci- 20 sions including transportation demand manage- 21 ment policies, strategies, and performance 22 measures of the State; 23 ‘‘(M) enhance private-sector involvement in 24 providing multimodal and multioccupancy 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 6770 IH transportation programs and services that pro- 1 mote environmental goals and increase eco- 2 nomic activity; and 3 ‘‘(N) improve facilities with mobility issues 4 within the State, and a description of the strat- 5 egies the State is employing to address them, 6 considering the objectives of transportation de- 7 mand management.’’. 8 SEC. 2003. RELATIONSHIP TO LONG-RANGE PLAN. 9 Section 135(f)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop 12 a long-range statewide transportation plan, with a 13 minimum 20-year forecast period for all areas of the 14 State, that provides for the development and imple- 15 mentation of the intermodal transportation system 16 and supports the objectives of transportation de- 17 mand management of the State.’’. 18 TITLE III—APPROPRIATIONS 19 AND GRANT PROGRAMS 20 SEC. 3001. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 21 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 22 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 170 the 23 following: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 6770 IH ‘‘§ 171. Transportation demand management imple- 1 mentation program 2 ‘‘The Secretary of Transportation shall establish pro- 3 gram to encourage and assist the development and fund- 4 ing of Transportation Demand Management related 5 projects in accordance with this section and to further di- 6 rect Federal resources, as authorized in this section, to- 7 wards implementation of Transportation Demand Man- 8 agement objectives described in section 134(b).’’. 9 (b) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are author- 10 ized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 11 (other than the Mass Transit Account): $100,000,000 for 12 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, to carry out sec- 13 tion 171 of title 23, United States Code. 14 (c) DIVISION OF FUNDS AMONG STATES.—The Sec- 15 retary shall distribute the funds authorized in subsection 16 (b) to the 50 States and the District of Columbia in ac- 17 cordance with the formula described in subsection (d). 18 (d) CALCULATION OF STATE AMOUNTS.—For each 19 of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, funds shall be distrib- 20 uted to each State and the District of Columbia in a for- 21 mula that mirrors the allocation/apportionment percent- 22 age each State or the District of Columbia receives under 23 section 104(c) of title 23, United States Code. 24 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 6770 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—States shall distribute funds 1 authorized under the TDM Implementation Program 2 in the form of competitive grants to eligible entities 3 to support the implementation of projects and pro- 4 grams identified within a State adopted Transpor- 5 tation Demand Management plans to support the 6 movement of people and resulting in reduced conges- 7 tion, environmental benefits, and support economic 8 activity. 9 (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Funds apportioned 10 to the State under this section for the TDM Imple- 11 mentation program may be obligated to carry out 12 one or more of the following: 13 (A) Technologies designed to inform and 14 promote the use of non-single occupancy vehi- 15 cles. 16 (B) Technologies designed to inform and 17 promote alternative trip mode options that im- 18 prove and/or assist the movement of people. 19 (C) Marketing and promotional efforts to 20 promote mode choice and reduce the environ- 21 mental impacts of commuter movement. 22 (D) Real-time traffic and multimodal 23 transportation information systems that aim to 24 influence travel decisions and behavior. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 6770 IH (E) Work zone management and informa- 1 tion systems that aim to shift travel modes dur- 2 ing construction. 3 (F) Support the development of plans that 4 enhance disaster preparedness and mitigate 5 congestion along major travel routes during 6 times of emergency, natural disasters, and se- 7 vere construction. 8 (G) Enhancement of the resiliency of crit- 9 ical infrastructure, including infrastructure that 10 supports in times of national or regional emer- 11 gencies. 12 (H) Any other surface transportation 13 project to improve the flow of people and goods 14 within the existing national highway infrastruc- 15 ture network. 16 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—States are authorized 17 to award competitive grant funds, as identified in 18 this section, to the following organizations or enti- 19 ties: 20 (A) Transportation Demand Management 21 product and service providers, and related 22 Transportation Demand Management associa- 23 tions. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6770.IH H6770 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 6770 IH (B) Transportation Management Associa- 1 tions and Transportation Management Organi- 2 zations. 3 (C) Metropolitan Organizations. 4 (D) Regional Planning Organizations. 5 (E) Public transportation Agencies. 6 (F) Local governments. 7 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 8 terms ‘‘Transportation Management Associations’’ or 9 ‘‘TMAs’’ and ‘‘Transportation Management Organiza- 10 tions’’ or ‘‘(TMOs)’’ mean associations, organizations, or 11 cooperatives that provide transportation services and edu- 12 cation to businesses, property owners, residents, and em- 13 ployees in a defined geographic area, combining their ef- 14 forts to expand transportation options and reduce pro- 15 gram costs. TMAs and TMOs are not-for-profit collabora- 16 tions of private and public sector entities working together 17 toward common goals, such as congestion mitigation, 18 transportation services, and pollution reduc [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]