[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 508 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 508
To amend title 23, United States Code, to include a special rule for
the dedication of funds under the highway safety improvement program
for certain vulnerable users, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2021
Ms. Brownley (for herself and Mr. Espaillat) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to include a special rule for
the dedication of funds under the highway safety improvement program
for certain vulnerable users, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe And Friendly for the
Environment Streets Act'' or the ``SAFE Streets Act''.
SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (4)(B)(xiii) by inserting ``,
including the development of a vulnerable road user
safety assessment under section 1601 of the SAFE
Streets Act'' after ``safety planning'';
(B) in paragraph (11)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (G)
through (I) as subparagraphs (H) through (J);
and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (F)
the following:
``(G) includes a vulnerable road user safety
assessment described under paragraph (16);''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(13) Vulnerable road user.--The term `vulnerable road
user' means a nonmotorist--
``(A) with a fatality analysis reporting system
person attribute code that is included in the
definition of the term `number of non-motorized
fatalities' in section 490.205 of title 23, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulation); or
``(B) described in the term `number of non-
motorized serious injuries' in such section.
``(14) Vulnerable road user safety assessment.--The term
`vulnerable road user safety assessment' means an assessment of
the safety performance of the State or a metropolitan planning
organization within the State with respect to vulnerable road
users and the plan of the State or metropolitan planning
organization to improve the safety of vulnerable road users
described in subsection (l).'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``(a)(11)'' and
inserting ``(a)(13)''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)(vi) by inserting ``,
consistent with the vulnerable road user safety
assessment'' after ``nonmotorized crashes'';
(3) in subsection (d)(1)(B)--
(A) in clause (iv) by inserting ``and serious
injury'' after ``fatality'';
(B) in clause (vii) by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon;
(C) by redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix);
and
(D) by inserting after clause (vii) the following:
``(viii) the findings of a vulnerable road
user safety assessment of the State; and'';
(4) in subsection (g) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Vulnerable road user safety.--
``(A) In general.--Beginning on the date of
enactment of the SAFE Streets Act, if a State
determines that the number of vulnerable road user
fatalities and serious injuries per capita in such
State over the most recent 2-year period for which data
are available exceeds the median number of such
fatalities and serious injuries per capita among all
States, that State shall be required to obligate over
the 2 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which
such determination is made an amount that is not less
than 75 percent of the amount set aside in such State
under section 133(h)(1) for fiscal year 2020, less any
amounts obligated by a metropolitan planning
organization in the State as required by subparagraph
(D), for--
``(i) in the first fiscal year--
``(I) performing the vulnerable
user safety assessment as prescribed by
subsection (l);
``(II) providing matching funds for
transportation alternatives safety
project as identified in section
133(h)(7)(B); and
``(III) projects eligible under
section 133(h)(3)(A), (B), (C), or (I);
and
``(ii) in each fiscal year thereafter, the
program of projects identified in subsection
(l)(2)(C).
``(B) Source of funds.--Any amounts obligated under
subparagraph (A) shall be from amounts described in
section 133(d)(1)(B) or 104(b)(3).
``(C) Annual determination.--The determination
described under subparagraph (A) shall be made on an
annual basis.
``(D) Metropolitan planning area with excessive
fatalities and serious injuries per capita.--
``(i) Annual determination.--Beginning on
the date of enactment of the SAFE Streets Act,
a metropolitan planning organization
representing an urbanized area with a
population greater than 200,000 shall annually
determine the number of vulnerable user road
fatalities and serious injuries per capita in
such area over the most recent 2-year period.
``(ii) Requirement to obligate funds.--If
such a metropolitan planning area organization
determines that the number of vulnerable user
road fatalities and serious injuries per capita
in such area over the most recent 2-year period
for which data are available exceeds the median
number of such fatalities and serious injuries
among all urbanized areas with a population of
over 200,000, then there shall be obligated
over the 2 fiscal years following the fiscal
year in which such determination is made an
amount that is not less than 75 percent of the
amount set aside for that urbanized area under
section 133(h)(2) for fiscal year 2020 for
projects identified in the program of projects
described in subsection (l)(7)(C).
``(E) Source of funds.--
``(i) Metropolitan planning organization in
state required to obligate funds.--For a
metropolitan planning organization in a State
required to obligate funds to vulnerable user
safety under subparagraph (A), the State shall
be required to obligate from such amounts
required to be obligated for vulnerable road
user safety under subparagraph (B) for projects
described in subsection (l)(7).
``(ii) Other metropolitan planning
organizations.--For a metropolitan planning
organization that is not located within a State
required to obligate funds to vulnerable user
safety under subparagraph (A), the State shall
be required to obligate from amounts
apportioned under section 104(b)(3) for
projects described in subsection (l)(7).''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(l) Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessment.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after date of
enactment of the SAFE Streets Act, each State shall create a
vulnerable road user safety assessment.
``(2) Contents.--A vulnerable road user safety assessment
required under paragraph (1) shall include--
``(A) a description of the location within the
State of each vulnerable road user fatality and serious
injury and the design speed of the roadway at any such
location;
``(B) a description of any corridors identified by
a State, in coordination with local governments,
metropolitan planning organizations, and regional
transportation planning organizations that pose a high
risk of a vulnerable road user fatality or serious
injury and the design speeds of such corridors;
``(C) a program of projects or strategies to reduce
safety risks to vulnerable road users in corridors
identified under subparagraph (B), in coordination with
local governments, metropolitan planning organizations,
and regional transportation planning organizations that
represent a high-risk area identified under
subparagraph (B); and
``(D) include a list of projects within the State
that primarily address the safety of vulnerable road
users that--
``(i) have been completed during the 2 most
recent fiscal years prior to date of the
publication of the vulnerable road user safety
assessment, including the amount of funding
that has been dedicated to those projects,
described in total amounts and as a percentage
of total capital expenditures; and
``(ii) are planned to be completed during
the 2 fiscal years following the date of the
publication of the vulnerable road user
assessment, including the amount of funding
that the State plans to be dedicated to those
projects, described in total amounts and as a
percentage of total capital expenditures.
``(3) Analysis.--In creating a vulnerable road user safety
assessment under this subsection, a State shall assess the last
5 years of available data.
``(4) Requirements.--In creating a vulnerable road user
safety assessment under this subsection, a State shall--
``(A) take into consideration a safe system
approach; and
``(B) coordinate with local governments,
metropolitan planning organizations, and regional
transportation planning organizations that represent a
high-risk area identified under paragraph (2)(B).
``(5) Update.--A State shall update a vulnerable road user
safety assessment on the same schedule as the State updates the
State strategic highway safety plan.
``(6) Transportation system access.--The program of
projects developed under paragraph (2)(C) may not degrade
transportation system access for vulnerable road users.
``(7) Metropolitan planning area assessments.--A
metropolitan planning organization that represents an urbanized
area with a population greater than 200,000 shall complete a
vulnerable user safety assessment based on the most recent 5
years of available data, unless an assessment was completed in
the previous 5 years, including--
``(A) a description of the location within the
urbanized area of each vulnerable road user fatality
and serious injury and the design speed of the roadway
at any such location;
``(B) a description of any corridors that represent
a high-risk area identified under paragraph (2)(B) that
pose a high risk of a vulnerable road user fatality or
serious injury and the design speeds of such corridors;
and
``(C) a program of projects or strategies to reduce
safety risks to vulnerable road users in corridors
identified under subparagraph (B).''.
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