Sec. 6028. Traffic congestion
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The Assistant Secretary may conduct research on the reduction of traffic congestion. The Assistant Secretary shall— recommend research to accelerate the adoption of transportation management systems that allow traffic to flow in the safest and most efficient manner possible while alleviating current and future traffic congestion challenges; assess and analyze traffic, transit, and freight data from various sources relevant to efforts to reduce traffic congestion so as to maximize mobility, efficiency, and capacity while decreasing congestion and travel times; examine the use and integration of multiple data types from multiple sources and technologies, including road weather data, private vehicle (including Global Positioning System) data, arterial and highway traffic conditions, transit vehicle arrival and departure times, real time navigation routing, construction zone information, and reports of incidents, to suggest improvements in effective communication of such data and information in real time; develop and disseminate suggested strategies and solutions to reduce congestion for high-density traffic regions and to provide mobility in the event of an emergency or natural disaster; and collaborate with other relevant Federal agencies, State and local agencies, industry and industry associations, and university research centers to fulfill goals and objectives under this section.
The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that information used pursuant to this section does not contain identifying information of any individual. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall make available on a public website a report on its activities under this section.