Sec. 12002. Intelligent transportation systems
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Section 513 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to accelerate the deployment, operation, systems management, intermodal integration, and interoperability of the ITS program and ITS-enabled operational strategies— to measure and improve the performance of the surface transportation system; to reduce traffic congestion and the economic and environmental impacts of traffic congestion; to minimize fatalities and injuries; to enhance mobility of people and goods; to improve traveler information and services; and to optimize existing roadway capacity.
To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes— a plan to deploy and provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of intelligent transportation systems to improve safety, efficiency, system performance, and return on investment, such as— autonomous vehicle communication technologies; vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technologies; real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information; advanced traffic, freight, parking, and incident management systems; advanced technologies to improve transit and commercial vehicle operations; synchronized, adaptive, and transit preferential traffic signals; advanced infrastructure condition assessment technologies; and other technologies to improve system operations, including ITS applications necessary for multimodal systems integration and for achieving performance goals; quantifiable system performance improvements, including— reductions in traffic-related crashes, congestion, and costs; optimization of system efficiency; and improvement of access to transportation services; quantifiable safety, mobility, and environmental benefit projections, including data-driven estimates of the manner in which the project will improve the efficiency of the transportation system and reduce traffic congestion in the region; a plan for partnering with the private sector, including telecommunications industries and public service utilities, public agencies (including multimodal and multijurisdictional entities), research institutions, organizations representing transportation and technology leaders, and other transportation stakeholders; a plan to leverage and optimize existing local and regional ITS investments; and a plan to ensure interoperability of deployed technologies with other tolling, traffic management, and intelligent transportation systems.
Effective beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the DRIVE Act , the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities under this subsection. In awarding a grant under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that grant recipients represent diverse geographical areas of the United States, including urban, suburban, and rural areas. In awarding a grant under the subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to grant recipients that demonstrate an ability to contribute a significant non-Federal share to the cost of carrying out the project for which the grant is received.
Projects for which grants awarded under this subsection may be used include— the deployment of autonomous vehicle communication technologies; the deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication technologies; the establishment and implementation of ITS and ITS-enabled operations strategies that improve performance in the areas of— traffic operations; emergency response to surface transportation incidents; incident management; transit and commercial vehicle operations improvements; weather event response management by State and local authorities; surface transportation network and facility management; construction and work zone management; traffic flow information; freight management; and congestion management; carrying out activities that support the creation of networks that link metropolitan and rural surface transportation systems into an integrated data network, capable of collecting, sharing, and archiving transportation system traffic condition and performance information; the implementation of intelligent transportation systems and technologies that improve highway safety through information and communications systems linking vehicles, infrastructure, mobile devices, transportation users, and emergency responders; the provision of services necessary to ensure the efficient operation and management of ITS infrastructure, including costs associated with communications, utilities, rent, hardware, software, labor, administrative costs, training, and technical services; the provision of support for the establishment and maintenance of institutional relationships between transportation agencies, police, emergency medical services, private emergency operators, freight operators, shippers, public service utilities, and telecommunications providers; carrying out multimodal and cross-jurisdictional planning and deployment of regional transportation systems operations and management approaches; and performing project evaluations to determine the costs, benefits, lessons learned, and future deployment strategies associated with the deployment of intelligent transportation systems.
For each fiscal year that an eligible entity receives a grant under this subsection, not later than 1 year after receiving the grant, each recipient shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes how the project has met the expectations projected in the deployment plan submitted with the application, including information on— how the program has helped reduce traffic crashes, congestion, costs, and other benefits of the deployed systems; the effect of measuring and improving transportation system performance through the deployment of advanced technologies; the effectiveness of providing real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to the public that allows the public to make informed travel decisions; and lessons learned and recommendations for future deployment strategies to optimize transportation efficiency and multimodal system performance.
Not later than 2 years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this subsection and annually thereafter for each fiscal year for which grants are awarded under this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the effectiveness of the grant recipients in meeting the projected deployment plan goals, including data on how the grant program has— reduced traffic-related fatalities and injuries; reduced traffic congestion and improved travel-time reliability; reduced transportation-related emissions; optimized multimodal system performance; improved access to transportation alternatives; provided the public with access to real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to make informed travel decisions; provided cost savings to transportation agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; and provided other benefits to transportation users and the general public.
If the Secretary determines, based on a report submitted under paragraph (5), that a grant recipient is not complying with the established grant criteria, the Secretary may— cease payment to the recipient of any remaining grant amounts; and redistribute any remaining amounts to other eligible entities under this section. The Federal share of the cost of a project for which a grant is provided under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project. Of the funds made available each fiscal year to carry out the intelligent transportation system program under sections 512 through 518, not less than $30,000,000 shall be used to carry out this subsection. .
Section 514(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; and by striking paragraph
(5)and inserting the following: improvement of the ability of the United States to respond to security-related or other manmade emergencies and natural disasters; and enhancement of the freight system of the United States and support to freight policy goals by conducting heavy duty vehicle demonstration activities and accelerating adoption of ITS applications in freight operations. . Section 515(h)(4) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)by striking February 1 of each year after the date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012 and inserting May 1 of each year .