Sec. 1204. Accessibility data pilot program
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an accessibility data pilot program (referred to in this section as the pilot program ). The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or procure an accessibility data set and make that data set available to each eligible entity selected to participate in the pilot program to improve the transportation planning of those eligible entities by— measuring the level of access by multiple transportation modes to important destinations, which may include— jobs, including areas with a concentration of available jobs; health care facilities; child care services; educational and workforce training facilities; affordable housing; food sources; and connections between modes, including connections to— high-quality transit or rail service; safe bicycling corridors; and safe sidewalks that achieve compliance with applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); disaggregating the level of access by multiple transportation modes by a variety of population categories, which may include— low-income populations; minority populations; age; disability; and geographical location; and assessing the change in accessibility that would result from new transportation investments.
An entity eligible to participate in the pilot program is— a State (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code); a metropolitan planning organization; or a rural transportation planning organization. To be eligible to participate in the pilot program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including information relating to— previous experience of the eligible entity measuring transportation access or other performance management experience; the types of important destinations to which the eligible entity intends to measure access; the types of data disaggregation the eligible entity intends to pursue; a general description of the methodology the eligible entity intends to apply; and if the applicant does not intend the pilot program to apply to the full area under the jurisdiction of the applicant, a description of the geographic area in which the applicant intends the pilot program to apply.
The Secretary shall seek to achieve diversity of participants in the pilot program by selecting a range of eligible entities that shall include— States; metropolitan planning organizations that serve an area with a population of 200,000 people or fewer; metropolitan planning organizations that serve an area with a population of over 200,000 people; and rural transportation planning organizations. The Secretary shall seek to ensure that, among the eligible entities selected under paragraph (1), there is— a range of capacity and previous experience with measuring transportation access; and a variety of proposed methodologies and focus areas for measuring level of access.
For each eligible entity participating in the pilot program, the Secretary shall— develop or acquire an accessibility data set described in subsection (b); and submit the data set to the eligible entity. In calculating the measures for the data set under the pilot program, the Secretary shall ensure that methodology is open source. The Secretary shall make an accessibility data set under the pilot program available to— units of local government within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity participating in the pilot program; and researchers.
Not later than 120 days after the last date on which the Secretary submits data sets to the eligible entity under subsection (f), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the program, including the feasibility of developing and providing periodic accessibility data sets for all States, regions, and localities. The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program using amounts made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses to carry out programs under the authority of the Secretary.
The pilot program shall terminate on the date that is 8 years after the date on which the pilot program is implemented.
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