Sec. 141. Accessibility data program
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall carry out an accessibility data program (referred to in this section as the program ). The purpose of the 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 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 and accessible 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 program is— a State (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code); a metropolitan planning organization; or a rural planning organization. To be eligible to participate in the 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; and a general description of the methodology the eligible entity intends to apply.
The Secretary shall seek to achieve diversity of participants in the program, including— by selecting a range of eligible entities that shall include not less than— 5 States; 10 metropolitan planning organizations, of which— 5 shall each serve an area with a population of not more than 200,000 people; and 5 shall each serve an area with a population of 200,000 or more people; and 5 rural planning organizations; and among the eligible entities selected under paragraph (1)— a range of capacity and previous experience with measuring transportation access; and a variety of proposed methodologies and focus areas for measuring level access.
For each eligible entity participating in the 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 program, the Secretary shall ensure that methodology is open source. The Secretary shall make an accessibility data set under the program available to— units of local government within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity participating in the 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 may make publicly available on the internet the data sets and the report under subsection (i). The Secretary shall carry out the program using amounts made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses to carry out programs under the authority of the Secretary.
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