§501. Definitions — Inbound Citations
23 U.S.C. § 501
Cited by 179 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to 23 U.S.C. § 501 as a whole
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(2) In this section, the definitions set forth in sections 4 and 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304; 5381) apply, except as otherwise expressly provided in this section.
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(B) in cooperation with other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities and Federal laboratories; or
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(C) by making grants to, or entering into contracts and cooperative agreements with one or more of the following: the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, any Federal laboratory, Federal agency, State agency, authority, association, institution, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, organization, foreign country, or any other person.
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(B) Federal laboratories.
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(c) The Secretary shall carry out the intelligent transportation system program in cooperation with State and local governments and other public entities, the private sector firms of the United States, the Federal laboratories, and institutions of higher education, including historically Black colleges and universities and other minority institutions of higher education.
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(xx) traffic incident management;
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(i) develop and expand expertise in road and transportation areas (including pavement, bridge, concrete structures, intermodal connections, safety management systems, intelligent transportation systems, incident response, operations, and traffic safety countermeasures);
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(1) The Secretary shall encourage the deployment of ITS technologies that will improve the performance of the National Highway System in such areas as traffic operations, emergency response, incident management, surface transportation network management, freight management, traffic flow information, and congestion management by accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies through the use of—(A) demonstration programs;(B) grant funding;(C) incentives to eligible entities; and(D) other tools, strategies, or methods that will result in the deployment of innovative ITS technologies.
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(2) Surface transportation research and technology development shall include all activities within the innovation lifecycle leading to technology development and transfer, as well as the introduction of new and innovative ideas, practices, and approaches, through such mechanisms as field applications, education and training, communications, impact analysis, and technical support.
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(1) carry out research, development, and deployment activities that encompass the entire innovation lifecycle; and
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(I) A registered participant shall agree to assume any and all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from participation in a competition, whether such injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise.
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(ii) acceleration of the implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems technology;
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(viii) integration of intelligent transportation systems with the Smart Grid and other energy distribution and charging systems;
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(ii) The term “advanced transportation and congestion management technologies” means technologies that improve the efficiency, safety, or state of good repair of surface transportation systems, including intelligent transportation systems.
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(i) develop and expand expertise in road and transportation areas (including pavement, bridge, concrete structures, intermodal connections, safety management systems, intelligent transportation systems, incident response, operations, and traffic safety countermeasures);
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(3) Employees of the National Academy of Sciences and other individuals appointed by the president of the National Academy of Sciences and acting on its behalf in connection with activities carried out under this section shall be treated as if they are employees of the Federal Government under section 2671 of title 28 for purposes of a civil action or proceeding with respect to a claim described in paragraph (1). The civil action or proceeding shall proceed in the same manner as any proceeding under chapter 171 of title 28 or action against the United States filed pursuant to section 1346(b) of title 28 and shall be subject to the limitations and exceptions applicable to such a proceeding or action.
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(b) The Secretary shall make grants under this subsection to States to continue intelligent transportation system management and operations in the Interstate Route 95 corridor coalition region initiated under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240).
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(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the SAFETEA–LU, the Secretary, in consultation with interested stakeholders (including State transportation departments) shall develop a 5-year National Intelligent Transportation System (in this section referred to as “ITS”) program plan.
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(2) The National ITS program plan shall—(A) specify the goals, objectives, and milestones for the research and deployment of intelligent transportation systems in the contexts of—(i) major metropolitan areas;(ii) smaller metropolitan and rural areas; and(iii) commercial vehicle operations;(B) specify the manner in which specific programs and projects will achieve the goals, objectives, and milestones referred to in subparagraph (A), including consideration of a 5-year timeframe for the goals and objectives;(C) identify activities that provide for the dynamic development, testing, and necessary revision of standards and protocols to promote and ensure interoperability in the implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies, including actions taken to establish standards; and(D) establish a cooperative process with State and local governments for—(i) determining desired surface transportation system performance levels; and(ii) developing plans for accelerating the incorporation of specific intelligent transportation system capabilities into surface transportation systems.
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(A) specify the goals, objectives, and milestones for the research and deployment of intelligent transportation systems in the contexts of—(i) major metropolitan areas;(ii) smaller metropolitan and rural areas; and(iii) commercial vehicle operations;
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(C) identify activities that provide for the dynamic development, testing, and necessary revision of standards and protocols to promote and ensure interoperability in the implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies, including actions taken to establish standards; and
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(ii) developing plans for accelerating the incorporation of specific intelligent transportation system capabilities into surface transportation systems.
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(b) The National ITS program plan shall be submitted and biennially updated.
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(1) The Secretary shall encourage the deployment of ITS technologies that will improve the performance of the National Highway System in such areas as traffic operations, emergency response, incident management, surface transportation network management, freight management, traffic flow information, and congestion management by accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies through the use of—(A) demonstration programs;(B) grant funding;(C) incentives to eligible entities; and(D) other tools, strategies, or methods that will result in the deployment of innovative ITS technologies.
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(D) other tools, strategies, or methods that will result in the deployment of innovative ITS technologies.
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(a) The goals of the intelligent transportation system program include—(1) enhancement of surface transportation efficiency and facilitation of intermodalism and international trade to enable existing facilities to meet a significant portion of future transportation needs, including public access to employment, goods, and services and to reduce regulatory, financial, and other transaction costs to public agencies and system users;(2) achievement of national transportation safety goals, including enhancement of safe operation of motor vehicles and nonmotorized vehicles and improved emergency response to collisions, with particular emphasis on decreasing the number and severity of collisions;(3) protection and enhancement of the natural environment and communities affected by surface transportation, with particular emphasis on assisting State and local governments to achieve national environmental goals;(4) accommodation of the needs of all users of surface transportation systems, including operators of commercial motor vehicles, passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians (including individuals with disabilities);(5) enhancement of national defense mobility and improvement of the ability of the United States to respond to security-related or other manmade emergencies and natural disasters; and(6) enhancement of the national freight system and support to national freight policy goals.
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(b) The Secretary shall implement activities under the intelligent transportation system program, at a minimum—(1) to expedite, in both metropolitan and rural areas, deployment and integration of intelligent transportation systems for consumers of passenger and freight transportation;(2) to ensure that Federal, State, and local transportation officials have adequate knowledge of intelligent transportation systems for consideration in the transportation planning process;(3) to improve regional cooperation and operations planning for effective intelligent transportation system deployment;(4) to promote the innovative use of private resources in support of intelligent transportation system development;(5) to facilitate, in cooperation with the motor vehicle industry, the introduction of vehicle-based safety enhancing systems;(6) to support the application of intelligent transportation systems that increase the safety and efficiency of commercial motor vehicle operations;(7) to develop a workforce capable of developing, operating, and maintaining intelligent transportation systems;(8) to provide continuing support for operations and maintenance of intelligent transportation systems;(9) to ensure a systems approach that includes cooperation among vehicles, infrastructure, and users; and(10) to assist in the development of cybersecurity research in cooperation with relevant modal administrations of the Department of Transportation and other Federal agencies to help prevent hacking, spoofing, and disruption of connected and automated transportation vehicles.
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(1) to expedite, in both metropolitan and rural areas, deployment and integration of intelligent transportation systems for consumers of passenger and freight transportation;
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(2) to ensure that Federal, State, and local transportation officials have adequate knowledge of intelligent transportation systems for consideration in the transportation planning process;
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(3) to improve regional cooperation and operations planning for effective intelligent transportation system deployment;
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(4) to promote the innovative use of private resources in support of intelligent transportation system development;
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(6) to support the application of intelligent transportation systems that increase the safety and efficiency of commercial motor vehicle operations;
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(7) to develop a workforce capable of developing, operating, and maintaining intelligent transportation systems;
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(8) to provide continuing support for operations and maintenance of intelligent transportation systems;
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(a) Subject to the provisions of sections 512 through 518, the Secretary shall conduct an ongoing intelligent transportation system program—(1) to research, develop, and operationally test intelligent transportation systems; and(2) to provide technical assistance in the nationwide application of those systems as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States.
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(1) to research, develop, and operationally test intelligent transportation systems; and
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(b) Intelligent transportation system research projects and operational tests funded pursuant to sections 512 through 518 shall encourage and not displace public-private partnerships or private sector investment in those tests and projects.
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(c) The Secretary shall carry out the intelligent transportation system program in cooperation with State and local governments and other public entities, the private sector firms of the United States, the Federal laboratories, and institutions of higher education, including historically Black colleges and universities and other minority institutions of higher education.
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(d) In carrying out the intelligent transportation system program, the Secretary shall consult with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate.
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(e) The Secretary may provide technical assistance, training, and information to State and local governments seeking to implement, operate, maintain, or evaluate intelligent transportation system technologies and services.
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(f) The Secretary may provide funding to support adequate consideration of transportation systems management and operations, including intelligent transportation systems, within metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes.
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(H) a private sector user of intelligent transportation system technologies;
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(I) a private sector developer of intelligent transportation system technologies, which may include emerging vehicle technologies;
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(J) an academic researcher with expertise in computer science or another information science field related to intelligent transportation systems, and who is not an expert on transportation issues;
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(N) a representative from a nonprofit group representing the intelligent transportation system industry;
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(A) Provide input into the development of the intelligent transportation system aspects of the strategic plan under section 6503 of title 49.
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(B) Review, at least annually, areas of intelligent transportation systems programs and research being considered for funding by the Department, to determine—(i) whether these activities are likely to advance either the state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art in intelligent transportation systems;(ii) whether the intelligent transportation system technologies are likely to be deployed by users, and if not, to determine the barriers to deployment; and(iii) the appropriate roles for government and the private sector in investing in the programs, research, and technologies being considered.
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(i) whether these activities are likely to advance either the state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art in intelligent transportation systems;
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(ii) whether the intelligent transportation system technologies are likely to be deployed by users, and if not, to determine the barriers to deployment; and
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(a) The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive program of intelligent transportation system research and development, and operational tests of intelligent vehicles, intelligent infrastructure systems, and other similar activities that are necessary to carry out this chapter.
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(4) incorporate research on the potential impact of environmental, weather, and natural conditions on intelligent transportation systems, including the effects of cold climates;
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(5) enhance intermodal use of intelligent transportation systems for diverse groups, including for emergency and health-related services;
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(1) In accordance with section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note; 110 Stat. 783; 115 Stat. 1241), the Secretary shall develop and maintain a national ITS architecture and supporting ITS standards and protocols to promote the use of systems engineering methods in the widespread deployment and evaluation of intelligent transportation systems as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States.
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(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the national ITS architecture and supporting ITS standards and protocols shall promote interoperability among, and efficiency of, intelligent transportation systems and technologies implemented throughout the United States.
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(3) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall support the development and maintenance of standards and protocols using the services of such standards development organizations as the Secretary determines to be necessary and whose memberships include representatives of the surface transportation and intelligent transportation systems industries.
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(1) If the Secretary finds that the development or balloting of an intelligent transportation system standard jeopardizes the timely achievement of the objectives described in subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a provisional standard, after consultation with affected parties, using, to the maximum extent practicable, the work product of appropriate standards development organizations.
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that intelligent transportation system projects carried out using amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund, including amounts made available to deploy intelligent transportation systems, conform to the appropriate regional ITS architecture, applicable standards, and protocols developed under subsection (a) or (c).
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(2) The Secretary, at the discretion of the Secretary, may offer an exemption from paragraph (1) for projects designed to achieve specific research objectives outlined in the national intelligent transportation system program plan or the surface transportation research and development strategic plan developed under section 508.1
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Funds made available to carry out this chapter for operational tests of intelligent transportation systems—
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(1) shall be used primarily for the development of intelligent transportation system infrastructure, equipment, and systems; and
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(2) to the maximum extent practicable, shall not be used for the construction of physical surface transportation infrastructure unless the construction is incidental and critically necessary to the implementation of an intelligent transportation system project.
Citations to §501(7)
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(A) To the maximum extent practicable, all surface transportation research and development projects shall include a component of performance measurement and evaluation.
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(B) Performance measures shall be established during the proposal stage of a research and development project and shall, to the maximum extent possible, be outcome-based.
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(D) Obligation authority for amounts transferred under this subsection shall be disbursed in the same manner and for the same amount as provided for the project being transferred.
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(iv) to improve the ability of transportation agencies to deliver projects that meet expectations for timeliness, quality, and cost;
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(i) In this subparagraph, the term “lifecycle costs analysis” means a process for evaluating the total economic worth of a usable project segment by analyzing initial costs and discounted future costs, such as maintenance, user, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoring, and resurfacing costs, over the life of the project segment.
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(ii) The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the best practices for calculating lifecycle costs and benefits for federally funded highway projects, which shall include, at a minimum, a thorough literature review and a survey of current lifecycle cost practices of State departments of transportation.
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(v) streamlining of project delivery processes.
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(xxiv) techniques for estimating and quantifying public benefits derived from freight transportation projects; and
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(1) The Secretary shall carry out a technology and innovation deployment program relating to all aspects of highway transportation, including planning, financing, operation, structures, use of rights-of-way permissible under applicable law, materials, pavements, environment, construction, and the duration of time between project planning and project delivery, with the goals of—(A) significantly accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies by the surface transportation community;(B) providing leadership and incentives to demonstrate and promote state-of-the-art technologies, elevated performance standards, and new business practices in highway construction processes that result in improved safety, faster construction, reduced congestion from construction, and improved quality and user satisfaction;(C) constructing longer-lasting highways through the use of innovative technologies and practices that lead to faster construction of efficient and safe highways and bridges;(D) improving highway efficiency, safety, mobility, reliability, service life, environmental protection, and sustainability;(E) developing and deploying new tools, techniques, and practices to accelerate the adoption of innovation in all aspects of highway transportation; and(F) disseminating and evaluating information from accelerated market readiness efforts, including non-market-ready technologies, to public and private entities.
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(II) project delivery time improvements;
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(II) Not less than 20 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this paragraph shall be reserved for projects serving rural areas.
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(ii) how the project has met the original expectations projected in the deployment plan submitted with the application, such as—(I) data on how the project has helped reduce traffic crashes, congestion, costs, and other benefits of the deployed systems;(II) data on the effect of measuring and improving transportation system performance through the deployment of advanced technologies;(III) the effectiveness of providing real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to the public to make informed travel decisions; and(IV) lessons learned and recommendations for future deployment strategies to optimize transportation mobility, efficiency, multimodal system performance, and payment system performance.
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(I) data on how the project has helped reduce traffic crashes, congestion, costs, and other benefits of the deployed systems;
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(IV) reduce project delays and cost overruns; and
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(II) to weigh the cost of digitization and technology in setting project budgets;
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(vi) technology training and workforce development to build the capabilities of project managers and sponsors that enables States and units of local government—(I) to better manage projects using advanced construction management technologies; and
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(I) to better manage projects using advanced construction management technologies; and
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(vii) development of guidance to assist States in updating regulations of the State to allow project sponsors and contractors—(I) to report data relating to the project in digital formats; and(II) to fully capture the efficiencies and benefits of advanced digital construction management systems and related technologies;
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(I) to report data relating to the project in digital formats; and
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(viii) reduction in the environmental footprint of construction projects using advanced digital construction management systems resulting from elimination of congestion through more efficient projects; and
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(II) project delivery time improvements;
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(IV) objective decisionmaking processes for project selection; and
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(V) reducing the amount of time required for the planning and development of transportation projects; and
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(II) intergovernmental transportation planning and project selection; and
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(1) Subject to project approval by the Secretary, a State may obligate funds apportioned to the State under paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 104(b) for surface transportation workforce development, training, and education, including—(A) tuition and direct educational expenses, excluding salaries, in connection with the education and training of employees of State and local transportation agencies;(B) employee professional development;(C) student internships;(D) pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and career opportunities for on-the-job training;(E) university, college, community college, or vocational school support;(F) education activities, including outreach, to develop interest and promote participation in surface transportation careers;(G) activities associated with workforce training and employment services, such as targeted outreach and partnerships with industry, economic development organizations, workforce development boards, and labor organizations;(H) activities carried out by the National Highway Institute under subsection (a); and(I) local technical assistance programs under subsection (b).
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(B) activities that address current workforce gaps, such as work on construction projects, of State and local transportation agencies;
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(F) Identifying ways to target the capacity of State transportation departments and local transportation agencies to address freight considerations in operations, security, asset management, and environmental stewardship in connection with long-range multimodal transportation planning and project implementation.
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(2) The goals of a center referred to in paragraph (1) shall be to promote and support strategic national surface transportation programs and activities relating to the work of State departments of transportation in the areas of environment, surface transportation safety, rural safety, and project finance.
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(3) To achieve the goals set forth in paragraph (2), any centers established under paragraph (1) shall provide technical assistance, information sharing of best practices, and training in the use of tools and decisionmaking processes that can assist States in effectively implementing surface transportation programs, projects, and policies.
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(d) The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using funds subject to subsection (a) shall be 80 percent unless the Secretary determines that the interests of the Federal-aid highway program would be best served by decreasing or eliminating the non-Federal share.
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(1) The program established under this section shall be based on the National Research Council Special Report 260, entitled “Strategic Highway Research: Saving Lives, Reducing Congestion, Improving Quality of Life” and the results of the detailed planning work subsequently carried out in 2002 and 2003 to identify the research areas through National Cooperative Research Program Project 20–58. The research program shall include an analysis of the following:(A) Renewal of aging highway infrastructure with minimal impact to users of the facilities.(B) Driving behavior and likely crash causal factors to support improved countermeasures.(C) Reducing highway congestion due to nonrecurring congestion.(D) Planning and designing new road capacity to meet mobility, economic, environmental, and community needs.
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(1) projects and researchers are selected to conduct research for the program on the basis of merit and open solicitation of proposals and review by panels of appropriate experts;
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(B) specify the manner in which specific programs and projects will achieve the goals, objectives, and milestones referred to in subparagraph (A), including consideration of a 5-year timeframe for the goals and objectives;
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(b) Intelligent transportation system research projects and operational tests funded pursuant to sections 512 through 518 shall encourage and not displace public-private partnerships or private sector investment in those tests and projects.
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(B) The guidelines and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall include provisions to ensure the objectivity and independence of the reporting entity so as to avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest or potential influence on the outcome by parties to any such test or deployment project or by any other formal evaluation carried out under sections 512 through 518.
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(C) The guidelines and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall establish reporting funding levels based on the size and scope of each test or project that ensure adequate reporting of the results of the test or project.
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(2) Any survey, questionnaire, or interview that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the reporting of any test, deployment project, or program assessment activity under sections 512 through 518 shall not be subject to chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code.
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(1) enhance mobility and productivity through improved traffic management, incident management, transit management, freight management, road weather management, toll collection, traveler information, or highway operations systems and remote sensing products;(2) use interdisciplinary approaches to develop traffic management strategies and tools to address multiple impacts of congestion concurrently;(3) address traffic management, incident management, transit management, toll collection traveler information, or highway operations systems;(4) incorporate research on the potential impact of environmental, weather, and natural conditions on intelligent transportation systems, including the effects of cold climates;(5) enhance intermodal use of intelligent transportation systems for diverse groups, including for emergency and health-related services;(6) enhance safety through improved crash avoidance and protection, crash and other notification, commercial motor vehicle operations, and infrastructure-based or cooperative safety systems, including animal detection systems to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions; or(7) facilitate the integration of intelligent infrastructure, vehicle, and control technologies.
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(c) The Federal share payable on account of any project or activity carried out under subsection (a) shall not exceed 80 percent.
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that intelligent transportation system projects carried out using amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund, including amounts made available to deploy intelligent transportation systems, conform to the appropriate regional ITS architecture, applicable standards, and protocols developed under subsection (a) or (c).
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(2) The Secretary, at the discretion of the Secretary, may offer an exemption from paragraph (1) for projects designed to achieve specific research objectives outlined in the national intelligent transportation system program plan or the surface transportation research and development strategic plan developed under section 508.1
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(2) to the maximum extent practicable, shall not be used for the construction of physical surface transportation infrastructure unless the construction is incidental and critically necessary to the implementation of an intelligent transportation system project.
Citations to §501(8)
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(B) all phases of transportation planning and development (including construction, operation, transportation system management and operations, modernization, development, design, maintenance, safety, financing, and traffic conditions); and
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(ii) give consideration to prize goals that demonstrate innovative approaches and strategies to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the national transportation system.
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(i) to achieve greater long-term safety gains;
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(i) safety assessments and decisionmaking tools;
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(iv) low-cost safety countermeasures;
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(ix) safety measures for vulnerable road users, including bicyclists and pedestrians;
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(vii) development of tools for projecting impacts of safety countermeasures;
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(viii) rural road safety measures;
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(x) safety measures to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions;
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(xi) safety policy studies;
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(xiii) safety technology deployment;
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(xiv) safety workforce professional capacity building initiatives;
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(xv) safety program and process improvements; and
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(ix) infrastructure safety assurance;
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(B) providing leadership and incentives to demonstrate and promote state-of-the-art technologies, elevated performance standards, and new business practices in highway construction processes that result in improved safety, faster construction, reduced congestion from construction, and improved quality and user satisfaction;
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(iii) the deployment of accelerated construction techniques to increase safety and reduce construction time and traffic disruption and congestion;
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(vi) effective technology transfer and information dissemination to accelerate implementation of new technologies and to improve life, performance, cost effectiveness, safety, and user satisfaction.
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(vi) reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes and increase driver, passenger, and pedestrian safety;
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(I) A plan to deploy and provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of advanced transportation and congestion management technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, and return on investment.
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(vii) advanced safety systems, including vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications, technologies associated with autonomous vehicles, and other collision avoidance technologies, including systems using cellular technology;
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(ii) The term “advanced transportation and congestion management technologies” means technologies that improve the efficiency, safety, or state of good repair of surface transportation systems, including intelligent transportation systems.
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(V) enhance safety and quality;
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(ix) enhanced worker and pedestrian safety resulting from increased transparency.
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(IV) safety improvements for roadway users and construction workers.
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(B) In addition to the courses developed under subparagraph (A), the Institute, in consultation with State transportation departments, metropolitan planning organizations, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, may develop courses relating to technology, methods, techniques, engineering, construction, safety, maintenance, environmental mitigation and compliance, regulations, management, inspection, and finance.
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(i) develop and expand expertise in road and transportation areas (including pavement, bridge, concrete structures, intermodal connections, safety management systems, intelligent transportation systems, incident response, operations, and traffic safety countermeasures);
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(C) identify, package, and deliver transportation technology and traffic safety information to local jurisdictions to assist urban transportation agencies in developing and expanding their ability to deal effectively with transportation-related problems (particularly the promotion of regional cooperation);
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(2) The goals of a center referred to in paragraph (1) shall be to promote and support strategic national surface transportation programs and activities relating to the work of State departments of transportation in the areas of environment, surface transportation safety, rural safety, and project finance.
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(4) Studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of surface transportation systems and the desirable regulation and equitable taxation of such systems.
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(2) achievement of national transportation safety goals, including enhancement of safe operation of motor vehicles and nonmotorized vehicles and improved emergency response to collisions, with particular emphasis on decreasing the number and severity of collisions;
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(5) to facilitate, in cooperation with the motor vehicle industry, the introduction of vehicle-based safety enhancing systems;
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(6) to support the application of intelligent transportation systems that increase the safety and efficiency of commercial motor vehicle operations;
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(A) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a third party for the maintenance of the repository for technical and safety data under paragraph (1)(A).
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(O) a representative from a public interest group concerned with safety;
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(U) members with expertise in planning, safety, telecommunications, and operations;
Citations to §501(9)
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(B) providing leadership and incentives to demonstrate and promote state-of-the-art technologies, elevated performance standards, and new business practices in highway construction processes that result in improved safety, faster construction, reduced congestion from construction, and improved quality and user satisfaction;
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(6) Study, research, and training on the engineering standards and construction materials for transportation systems described in paragraph (5), including the evaluation and accreditation of inspection and testing and the regulation and taxation of their use.
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(C) identify activities that provide for the dynamic development, testing, and necessary revision of standards and protocols to promote and ensure interoperability in the implementation of intelligent transportation system technologies, including actions taken to establish standards; and
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(1) In accordance with section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note; 110 Stat. 783; 115 Stat. 1241), the Secretary shall develop and maintain a national ITS architecture and supporting ITS standards and protocols to promote the use of systems engineering methods in the widespread deployment and evaluation of intelligent transportation systems as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States.
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(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the national ITS architecture and supporting ITS standards and protocols shall promote interoperability among, and efficiency of, intelligent transportation systems and technologies implemented throughout the United States.
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(3) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall support the development and maintenance of standards and protocols using the services of such standards development organizations as the Secretary determines to be necessary and whose memberships include representatives of the surface transportation and intelligent transportation systems industries.
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(1) If the Secretary finds that the development or balloting of an intelligent transportation system standard jeopardizes the timely achievement of the objectives described in subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a provisional standard, after consultation with affected parties, using, to the maximum extent practicable, the work product of appropriate standards development organizations.
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(2) A provisional standard established under paragraph (1) shall be published in the Federal Register and remain in effect until the appropriate standards development organization adopts and publishes a standard.
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that intelligent transportation system projects carried out using amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund, including amounts made available to deploy intelligent transportation systems, conform to the appropriate regional ITS architecture, applicable standards, and protocols developed under subsection (a) or (c).
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(2) development of new design, operations, and maintenance standards for transportation infrastructure that can inform Federal and State decisionmaking;