Bill Text: IL SJR0024 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Department of Transportation to take certain steps to advance implementation of the State's Complete Streets Law and 2012 bicycle plan.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-01 - Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason [SJR0024 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0024-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
4 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Illinois Department of | ||||||
5 | Transportation to take the following steps to advance | ||||||
6 | implementation of the State's Complete Streets Law and 2012 | ||||||
7 | bicycle plan: | ||||||
8 | (1) Reform the IDOT project development processes to | ||||||
9 | prioritize the safety of nonmotorized users and always
include | ||||||
10 | biking and walking facilities in state transportation projects | ||||||
11 | where there is need; | ||||||
12 | (2) Reform IDOT policies to support building more and | ||||||
13 | better biking and walking facilities on State routes; | ||||||
14 | (3) Revise State roadway design manuals to encourage | ||||||
15 | designs that slow traffic to safe speeds in areas with
high | ||||||
16 | numbers of people walking and biking; | ||||||
17 | (4) Eliminate the requirement for local governments to | ||||||
18 | provide matching funds for Complete Streets features
like | ||||||
19 | sidewalks, pedestrian refuge islands, and bike lanes on State | ||||||
20 | routes; | ||||||
21 | (5) Conduct an evaluation of the implementation of the | ||||||
22 | State's Complete Streets policy,
filling gaps in pedestrian | ||||||
23 | sidewalk and intersection design policies and analyzing the | ||||||
24 | equitable
distribution of facilities in low-income | ||||||
25 | communities; |
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1 | (6) Allow for spot biking and pedestrian improvements as | ||||||
2 | part of street resurfacing projects; | ||||||
3 | (7) Implement outstanding action items from the State's | ||||||
4 | 2012 bicycle plan; | ||||||
5 | (8) Develop a system that prioritizes projects with | ||||||
6 | Complete Streets improvements in the multi-year
planning | ||||||
7 | process; | ||||||
8 | (9) Establish a bike planning program fund for local | ||||||
9 | communities, especially low-income communities; and | ||||||
10 | (10) Establish a transportation equity working group at | ||||||
11 | IDOT with a focus on increasing and improving
transportation | ||||||
12 | options in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods; | ||||||
13 | and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | delivered to the Secretary of Transportation.
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