Bill Text: IN HB1243 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Complete streets guidelines.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-13 - Representative Saunders added as coauthor [HB1243 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1243-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 8-23.
Synopsis: Complete streets guidelines. Requires the Indiana
department of transportation (INDOT) to do the following: (1) Adopt
guidelines for INDOT projects regarding street design that enables
safe, comfortable, and convenient access for all users (complete streets
guidelines). (2) Include a requirement to comply with complete streets
guidelines in INDOT contracts entered into after December 31, 2012.
(3) Include complete streets guidelines in INDOT's approved design
manual (manual). (4) Report to the general assembly on INDOT's
progress in incorporating complete streets guidelines into INDOT's
manual and projects.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
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(b) This section applies to a contract entered into by the department and a contractor after December 31, 2012, for the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of
a state highway or other roadway that is under the jurisdiction of
the department.
(c) The department shall include in a contract, including any
specifications or other documents that are a part of or
incorporated into a contract, a requirement that the project be
completed in accordance with the department's complete streets
guidelines adopted under subsection (d). However, the department
may exclude a project or part of a project from the requirement if:
(1) pedestrian or other nonmotorized usage is prohibited by
law on the highway, street, or other roadway that is the
subject of the project or part of a project;
(2) the cost of incorporating complete streets guidelines for
the project or part of the project is excessively
disproportionate to the benefits, as determined by the
department; or
(3) there is a demonstrated lack of present or future need for
complete streets for the project or part of the project.
(d) The department shall adopt guidelines to incorporate
complete streets into the planning, design, construction,
reconstruction, or improvement of a state highway or other
roadway that is under the jurisdiction of the department.
Guidelines adopted under this subsection must take into
consideration the following:
(1) The ages and abilities of all potential users of roadways.
(2) The modes of transportation used on roadways.
(3) Safety, accessibility, and livability.
(e) Not later than November 1, 2013, the department shall
report in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the general
assembly the progress made by the department in implementing
this section and incorporating complete streets guidelines into the
approved design manual of the department under IC 8-23-5-10.
This subsection expires December 31, 2013.
(f) Beginning November 1, 2014, and not later than November
1 of each successive year, the department shall report in an
electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the general assembly on the
number, type, and status of complete streets projects undertaken
by the department. This subsection expires December 31, 2018.
