Bill Text: TX HB4513 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to planning for equity of access to and safety and diversity of transportation systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Transportation [HB4513 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4513-Introduced.html
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By: Morales Shaw | H.B. No. 4513 |
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relating to planning for equity of access to and safety and | ||
diversity of transportation systems. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 201.601(a), (a-1), and (c), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall develop a statewide transportation | ||
plan covering a period of 24 years that contains safe options for | ||
all modes of transportation, including: | ||
(1) walking, by pedestrians of all ages and abilities; | ||
(2) bicycling; | ||
(3) highways and turnpikes; | ||
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(a-1) The plan must: | ||
(1) contain specific and clearly defined | ||
transportation system strategies, long-term transportation goals | ||
for the state and measurable targets for each goal, and other | ||
related performance measures; | ||
(2) identify priority corridors, projects, or areas of | ||
the state that are of particular concern to the department in | ||
meeting the goals established under Subdivision (1); [ |
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(3) contain a participation plan specifying methods | ||
for obtaining formal input on the goals and priorities identified | ||
under this subsection from: | ||
(A) other state agencies; | ||
(B) political subdivisions; | ||
(C) local transportation entities; and | ||
(D) the general public; | ||
(4) use methodologies to plan for equitable access to | ||
transportation systems by all area residents; and | ||
(5) consider alternative design and investment | ||
options, alternative growth forecasts, and robust alternative | ||
travel demand models that will ensure equity among the area's | ||
residents. | ||
(c) The plan must include a component that is not | ||
financially constrained and identifies transportation improvements | ||
designed to relieve congestion, end traffic deaths, and increase | ||
safe and fast transportation access by all modes of | ||
transportation. In developing this component of the plan, the | ||
department shall seek opinions and assistance from officials who | ||
have local responsibility for modes of transportation listed in | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 201.620, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 201.620. COORDINATION WITH METROPOLITAN PLANNING | ||
ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS. (a) The | ||
department shall collaborate with metropolitan planning | ||
organizations to develop mutually acceptable assumptions for the | ||
purposes of long-range federal and state funding forecasts and use | ||
those assumptions to guide long-term planning in the statewide | ||
transportation plan under Section 201.601. | ||
(b) The assumptions under Subsection (a) must be developed: | ||
(1) through a public process; | ||
(2) using methodologies to plan for equitable access | ||
to transportation systems by all area residents; and | ||
(3) using a range of reasonable alternative future | ||
population and job growth scenarios and travel demand models. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |