Pedestrian Fatalities Reduction Act of 2014

Pedestrian Fatalities Reduction Act of 2014 - Requires any state with a per capita increase in the number of fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized forms of transportation in the state, or a particular county in the state, during the most recent two-year period to include in its subsequent strategic highway safety plan strategies to address that increase. Requires states to take data on such fatalities and injuries into consideration when updating such plans.

Revises any subset the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) establishes of the model inventory of roadway elements (MIRE) for the inventory of roadway safety, and used by state and local departments of transportation to implement their strategic highway safety plans, to include elements that improve safety for pedestrians and users of nonmotorized forms of transportation.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4507 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4507

   To amend title 23, United States Code, to require a State with an 
increase in the number of fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians 
or users of nonmotorized forms of transportation to include strategies 
   to address the increase in the State's subsequent State strategic 
              highway safety plan, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2014

  Mr. Crowley (for himself and Mr. LoBiondo) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 23, United States Code, to require a State with an 
increase in the number of fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians 
or users of nonmotorized forms of transportation to include strategies 
   to address the increase in the State's subsequent State strategic 
              highway safety plan, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pedestrian Fatalities Reduction Act 
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

    Section 148(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Pedestrians.--
                    ``(A) State-level increase.--If the number of 
                fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users 
                of nonmotorized forms of transportation in a State 
                increases per capita during the most recent 2-year 
                period for which data are available, the State shall be 
                required to include, in the State's subsequent State 
                strategic highway safety plan, strategies to address 
                the increase in such number.
                    ``(B) County-level increase.--If the number of 
                fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users 
                of nonmotorized forms of transportation in a county of 
                a State increases per capita over the most recent 2-
                year period, the State shall be required to include, in 
                the State's subsequent State strategic highway safety 
                plan, strategies to address the increase in such number 
                in that county.''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION FOR STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLANS.

    Section 148(d)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (vii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (viii) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ix) data on fatalities and injuries of 
                        pedestrians and users of nonmotorized forms of 
                        transportation.''.

SEC. 4. MODEL INVENTORY OF ROADWAY ELEMENTS.

    Section 148(f)(2)(A) is amended by striking ``roadway safety'' and 
inserting ``roadway safety, including elements that improve safety for 
pedestrians and users of nonmotorized forms of transportation''.
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