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HOUSE BILL 84
R1, M3 5lr1602
(PRE–FILED) CF SB 395
By: Delegate Edelson
Requested: November 1, 2024
Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
Assigned to: Appropriations and Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 4, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Transportation – Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact 2
Assessments 3
(Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) 4
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning 5
and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects to, to perform an 6
impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding 7
multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with the 8
a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital 9
projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; 10
requiring, under certain circumstances, the Department to fund offsetting activities 11
to reduce certain project or program impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and 12
vehicle miles traveled; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to perform certain 13
capacity expansion impact assessments establish certain processes and post certain 14
information on the Department’s website; requiring the Department and the State 15
Highway Administration to issue a certain report before proceeding to the final 16
project planning phase for certain projects; and generally relating to the planning 17
and development of certain transportation projects. 18
BY adding to 19
Article – Transportation 20
Section 2–901 through 2–905 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 9. Major 21
Highway Capacity Expansion Projects” 22
Annotated Code of Maryland 23 2 HOUSE BILL 84
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 1
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 2
Article – Transportation 3
Section 8–102 4
Annotated Code of Maryland 5
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 6
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 8
Article – Transportation 9
SUBTITLE 9. MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECTS. 10
2–901. 11
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 12
INDICATED. 13
(B) “CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVA LENT” MEANS THE MEASUREMEN T OF A 14
GIVEN WEIGHT OF A GR EENHOUSE GAS THAT HA S THE SAME GLOBAL WA RMING 15
POTENTIAL, MEASURED OVER A SPEC IFIED PERIOD OF TIME , AS 1 METRIC TON OF 16
CARBON DIOXIDE . 17
(C) “GREENHOUSE GAS ” INCLUDES CARBON DIOX IDE, METHANE, NITROUS 18
OXIDE, HYDROFLUOROCARBONS , PERFLUOROCARBONS , AND SULFUR 19
HEXAFLUORIDE . 20
(D) “GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS” MEANS EMISSIONS OF G REENHOUSE 21
GASES IN THE STATE, MEASURED IN METRIC T ONS OF CARBON DIOXID E 22
EQUIVALENTS . 23
(E) “IMPACT ASSESSMENT ” MEANS AN ASSESSMENT OF A PROJECT’S OR 24
PROGRAM’S OPERATIONAL IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND VE HICLE 25
MILES TRAVELED . 26
(F) “INDUCED DEMAND ” MEANS THE VOLUME OF TRAFFI C THAT IS DRAWN 27
TO A NEW OR EXPANDED ROAD BY PROVIDING AD DITIONAL CAPACITY , INCLUDING 28
FROM: 29
(1) TRIPS DIVERTED FROM O THER ROUTES ; 30
(2) DISCRETIONARY TRIPS T HAT MAY NOT HAVE BEE N MADE 31
WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT ; AND 32 HOUSE BILL 84 3
(3) IMPROVED ACCESS TO EM PLOYMENT AND OTHER A CTIVITY 1
LOCATION CHOICES AN INCREASE IN THE D EMAND FOR MOTOR VEHI CLE TRAVEL 2
THAT IS DEMONSTRATED BY A N INCREASE IN VEHICL E MILES TRAVELED DUE TO AN 3
INCREASE IN ROADWAY SUPPLY, SUCH AS NEW OR EXPAN DED ROADS, ADDITIONAL 4
CAPACITY, OR ADDITIONAL LANE M ILES. 5
(G) “MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 2–103.1 OF 6
THIS TITLE. 7
(H) “MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACIT Y EXPANSION PROJECT ” MEANS A MAJOR 8
CAPITAL PROJECT THAT : 9
(1) THROUGH ALL PHASES IN CREASES HIGHWAY CAPA CITY 10
THROUGH NEW HIGHWAY LANES, GRADE SEPARATIONS IN CLUDING INTERCHANGES , 11
OR EXTENDED HIGHWAY LANES; AND 12
(2) HAS A TOTAL COST FOR ALL PHASES THAT EXCEEDS $5,000,000 13
$100,000,000. 14
(I) “OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT Y” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 1–701 15
OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE. 16
(J) “SYSTEM PRESERVATION A CTIVITY” MEANS AN ACTIVITY FO CUSED ON 17
MAINTAINING AND REHA BILITATING EXISTING TRANSPORTATION 18
INFRASTRUCTURE TO EN SURE THE INFRASTRUCT URE REMAINS SAFE , RELIABLE, 19
AND FUNCTIONAL . 20
(J) (K) “UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 21
1–701 OF THE ENVIRONMEN T ARTICLE. 22
(K) (L) “VEHICLE MILES TRAVELE D PER CAPITA ” MEANS THE TOTAL 23
NUMBER OF ON –ROAD MILES TRAVELED BY VEHICLES IN A GEO GRAPHIC REGION 24
OVER A 1–YEAR PERIOD DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION IN THAT REGION. 25
2–902. 26
THIS SUBTITLE DOES NO T APPLY TO A MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXP ANSION 27
PROJECT THAT ON OR B EFORE JUNE 30, 2025, WAS: 28
(1) A WAS A PART OF THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 29
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT RECEIVED FUNDIN G FOR CONSTRUCTION ; OR 30
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(2) FUNDED WAS FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE 1
CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM; OR 2
(3) COMPLETED THE ENVIRON MENTAL REVIEW PROCES S UNDER THE 3
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. 4
2–903. 5
(A) AS PART OF THE PLANNI NG AND IMPLEMENTATIO N OF A MAJOR 6
HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECT , THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERFORM AN 7
IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT AND DEVELOP AND IMPLEMEN T A 8
CORRESPONDING MULTIM ODAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR THE PROPOSED 9
HIGHWAY CORRIDOR EXP ANSION. 10
(B) (1) DURING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAJOR HIGHWAY 11
CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECT , THE MULTIMODA L TRANSPORTATION PRO GRAM 12
REQUIRED UNDER SUBSE CTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L IDENTIFY 13
INVESTMENTS IN TRANS IT, TRANSIT–ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT , TRANSPORTATION 14
DEMAND MANAGEMENT , PEDESTRIAN AND BICYC LE FACILITIES, LAND USE 15
CHANGES, AND OTHER MEASURES ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED IN § 2–904(C) OF THIS 16
SUBTITLE TO OFFSET THE INCREA SE IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL ED GREENHOUSE 17
GAS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. 18
(2) THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT ATION PROGRAM SHALL FOCUS ON 19
AREAS IN THE FOLLOWI NG ORDER OF PRIORITY : 20
(I) OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT IES AND UNDERSERVED 21
COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION P ROJECT; 22
(II) AREAS WITHIN OR ASSOC IATED WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE 23
COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT ; 24
(III) OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT IES AND UNDERSER VED 25
COMMUNITIES ACROSS T HE STATE; 26
(IV) OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT IES AND UNDERSERVED 27
COMMUNITIES IN THE THE REGION IN WHICH THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACI TY 28
EXPANSION PROJECT IS LOCATED; AND 29
(V) BENEFITS TO THE ENTIR E STATE THE STATE AT LARGE. 30
(C) (1) THE MULTIMODAL TRANSP ORTATION PROGRAM SHA LL OFFSET 31
THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL ED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS ASSOCIATED WITH 32
THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CA PACITY EXPANSION PRO JECT. 33 HOUSE BILL 84 5
(2) THE NET VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL ED GREENHOUSE GAS 1
EMISSIONS FROM THE PROJECT AND ITS ASSOCIATED MULTIMODAL 2
TRANSPORTATION PROGR AM SHALL EQUAL ZERO OR A NUMBER LESS THAN ZER O BE 3
ZERO OR A NEGATIVE N UMBER. 4
(D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONS IDER BOTH THE MAJOR HIGHWAY 5
CAPACITY EXPANSION P ROJECT AND THE MULTI MODAL TRANSPORTATION OFFSET 6
PROGRAM AS PART OF ITS EVALUATI ON OF THE PROJECT UN DER § 2–103.7 OF THIS 7
TITLE. 8
(E) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FUND: 9
(1) FUND ELEMENTS OF THE MULT IMODAL TRANSPORTATIO N 10
PROGRAM CONCURRENTLY WITH FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAJOR 11
HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXP ANSION PROJECT; OR 12
(2) DEFER THE MAJOR HIGHW AY EXPANSION CAPACIT Y PROJECT 13
UNTIL THE PROJECT ME ETS THE OFFSETTING R EQUIREMENTS FOR A MU LTIMODAL 14
TRANSPORTATION PROGR AM UNDER THIS SUBTIT LE. 15
2–904. 16
(A) (1) BEGINNING WITH THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION 17
PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2032 AND IN EACH 18
ANNUAL RELEASE THERE AFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL EVAL UATE MAJOR 19
CAPITAL PROJECTS INC LUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION 20
PROGRAM FOR THEIR IMP ACT ON: 21
(I) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS; AND 22
(II) VEHICLE MILES TRAVELE D PER CAPITA. 23
(2) IF THE NET IMPACT OF A MAJOR CAPITAL PROJ ECT IS AN 24
INCREASE IN GREENHOU SE GAS EMISSIONS , THE STATE SHALL FUND OFFS ETTING 25
ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE THE NET GREENHOUSE G AS EMISSIONS TO ZERO OR A 26
NUMBER LESS THAN ZER O. 27
(3) THE EVALUATION REQUIR ED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 28
SUBSECTION SHALL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE DR AFT CONSOLIDATED 29
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM BY OCTOBER 1 EACH YEAR, AND WITH THE FINAL 30
CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EACH YEAR . 31
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(B) (1) BEGINNING WITH THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION 1
PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YE AR 2027 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2032 AND IN EACH 2
ANNUAL RELEASE THERE AFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ACHI EVE, TO THE 3
MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACT ICABLE AND SUBJECT T O THE STATE BUDGET 4
APPROPRIATIONS , A PROGRAM WHOSE IMP ACT ON GREENHOUSE GA S EMISSIONS IS 5
CONSISTENT WITH , AND MAKES AND PROGRESS TOWARD ACHI EVING GREENHOUSE 6
GAS REDUCTION TARGET S ARE, OVER THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION 7
PROGRAM PERIOD , CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE’S CARBON POLLUTION 8
REDUCTION PLAN OVER THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PERIOD 9
THE PROJECTED GREENH OUSE GAS EMISSION RE DUCTIONS MODELED FOR ROADS 10
IN MARYLAND’S CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN: MODELING APPENDIX. 11
(2) THE DEPARTMENT MAY SHALL FUND OFFSETTING ACTI VITIES TO 12
MAKE THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MORE CONSISTE NT WITH 13
THE GREENHOUSE GAS E MISSION REDUCTION GO ALS UNDER THE STATE’S CARBON 14
POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN OR TO INCREASE PROGRESS TOWARD THOS E GOALS 15
DEPARTMENT ’S 2023 CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN AND THE TARGETS 16
ESTABLISHED IN SUBSECTI ON (D) OF THIS SECTION. 17
(C) THE OFFSETTING ACTIVI TIES REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTIONS (A) AND 18
(B) OF THIS SECTION ARE ACTIVITIES THAT: 19
(1) DEMONSTRABLY CREATE C ONSISTENT, LONG–TERM REDUCTIONS 20
IN GREENHOUSE GAS EM ISSIONS OR VEHICLE M ILES TRAVELED; 21
(2) PRIORITIZE OVERBURDEN ED AND UNDERSERVED C OMMUNITIES ; 22
(3) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUND ING UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OR (B) OF 23
THIS SECTION; AND 24
(3) (4) INCLUDE: 25
(I) PARKING REDUCTION INI TIATIVES; 26
(II) ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ; 27
(III) TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT–ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 28
AND TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT ST RATEGIES; 29
(IV) LOW–TRAVEL–DEMAND COMMERCIAL AN D RESIDENTIAL 30
DEVELOPMENT AND OTHE R LAND USE CHANGES ; 31
(V) ROADWAY PRICING ; 32
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(VI) TELECOMMUTING ; 1
(VII) PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE IMPR OVEMENTS AND 2
EXPANSION; 3
(VIII) MICRO–MOBILITY, INCLUDING THROUGH TH E USE OF 4
ADAPTIVE AND INCLUSI VE LOW–SPEED VEHICLES FOR P EOPLE WITH DISABILIT IES; 5
(IX) ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTA TION IMPROVEMENTS THAT 6
COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND PEDESTRIAN 7
IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEO PLE WITH DISABILITIE S; 8
(X) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GE NERATION SOLAR ENERGY 9
GENERATION ON PROPER TY CONTROLLED BY THE DEPARTMENT ; AND 10
(XI) OTHER ACTIVITIES IDEN TIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR 11
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO RED UCE TRANSPORTATION 12
EMISSIONS TO REDUCE VEHICLE MI LES TRAVELED . 13
(D) TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIR EMENTS UNDER THIS SE CTION, THE 14
DEPARTMENT SHALL SET ANNUAL: 15
(1) ANNUAL STATEWIDE DECLINING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 16
REDUCTION TARGETS THAT INCORPO RATE ASSUMPTIONS ABO UT THE USE OF 17
ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE STATE; AND 18
(2) ANNUAL REGIONAL DECLI NING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 19
REDUCTION TARGETS TH AT: 20
(I) ARE SET AT AN AMOUNT THAT WHEN MET AND TA KEN 21
COLLECTIVELY FOR ALL REGIONS WOU LD ACHIEVE THE REQUI REMENTS SPECIFIED 22
IN § 2–903(C)(2) OF THIS SUBTITLE AND THE STATEWIDE TARGET S SET UNDER ITEM 23
(1) OF THIS ITEM; AND 24
(II) INCORPORATE ASSUMPTIO NS ABOUT THE USE OF ELECTRIC 25
VEHICLES IN THE STATE. 26
(E) IN EVALUATING THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM’S 27
IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND VE HICLE MILES TRAVELED , THE 28
DEPARTMENT SHALL : 29
(1) ESTABLISH THE BASELIN E TOTAL GREENHOUSE G AS EMISSIONS 30
ATTRIBUTABLE TO SURF ACE TRANSPORTATION I N THE STATE FOR THE 31
CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATI ON PROGRAM PERIOD ; 32 8 HOUSE BILL 84
(2) CONSIDER THE DIRECT A ND INDUCED DEMAND IM PACTS OF 1
HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXP ANSION PROJECTS AND TRANSIT MAJOR CAPITAL 2
PROJECTS ON VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED PER C APITA AND GREENHOUSE GAS 3
EMISSIONS; 4
(3) CONSIDER THE DIRECT CLIMATE BENEFITS OF INVESTMENTS IN : 5
(I) TRANSIT OPERATIONS , INCLUDING LOCALLY OP ERATED 6
TRANSIT SYSTEMS ; 7
(II) TRANSIT–ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND 8
TRANSPORTATION DEMAN D MANAGEMENT , INCLUDING LAND DEVEL OPMENT 9
DESIGNED TO REDUCED TRAVEL DEMAND ; 10
(III) PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTU RE; 11
(IV) ELECTRIFICATION OF STATE VEHICLES ; 12
(V) VEHICLE CHARGING INFR ASTRUCTURE ; AND 13
(VI) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GE NERATION SOLAR ENERGY 14
GENERATION ON PROPER TY CONTROLLED BY THE DEPARTMENT ; AND 15
(4) COMPARE THE PROJECTED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS TO THE 16
TARGET EMISSIONS EST ABLISHED IN SUBSECTI ON (C) (D) OF THIS SECTION TO 17
DETERMINE WHETHER TH E CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM 18
ACHIEVES THE EMISSIO NS TARGETS. 19
(F) IN EVALUATING WHETHER THE CONSOLIDAT ED TRANSPORTATION 20
PROGRAM MEETS GREENHO USE GAS EMISSION GOA LS, THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT 21
CONSIDER STATE OF GO OD REPAIR ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SOLELY 22
FOR SYSTEM PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES. 23
2–905. 24
(A) THE SECRETARY SHALL : 25
(1) ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO PERFORM CAPACITY EXPANSION 26
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ; 27
(2) ESTABLISH A PROCESS F OR CONSIDERING PROGR ESS MADE 28
TOWARD MEETING THE T ARGETS SPECIFIED IN § 2–904(D) OF THIS SUBTITLE; 29
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(3) ESTABLISH A PROCESS F OR DEVELOPING A MULT IMODAL 1
TRANSPORTATION PROGR AM UNDER § 2–903 OF THIS SUBTITLE , INCLUDING A 2
METHOD FOR CONSIDERI NG THE DIRECT AND IN DUCED DEMAND IMPACTS OF A 3
MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACI TY EXPANSION PROJECT ; AND 4
(4) PUBLISH ON THE DEPARTMENT ’S WEBSITE: 5
(I) THE PROCESSES ESTABLI SHED UNDER ITEMS (2) AND (3) OF 6
THIS SUBSECTION ; AND 7
(II) ANY MULTIMODAL TRANSP ORTATION PROGRAM 8
DEVELOPED UNDER § 2–903 OF THIS SUBTITLE . 9
(2) REQUIRE THE USE OF AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN THE 10
DETERMINATIONS REQUI RED UNDER §§ 2–903 AND 2–904 OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 11
(3) IMPLEMENT THE REQUIRE MENTS UNDER THIS SEC TION, 12
INCLUDING BY ESTABLI SHING: 13
(I) ANY NECESSARY POLICIE S, PROCEDURES , MANUALS, AND 14
TECHNICAL SPECIFICAT IONS; 15
(II) PROCEDURES TO PERFORM AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT 16
PROVIDES FOR THE DET ERMINATIONS REQUIRED UNDER §§ 2–902 AND 2–903 OF 17
THIS SUBTITLE; 18
(III) CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFI CATION OF A CAPACITY EXPANSION 19
PROJECT; AND 20
(IV) RELATED DATA REPORTIN G FROM LOCAL UNITS O F 21
GOVERNMENT ON LOCAL MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTE MS AND LOCAL 22
PROJECT IMPACTS ON G REENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS AND VEHICLE MILE S 23
TRAVELED. 24
(B) AN ANALYSIS UNDER A C APACITY EXPANSION IM PACT ASSESSMENT 25
SHALL INCLUDE ESTIMA TES RESULTING FROM A PROJECT OR PORTFOLIO OF 26
PROJECTS FOR THE FOL LOWING: 27
(1) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS; 28
(2) A NET CHANGE IN VEHICL E MILES TRAVELED FOR THE AFFECTED 29
NETWORK; AND 30
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(3) IMPACTS TO STATE HIGHWAYS AND RE LATED IMPACTS TO LOC AL 1
ROAD SYSTEMS , ON A LOCAL, REGIONAL, OR STATEWIDE BAS IS AS APPROPRIATE . 2
(C) THE ANALYSIS AND ESTI MATES SPECIFIED UNDE R SUBSECTION (B) OF 3
THIS SECTION SHALL B E DETERMINED USING T HE BEST AVAILABLE DA TA AND 4
MODELING TOOLS , SUCH AS: 5
(1) THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION ’S 6
INDUCED TRAVEL CALCULATOR ; 7
(2) THE STATE HIGHWAY INDUCED FREQUENCY OF TRAVEL 8
CALCULATOR; 9
(3) THE CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY 10
AND CARBON REDUCTION TOOL; OR 11
(4) ANY OTHER IMPACT ASSE SSMENT TOOL USED FOR MEASURING 12
INDUCED DEMAND FOR G RADE SEPAR ATION PROJECTS . 13
(D) (B) IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 2026, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALLO CATE 14
FUNDING FOR THE IMPL EMENTATION AND DEVEL OPMENT OF STATEWIDE AND 15
REGIONAL TRAVEL DEMA ND MODELING RELATED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS 16
SECTION, INCLUDING INDUCED DE MAND AND LAND USE EFFECTS FROM 17
TRANSPORTATION INVES TMENTS. 18
8–102. 19
(a) It is the policy of this title to promote an efficient and economical 20
transportation system. 21
(b) The Department [of Transportation] and the [State Highway] Administration 22
may not proceed to the final project planning phase unless it has been determined that the 23
objective of the proposed project cannot be reasonably achieved through: 24
(1) Improvements in highway maintenance and safety; 25
(2) Projects that modify existing highways but provide for minimal 26
relocation or new highway construction; and 27
(3) Improvements in, or adoption of, transit alternatives, including mass 28
transit alternatives. 29
(C) THE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ISSUE A REPORT 30
PRIOR TO PROCEEDING TO THE FINAL PROJECT PLANNING PHASE THAT 31
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(1) THE EVALUATION OF THE ALTERNATIVES IDENTIF IED IN 1
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION; OR 2
(2) A DETERMINATION THROUG H OTHER REQUIRED PLA NNING 3
DOCUMENTS . 4
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5
1, 2025. 6
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.