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77 SENATE BILL 395
88 R1, M3 5lr2572
99 CF HB 84
1010 By: Senators Hettleman and Gile
1111 Introduced and read first time: January 17, 2025
1212 Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
1313
1414 A BILL ENTITLED
1515
1616 AN ACT concerning 1
1717
1818 Transportation – Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact 2
1919 Assessments 3
2020 (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) 4
2121
2222 FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning 5
2323 and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects to develop and 6
2424 implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the 7
2525 Department beginning with the Consolidated Transportation Program to evaluate 8
2626 certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and 9
2727 vehicle miles traveled; requiring, under certain circumstances, the Department to 10
2828 fund offsetting activities to reduce certain project or program impacts on greenhouse 11
2929 gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; requiring the Secretary of Transportation 12
3030 to perform certain capacity expansion impact assessments; requiring the 13
3131 Department and the State Highway Administration to issue a certain report before 14
3232 proceeding to the final project planning phase for certain projects; and generally 15
3333 relating to the planning and development of certain transportation projects. 16
3434
3535 BY adding to 17
3636 Article – Transportation 18
3737 Section 2–901 through 2–905 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 9. Major 19
3838 Highway Capacity Expansion Projects” 20
3939 Annotated Code of Maryland 21
4040 (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 22
4141
4242 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 23
4343 Article – Transportation 24
4444 Section 8–102 25
4545 Annotated Code of Maryland 26
4646 (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 27
4747 2 SENATE BILL 395
4848
4949
5050 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
5151 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
5252
5353 Article – Transportation 3
5454
5555 SUBTITLE 9. MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECTS. 4
5656
5757 2–901. 5
5858
5959 (A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANIN GS 6
6060 INDICATED. 7
6161
6262 (B) “CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVA LENT” MEANS THE MEASUREMEN T OF A 8
6363 GIVEN WEIGHT OF A GR EENHOUSE GAS THAT HA S THE SAME GLOBAL WA RMING 9
6464 POTENTIAL, MEASURED OVER A SPEC IFIED PERIOD OF TIME , AS 1 METRIC TON OF 10
6565 CARBON DIOXIDE . 11
6666
6767 (C) “GREENHOUSE GAS ” INCLUDES CARBON DIOXID E, METHANE, NITROUS 12
6868 OXIDE, HYDROFLUOROCARBONS , PERFLUOROCARBONS , AND SULFUR 13
6969 HEXAFLUORIDE . 14
7070
7171 (D) “GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS” MEANS EMISSIONS OF G REENHOUSE 15
7272 GASES IN THE STATE, MEASURED IN METRIC T ONS OF CARBON DIOXID E 16
7373 EQUIVALENTS . 17
7474
7575 (E) “IMPACT ASSESSMENT ” MEANS AN ASSESSMENT OF A PROJECT ’S OR 18
7676 PROGRAM’S IMPACT ON GREENHOU SE GAS EMISSIONS AND VEHICLE MILES 19
7777 TRAVELED. 20
7878
7979 (F) “INDUCED DEMAND ” MEANS THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT IS DRAW N 21
8080 TO A NEW OR EXPANDED ROAD BY PROVIDING AD DITIONAL CAPACITY , INCLUDING 22
8181 FROM: 23
8282
8383 (1) TRIPS DIVERTED FROM O THER ROUTES ; 24
8484
8585 (2) DISCRETIONARY TRIPS T HAT MAY NOT HAVE BEE N MADE 25
8686 WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT ; AND 26
8787
8888 (3) IMPROVED ACCESS TO EM PLOYMENT AND OTHER A CTIVITY 27
8989 LOCATION CHOICES . 28
9090
9191 (G) “MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT ” HAS THE MEANIN G STATED IN § 2–103.1 OF 29
9292 THIS TITLE. 30
9393 SENATE BILL 395 3
9494
9595
9696 (H) “MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACIT Y EXPANSION PROJECT ” MEANS A MAJOR 1
9797 CAPITAL PROJECT THAT : 2
9898
9999 (1) THROUGH ALL PHASES IN CREASES HIGHWAY CAPA CITY 3
100100 THROUGH NEW HIGHWAY LANES OR EXTENDED HI GHWAY LANES ; AND 4
101101
102102 (2) HAS A TOTAL COST FOR ALL PHASES THAT EXCEEDS $5,000,000. 5
103103
104104 (I) “OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT Y” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 1–701 6
105105 OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE. 7
106106
107107 (J) “UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 1–701 OF 8
108108 THE ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE. 9
109109
110110 (K) “VEHICLE MILES TRAVELE D PER CAPITA” MEANS THE TOTAL NUMB ER 10
111111 OF ON–ROAD MILES TRAVELED BY VEHICLES IN A GEO GRAPHIC REGION OVER A 11
112112 1–YEAR PERIOD DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION IN THAT REGION. 12
113113
114114 2–902. 13
115115
116116 THIS SUBTITLE DOES NO T APPLY TO A MAJOR H IGHWAY CAPACITY EXPA NSION 14
117117 PROJECT THAT ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30, 2025, WAS: 15
118118
119119 (1) A PART OF THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT 16
120120 PROGRAM; OR 17
121121
122122 (2) FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTI ON IN THE CONSOLIDATED 18
123123 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. 19
124124
125125 2–903. 20
126126
127127 (A) AS PART OF THE PLANNI NG AND IMPLEMENTATIO N OF A MAJOR 21
128128 HIGHWAY EXPANSIO N PROJECT , THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVE LOP AND 22
129129 IMPLEMENT A CORRESPO NDING MULTIMODAL TRA NSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR 23
130130 THE PROPOSED HIGHWAY CORRIDOR EXPANSION . 24
131131
132132 (B) (1) DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CA PACITY 25
133133 EXPANSION PROJECT , THE MULTIMODAL TRANS PORTATION PROGRAM REQUIRED 26
134134 UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L IDENTIFY INVESTMEN TS IN 27
135135 TRANSIT, TRANSIT–ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT , TRANSPORTATION DEMAN D 28
136136 MANAGEMENT , PEDESTRIAN AND BICYC LE FACILITIES, LAND USE CHANGES , AND 29
137137 OTHER MEASURES TO OF FSET THE INCREASE IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL ED 30
138138 ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. 31 4 SENATE BILL 395
139139
140140
141141
142142 (2) THE PROGRAM SHALL FOC US ON AREAS IN THE F OLLOWING 1
143143 ORDER OF PRIORITY : 2
144144
145145 (I) OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT IES AND UNDERSERVED 3
146146 COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION P ROJECT; 4
147147
148148 (II) AREAS WITHIN OR ASSOC IATED WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE 5
149149 COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT ; 6
150150
151151 (III) OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT IES AND UNDERSERVED 7
152152 COMMUNITIES ACROSS T HE STATE; 8
153153
154154 (IV) OVERBURDENED COMMUNIT IES AND UNDERSERVED 9
155155 COMMUNITIES IN THE R EGION IN WHICH T HE MAJOR HIGHWAY CAP ACITY 10
156156 EXPANSION PROJECT IS LOCATED; AND 11
157157
158158 (V) BENEFITS TO THE ENTIR E STATE. 12
159159
160160 (C) (1) THE MULTIMODAL TRANSP ORTATION PROGRAM SHA LL OFFSET 13
161161 THE VEHICLE MILES TR AVELED ASSOCIATED WI TH THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY 14
162162 EXPANSION PROJECT . 15
163163
164164 (2) THE NET VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED FROM THE PR OJECT AND ITS 16
165165 ASSOCIATED MULTIMODA L TRANSPORTATION PRO GRAM SHALL EQUAL ZER O OR A 17
166166 NUMBER LESS THAN ZER O. 18
167167
168168 (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONS IDER BOTH THE MAJOR HIGHWAY 19
169169 CAPACITY EXPANSION P ROJECT AND THE MULTI MODAL TRANS PORTATION OFFSET 20
170170 PROGRAM AS PART OF I TS EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT UNDER § 2–103.7 OF THIS 21
171171 TITLE. 22
172172
173173 (E) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FUND ELEMENTS OF THE MULT IMODAL 23
174174 TRANSPORTATION PROGR AM CONCURRENTLY WITH FUNDING FOR THE 24
175175 CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACI TY EXPANSION PROJECT . 25
176176
177177 2–904. 26
178178
179179 (A) (1) BEGINNING WITH THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION 27
180180 PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YE AR 2027 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2032 AND IN EACH 28
181181 ANNUAL RELEASE THERE AFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL EVAL UATE MAJOR 29
182182 CAPITAL PROJECTS INC LUDED IN THE CONSOLIDAT ED TRANSPORTATION 30
183183 PROGRAM FOR THEIR IMP ACT ON: 31 SENATE BILL 395 5
184184
185185
186186
187187 (I) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS; AND 1
188188
189189 (II) VEHICLE MILES TRAVELE D PER CAPITA. 2
190190
191191 (2) IF THE NET IMPACT OF A MAJOR CAPITAL PROJ ECT IS AN 3
192192 INCREASE IN GREENHOU SE GAS EMISSIONS , THE STATE SHALL FUND OFFS ETTING 4
193193 ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE THE NET GREENHOUSE G AS EMISSIONS TO ZERO OR A 5
194194 NUMBER LESS THAN ZER O. 6
195195
196196 (3) THE EVALUATION REQUIR ED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 7
197197 SUBSECTION SHALL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE DR AFT CONSOLIDATED 8
198198 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM BY OCTOBER 1 EACH YEAR, AND WITH THE FINAL 9
199199 CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EACH YEAR . 10
200200
201201 (B) (1) BEGINNING WITH THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION 11
202202 PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YE AR 2027 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2032 AND IN EACH 12
203203 ANNUAL RELEASE THERE AFTER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ACHI EVE, TO THE 13
204204 MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABL E AND SUBJECT TO THE STATE BUDGET, A PROGRAM 14
205205 WHOSE IMPACT ON GREE NHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IS CONSISTENT WITH , AND MAKES 15
206206 PROGRESS TOWARD ACHI EVING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGETS 16
207207 CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE’S CARBON POLLUTION R EDUCTION PLAN OVER THE 17
208208 CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PERIOD . 18
209209
210210 (2) THE DEPARTMENT MAY FUND O FFSETTING ACTIVITIES TO MAKE 19
211211 THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MORE CONSISTE NT WITH THE 20
212212 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS ION REDUCTION GOALS UNDER THE STATE’S CARBON 21
213213 POLLUTION R EDUCTION PLAN OR TO INCREASE PROGR ESS TOWARD THOSE GOA LS. 22
214214
215215 (C) THE OFFSETTING ACTIVI TIES REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTIONS (A) AND 23
216216 (B) OF THIS SECTION ARE ACTIVITIES THAT: 24
217217
218218 (1) DEMONSTRABLY CREATE C ONSISTENT, LONG–TERM REDUCTIONS 25
219219 IN GREENHOUSE GAS EM ISSIONS OR VEHICLE MILES TRA VELED; 26
220220
221221 (2) PRIORITIZE OVERBURDEN ED AND UNDERSERVED C OMMUNITIES; 27
222222 AND 28
223223
224224 (3) INCLUDE: 29
225225
226226 (I) PARKING REDUCTION INI TIATIVES; 30
227227
228228 (II) ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ; 31 6 SENATE BILL 395
229229
230230
231231
232232 (III) TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIE S; 1
233233
234234 (IV) LOW–TRAVEL–DEMAND COMMERCIAL AN D RESIDENTIAL 2
235235 DEVELOPMENT AND OTHE R LAND USE CHANGES ; 3
236236
237237 (V) ROADWAY PRICING ; 4
238238
239239 (VI) TELECOMMUTING ; 5
240240
241241 (VII) PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVIC E IMPROVEMENTS AND 6
242242 EXPANSION; 7
243243
244244 (VIII) MICRO–MOBILITY; 8
245245
246246 (IX) ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTA TION IMPROVEMENTS THAT 9
247247 COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT; 10
248248
249249 (X) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GE NERATION; AND 11
250250
251251 (XI) OTHER ACTIVITIES IDEN TIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR 12
252252 THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO RED UCE TRANSPORTATION 13
253253 EMISSIONS. 14
254254
255255 (D) TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIR EMENTS UNDER THIS SE CTION, THE 15
256256 DEPARTMENT SHALL SET ANNUAL DECLINING GRE ENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 16
257257 REDUCTION TARGETS TH AT INCORPORATE ASSUM PTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF 17
258258 ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE STATE. 18
259259
260260 (E) IN EVALUATING THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM’S 19
261261 IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS AND VEHICLE MIL ES TRAVELED , THE 20
262262 DEPARTMENT SHALL : 21
263263
264264 (1) ESTABLISH THE BASELIN E TOTAL GREENHOUSE G AS EMISSIONS 22
265265 ATTRIBUTABLE TO SURF ACE TRANSPORTATION I N THE STATE FOR THE 23
266266 CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM PERIOD ; 24
267267
268268 (2) CONSIDER THE DIRECT A ND INDUCED DEMAND IM PACTS OF 25
269269 HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXP ANSION PROJECTS AND TRANSIT CAPITAL PROJ ECTS ON 26
270270 VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL ED PER CAPITA AND GREENHOUSE GAS E MISSIONS; 27
271271
272272 (3) CONSIDER THE DIRECT BENEFI TS OF INVESTMENTS IN : 28
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274274
275275
276276 (I) TRANSIT OPERATIONS , INCLUDING LOCALLY OP ERATED 1
277277 TRANSIT SYSTEMS ; 2
278278
279279 (II) TRANSIT–ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND 3
280280 TRANSPORTATION DEMAN D MANAGEMENT , INCLUDING LAND DEVEL OPMENT 4
281281 DESIGNED TO REDUCED TRAVEL DEMAND ; 5
282282
283283 (III) PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCL E INFRASTRUCTURE ; 6
284284
285285 (IV) ELECTRIFICATION OF STATE VEHICLES ; 7
286286
287287 (V) VEHICLE CHARGING INFR ASTRUCTURE ; AND 8
288288
289289 (VI) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GE NERATION; AND 9
290290
291291 (4) COMPARE THE PROJECTED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS TO THE 10
292292 TARGET EMISSIONS ESTABLISHED IN SUBSE CTION (C) OF THIS SECTION TO 11
293293 DETERMINE WHETHER TH E CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM 12
294294 ACHIEVES THE EMISSIO NS TARGETS. 13
295295
296296 (F) IN EVALUATING WHETHER THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION 14
297297 PROGRAM MEETS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS ION GOALS, THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT 15
298298 CONSIDER STATE OF GO OD REPAIR ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SOLELY 16
299299 FOR SYSTEM PRESERVATION . 17
300300
301301 2–905. 18
302302
303303 (A) THE SECRETARY SHALL : 19
304304
305305 (1) ESTABLISH A PROCESS T O PERFORM CAPACITY E XPANSION 20
306306 IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ; 21
307307
308308 (2) REQUIRE THE USE OF AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN THE 22
309309 DETERMINATIONS REQUI RED UNDER §§ 2–903 AND 2–904 OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 23
310310
311311 (3) IMPLEMENT THE REQUIRE MENTS UNDER THIS SEC TION, 24
312312 INCLUDING BY ESTABLI SHING: 25
313313
314314 (I) ANY NECESSARY POLICIE S, PROCEDURES , MANUALS, AND 26
315315 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ; 27
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317317
318318
319319 (II) PROCEDURES TO PERFORM AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT 1
320320 PROVIDES FOR THE DET ERMINATIONS REQUIRED UNDER §§ 2–902 AND 2–903 OF 2
321321 THIS SUBTITLE; 3
322322
323323 (III) CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFI CATION OF A CAPACITY EXPANSION 4
324324 PROJECT; AND 5
325325
326326 (IV) RELATED DA TA REPORTING FROM LO CAL UNITS OF 6
327327 GOVERNMENT ON LOCAL MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT ATION SYSTEMS AND LO CAL 7
328328 PROJECT IMPACTS ON G REENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS AND VEHICLE MILE S 8
329329 TRAVELED. 9
330330
331331 (B) AN ANALYSIS UNDER A C APACITY EXPANSION IM PACT ASSESSMENT 10
332332 SHALL INCLUDE ESTIMA TES RESULTING FROM A PRO JECT OR PORTFOLIO OF 11
333333 PROJECTS FOR THE FOL LOWING: 12
334334
335335 (1) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSI ONS OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS; 13
336336
337337 (2) A NET CHANGE IN VEHICL E MILES TRAVELED FOR THE AFFECTED 14
338338 NETWORK; AND 15
339339
340340 (3) IMPACTS TO STATE HIGHWAYS AND RE LATED IMPACTS TO LOCAL 16
341341 ROAD SYSTEMS , ON A LOCAL, REGIONAL, OR STATEWIDE BASIS A S APPROPRIATE . 17
342342
343343 (C) THE ANALYSIS AND ESTI MATES SPECIFIED UNDE R SUBSECTION (B) OF 18
344344 THIS SECTION SHALL B E DETERMINED USING T HE BEST AVAILABLE DA TA AND 19
345345 MODELING TOOLS , SUCH AS: 20
346346
347347 (1) THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION ’S 21
348348 INDUCED TRAVEL CALCU LATOR; 22
349349
350350 (2) THE STATE HIGHWAY INDUCED FREQUENCY OF TRAVEL 23
351351 CALCULATOR; 24
352352
353353 (3) THE CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY 25
354354 AND CARBON REDUCTION TOOL; OR 26
355355
356356 (4) ANY OTHER IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL USED FOR MEASURING 27
357357 INDUCED DEMAND FOR G RADE SEPARATION PROJ ECTS. 28
358358
359359 (D) IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALLO CATE FUNDING 29
360360 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATI ON AND DEVELOPMENT O F STATEWIDE AND REGI ONAL 30
361361 TRAVEL DEMAND MODELI NG RELATED TO THE RE QUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTIO N, 31 SENATE BILL 395 9
362362
363363
364364 INCLUDING INDUCED DE MAND AND LAND USE EF FECTS FROM TRANSPORT ATION 1
365365 INVESTMENTS . 2
366366
367367 8–102. 3
368368
369369 (a) It is the policy of this title to promote an efficient and economical 4
370370 transportation system. 5
371371
372372 (b) The Department [of Transportation] and the [State Highway] Administration 6
373373 may not proceed to the final project planning phase unless it has been determined that the 7
374374 objective of the proposed project cannot be reasonably achieved through: 8
375375
376376 (1) Improvements in highway maintenance and safety; 9
377377
378378 (2) Projects that modify existing highways but provide for minimal 10
379379 relocation or new highway construction; and 11
380380
381381 (3) Improvements in, or adoption of, transit alternatives, including mass 12
382382 transit alternatives. 13
383383
384384 (C) THE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION SHA LL ISSUE A REPORT 14
385385 PRIOR TO PROCEEDING TO THE FINAL PROJECT PLANNING PHASE THAT 15
386386 DOCUMENTS : 16
387387
388388 (1) THE EVALUATION OF THE ALTERNATIVES IDENTIF IED IN 17
389389 SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION; OR 18
390390
391391 (2) A DETERMINATION THROUG H OTHER REQUIRED PLA NNING 19
392392 DOCUMENTS . 20
393393
394394 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21
395395 1, 2025. 22