| 1 | 1 | | 84R4169 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1239 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study on the implementation of a traffic light |
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| 8 | 8 | | synchronization program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation, in |
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| 11 | 11 | | coordination with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, shall |
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| 12 | 12 | | conduct a study regarding the costs and benefits of implementing a |
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| 13 | 13 | | traffic light synchronization program similar to the Traffic Light |
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| 14 | 14 | | Synchronization II Program that was implemented in this state by |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The study shall address: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the benefits of using closed-loop control systems |
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| 18 | 18 | | versus time-based control systems to synchronize traffic lights; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) potential changes in fuel consumption and traffic |
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| 20 | 20 | | congestion that could result from traffic light synchronization; |
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| 21 | 21 | | and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) potential environmental impacts of traffic light |
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| 23 | 23 | | synchronization, including any potential reduction in pollution |
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| 24 | 24 | | levels. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) As part of the study, the Texas Department of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Transportation shall compile new data regarding the intersections |
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| 27 | 27 | | in the cities that participated in the Traffic Light |
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| 28 | 28 | | Synchronization II Program and review the data to analyze the |
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| 29 | 29 | | efficiency and synchronicity of these intersections. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) Not later than October 1, 2016, the Texas Department of |
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| 31 | 31 | | Transportation shall issue a report on the study required under |
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| 32 | 32 | | this section to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the house of representatives, and the appropriate standing |
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| 34 | 34 | | committees of the house of representatives and the senate. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (e) This Act expires September 1, 2017. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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