Maximizing Transportation Efficiency Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced
Summary
Would make Transportation Demand Management (TDM) a central element of federal highway and infrastructure programs and create dedicated funding for rural and small projects. It defines TDM broadly to include employer transit benefits, incentives and gamelike tools, pricing and parking management, carpooling and vanpooling, trip planning, telecommuting and hybrid work support, micromobility, active transportation, and technology-based traveler information to reduce congestion and improve air quality.
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- Families and commuters: Could get more travel choices and better trip planning, plus stronger employer commute programs and telework support that aim to ease congestion and improve air quality.
- Rural communities: Creates a $20 million annual rural TDM set-aside for planning, vanpooling, real-time traveler information, smart rural hubs, and partnerships. Eligible recipients include State departments of transportation, rural metropolitan planning organizations, local and tribal governments, public transit agencies, regional planning organizations, qualifying nonprofits, and higher education institutions.
- Local projects and federal grants: Creates a $20 million per year small-project set-aside for projects costing $500,000 to $10 million and explicitly lets programs such as CMAQ, National Infrastructure Project Assistance, local and regional project assistance, and the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant program fund TDM implementation. Unused set-aside funds may be reallocated to other program grants.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More places can get congestion funds
If enacted, the bill would remove the "population of more than 1,000,000" language so more places can apply for Congestion Relief Program grants. The Secretary would set aside $20 million each year for small projects that cost between $500,000 and $10 million. If the set-aside is not fully used in a fiscal year, the unused money would be used for other projects under the program.
New definition for transportation demand management
If enacted, the bill would add a legal definition of "transportation demand management." The definition would list actions like employer qualified transportation fringe benefits (IRC 132(f)), telecommuting, carpooling and vanpooling, parking pricing, trip-planning and ridematching apps, micromobility and active transportation, ITS tools, and other strategies to shift travel demand. This would make clear what counts as TDM when federal programs fund projects.
Annual $20M rural TDM grants
If enacted, the bill would set aside $20 million each year for rural transportation demand management grants. Eligible recipients would include State DOTs, MPOs serving rural areas, local and Tribal governments, transit agencies, regional planning groups, nonprofits, and colleges. Grants could pay for planning, marketing, vanpooling and carpooling, employer commuting incentives, real-time traveler information, smart rural hubs, mobility apps, public-private partnerships, and staff costs. Unused set-aside funds would be used for other program projects.
More grant options for TDM projects
If enacted, the bill would let several federal grant programs pay for transportation demand management implementation. It would add TDM as an eligible purpose or activity for CMAQ, National Infrastructure Project Assistance, Local and Regional Project Assistance, and the SMART grant program. State and local transportation agencies, MPOs, and transit providers could include TDM planning and operations in applications.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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