Safer Emergency and Evacuation Routes Response Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
Introduced
Summary
Create a voluntary pilot to link real-time wildfire hazard alerts with state and local traffic systems. This bill would have the Department of Transportation pilot ways to automatically relay roadway closures, detours, and evacuation routes to drivers during wildfire events.
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- Drivers and families: Participating drivers would get automatic notifications about wildfire-related closures, detours, and evacuation routes aimed at improving timeliness and accuracy of alerts.
- State and local traffic managers: States can choose to join and tailor integrations to their existing traffic management and traveler information systems while using existing data standards.
- Federal coordination and oversight: The Department of Transportation would run the pilot with NOAA and the Forest Service, may use existing surface transportation research and development funds, and must report to Congress within two years after the pilot starts on how well driver notifications improved.
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Pilot linking wildfire alerts to drivers
If enacted, the Secretary of Transportation would set up a voluntary pilot to link real-time National Weather Service wildfire alerts with State and local traffic and traveler systems. The pilot would help participating States automatically send drivers warnings about road closures, detours, and evacuation routes during wildfires. Participation would be voluntary and States would not be forced to adopt uniform or centralized systems. The pilot would use existing data standards where practicable. The Secretary could use existing surface transportation research funds to run the pilot. Within 2 years after the pilot starts, the Secretary would report to the Senate Commerce and House Transportation committees on how well it improved driver warnings. Nothing in the bill would let the Secretary or NOAA decide or order roadway closures.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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