§516 — Title 23 Highways | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must run a broad research and testing program for intelligent transportation systems. That includes developing and doing real-world tests of smart vehicles, smart road and traffic equipment, and other work needed to carry out this law. The program must give higher priority to seven kinds of projects, including ones that improve mobility and traffic operations, use cross-discipline approaches to reduce congestion, study weather effects (including cold), support intermodal and emergency/health uses, boost safety (including animal detection), or help integrate vehicle, infrastructure, and control technologies. The federal share for any project cannot be more than 80 percent.

Title 23, §516

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(a)The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive program of intelligent transportation system research and development, and operational tests of intelligent vehicles, intelligent infrastructure systems, and other similar activities that are necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b)Under the program, the Secretary shall give higher priority to funding projects that—

(1)enhance mobility and productivity through improved traffic management, incident management, transit management, freight management, road weather management, toll collection, traveler information, or highway operations systems and remote sensing products;

(2)use interdisciplinary approaches to develop traffic management strategies and tools to address multiple impacts of congestion concurrently;

(3)address traffic management, incident management, transit management, toll collection traveler information, or highway operations systems;

(4)incorporate research on the potential impact of environmental, weather, and natural conditions on intelligent transportation systems, including the effects of cold climates;

(5)enhance intermodal use of intelligent transportation systems for diverse groups, including for emergency and health-related services;

(6)enhance safety through improved crash avoidance and protection, crash and other notification, commercial motor vehicle operations, and infrastructure-based or cooperative safety systems, including animal detection systems to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions; or

(7)facilitate the integration of intelligent infrastructure, vehicle, and control technologies.

(c)The Federal share payable on account of any project or activity carried out under subsection (a) shall not exceed 80 percent.

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2021—Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 117–58 inserted “, including animal detection systems to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions” after “systems”.

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of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–58 effective Oct. 1, 2021, see section 10003 of Pub. L. 117–58, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.

§516 Research and development

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