§501 — Title 23 Highways | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. Federal laboratory: a lab owned by the government and run either by the government or by a contractor. Incident: a crash, natural disaster, work zone activity, special event, or other road emergency that hurts or blocks normal traffic. Innovation lifecycle: the steps from finding a need, planning research, doing development, deploying and testing a technology, and checking its costs and benefits. Intelligent transportation infrastructure: the connected public-sector parts of ITS, as the Secretary defines them. Intelligent transportation system (ITS): electronic, communications, or information technologies used alone or together to make surface transportation safer or more efficient. National architecture: the shared framework that describes ITS functions, the physical subsystems that hold them, the data flows between subsystems, and the communications needed. Project: work to research, develop, or test ITS or any activity eligible for help under this chapter. Safety: highway and traffic safety systems and related research, including vehicles, roads, people, crash investigations, communications, emergency medical care, and moving the injured. Standard: a document with technical rules for ITS to ensure products and systems work as intended, support the national architecture, and help technologies work together across states.

Title 23, §501

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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1)The term “Federal laboratory” includes a Government-owned, Government-operated laboratory and a Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory.

(2)The term “incident” means a crash, natural disaster, workzone activity, special event, or other emergency road user occurrence that adversely affects or impedes the normal flow of traffic.

(3)The term “innovation lifecycle” means the process of innovating through—

(A)the identification of a need;

(B)the establishment of the scope of research to address that need;

(C)setting an agenda;

(D)carrying out research, development, deployment, and testing of the resulting technology or innovation; and

(E)carrying out an evaluation of the costs and benefits of the resulting technology or innovation.

(4)The term “intelligent transportation infrastructure” means fully integrated public sector intelligent transportation system components, as defined by the Secretary.

(5)The terms “intelligent transportation system” and “ITS” mean electronics, photonics, communications, or information processing used singly or in combination to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system.

(6)For purposes of this chapter, the term “national architecture” means the common framework for interoperability that defines—

(A)the functions associated with intelligent transportation system user services;

(B)the physical entities or subsystems within which the functions reside;

(C)the data interfaces and information flows between physical subsystems; and

(D)the communications requirements associated with the information flows.

(7)The term “project” means an undertaking to research, develop, or operationally test intelligent transportation systems or any other undertaking eligible for assistance under this chapter.

(8)The term “safety” includes highway and traffic safety systems, research, and development relating to vehicle, highway, driver, passenger, bicyclist, and pedestrian characteristics, accident investigations, communications, emergency medical care, and transportation of the injured.

(9)The term “standard” means a document that—

(A)contains technical specifications or other precise criteria for intelligent transportation systems that are to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions of characteristics so as to ensure that materials, products, processes, and services are fit for the intended purposes of the materials, products, processes, and services; and

(B)may support the national architecture and promote—

(i)the widespread use and adoption of intelligent transportation system technology as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States; and

(ii)interoperability among intelligent transportation system technologies implemented throughout the States.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 501, added Pub. L. 90–495, § 30, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 830, related to declaration of policy as to highway relocation assistance, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 220(a)(10), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1903.

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Amendments

2012—Pars. (2) to (9). Pub. L. 112–141 added pars. (2) to (7), redesignated former par. (2) as (8), and added par. (9).

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Effective Date

of 2012 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–141 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. Authorization of Appropriations Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title VI, § 6002, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1561, provided that: “(a) In General.—The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):“(1) Highway research and development program.—To carry out section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code, $125,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. “(2) Technology and innovation deployment program.—To carry out section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code—“(A) $67,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; “(B) $67,500,000 for fiscal year 2017; “(C) $67,500,000 for fiscal year 2018; “(D) $67,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; and “(E) $67,500,000 for fiscal year 2020. “(3) Training and education.—To carry out section 504 of title 23, United States Code, $24,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. “(4) Intelligent transportation systems program.—To carry out sections 512 through 518 of title 23, United States Code, $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. “(5) University transportation centers program.—To carry out section 5505 of title 49, United States Code—“(A) $72,500,000 for fiscal year 2016; “(B) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; “(C) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; “(D) $77,500,000 for fiscal year 2019; and “(E) $77,500,000 for fiscal year 2020. “(6) Bureau of transportation statistics.—To carry out chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. “(b) Administration.—The Federal Highway Administration shall—“(1) administer the programs described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a); and “(2) in consultation with relevant modal administrations, administer the programs described in subsection (a)(4). “(c) Applicability of Title 23, United States Code.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall—“(1) be available for obligation in the same manner as if those funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal share of the cost of a project or activity carried out using those funds shall be 80 percent, unless otherwise expressly provided by this Act [div. A of Pub. L. 114–94, see Tables for classification] (including the

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by this Act) or otherwise determined by the Secretary [of Transportation]; and “(2) remain available until expended and not be transferable, except as otherwise provided in this Act.”

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Title 23, §501

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