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S. 654 — COMMUTE Act | PoliFocus

S. 654116th Congress

COMMUTE Act

A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program to develop and provide to States and transportation planning organizations accessibility data sets, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

3 cosponsors

Subjects

Transportation and Public Works

Summary

Connecting Opportunities through Mobility Metric and Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies Act or the COMMUTE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to carry out an accessibility data pilot program. The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or make available an accessibility data set for states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning by measuring the level of access to important destinations such as jobs, health care facilities, child care services, educational and workforce training facilities, affordable housing, and food sources.

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Related Legislation

S. 2302America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
2020-01-08By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-200.
Related
H.R. 1517COMMUTE Act
2019-03-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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Legislative Actions

2019-03-05
Introduced in Senate
2019-03-05
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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