,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bh1        
#bjba,ms4 ,brownley 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,espaillat7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
include a special rule for the          
dedication of funds under the highway   
safety improvement program for certain  
vulnerable users1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safe ,and ,friendly
 for the ,environment ,streets ,act or  
the ,,safe ,streets ,act4  #b4 ,highway 
safety improvement program ,section #adh
 of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#d77;,b77xiii7 by        
inserting 1 including the development of
 a vulnerable road user safety          
assessment under section #afja of the   
,,safe ,streets ,act after safety       

planning2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#aa7-- 7i7
 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,g7    
through 7,i7 as subparagraphs 7,h7      
through 7,j72 and  7ii7 by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,f7 the following3  
7,g7 includes a vulnerable road user    
safety assessment described under       
paragraph 7#af72  2 and  7,c7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#ac7        
,vulnerable road user ,the term         
vulnerable road user means a            
nonmotorist-- 7,a7 with a fatality      
analysis reporting system person        
attribute code that is included in the  
definition of the term number of        
non-motorized fatalities in section     
#dij4bje of title #bc1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations 7or successor regulation72
 or  7,b7 described in the term number  
of non-motorized serious injuries in    
such section4  7#ad7 ,vulnerable road   
user safety assessment ,the term        
vulnerable road user safety assessment  
means an assessment of the safety       
performance of the ,state or a          

metropolitan planning organization      
within the ,state with respect to       
vulnerable road users and the plan of   
the ,state or metropolitan planning     
organization to improve the safety of   
vulnerable road users described in      
subsection 7l74  2  7#b7 in subsection  
7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7 by striking
 7a77#aa7 and inserting 7a77#ac72 and   
7,b7 in paragraph 7#b77;,a77vi7 by      
inserting 1 consistent with the         
vulnerable road user safety assessment  
after nonmotorized crashes2  7#c7 in    
subsection 7d77#a77;,b7-- 7,a7 in clause
 7iv7 by inserting and serious injury   
after fatality2  7,b7 in clause 7vii7 by
 striking 2 and and inserting a         
semicolon2  7,c7 by redesignating clause
 7viii7 as clause 7ix72 and  7,d7 by    
inserting after clause 7vii7 the        
following3  7viii7 the findings of a    
vulnerable road user safety assessment  
of the ,state2 and  2  7#d7 in          
subsection 7g7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7#c7 ,vulnerable road user  

safety  7,a7 ,in general ,beginning on  
the date of enactment of the ,,safe     
,streets ,act1 if a ,state determines   
that the number of vulnerable road user 
fatalities and serious injuries per     
capita in such ,state over the most     
recent #b-year period for which data are
 available exceeds the median number of 
such fatalities and serious injuries per
 capita among all ,states1 that ,state  
shall be required to obligate over the  
#b fiscal years following the fiscal    
year in which such determination is made
 an amount that is not less than #ge    
percent of the amount set aside in such 
,state under section #acc7;h77#a7 for   
fiscal year #bjbj1 less any amounts     
obligated by a metropolitan planning    
organization in the ,state as required  
by subparagraph 7,d71 for-- 7i7 in the  
first fiscal year-- 7,i7 performing the 
vulnerable user safety assessment as    
prescribed by subsection 7l72  7,,ii7   
providing matching funds for            
transportation alternatives safety      

project as identified in section        
#acc7;h77#g77;,b72 and  7,,iii7 projects
 eligible under section                 
#acc7;h77#c77;,a71 7,b71 7,c71 or 7,i72 
and  7ii7 in each fiscal year           
thereafter1 the program of projects     
identified in subsection 7l77#b77;,c74  
7,b7 ,source of funds ,any amounts      
obligated under subparagraph 7,a7 shall 
be from amounts described in section    
#acc7;d77#a77;,b7 or #ajd7;b77#c74  7,c7
 ,annual determination ,the             
determination described under           
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be made on an   
annual basis4  7,d7 ,metropolitan       
planning area with excessive fatalities 
and serious injuries per capita  7i7    
,annual determination ,beginning on the 
date of enactment of the ,,safe ,streets
 ,act1 a metropolitan planning          
organization representing an urbanized  
area with a population greater than     
#bjj1jjj shall annually determine the   
number of vulnerable user road          
fatalities and serious injuries per     

capita in such area over the most recent
 #b-year period4  7ii7 ,requirement to  
obligate funds ,if such a metropolitan  
planning area organization determines   
that the number of vulnerable user road 
fatalities and serious injuries per     
capita in such area over the most recent
 #b-year period for which data are      
available exceeds the median number of  
such fatalities and serious injuries    
among all urbanized areas with a        
population of over #bjj1jjj1 then there 
shall be obligated over the #b fiscal   
years following the fiscal year in which
 such determination is made an amount   
that is not less than #ge percent of the
 amount set aside for that urbanized    
area under section #acc7;h77#b7 for     
fiscal year #bjbj for projects          
identified in the program of projects   
described in subsection 7l77#g77;,c74   
7,e7 ,source of funds  7i7 ,metropolitan
 planning organization in ,state        
required to obligate funds ,for a       
metropolitan planning organization in a 

,state required to obligate funds to    
vulnerable user safety under            
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,state shall be  
required to obligate from such amounts  
required to be obligated for vulnerable 
road user safety under subparagraph 7,b7
 for projects described in subsection   
7l77#g74  7ii7 ,other metropolitan      
planning organizations ,for a           
metropolitan planning organization that 
is not located within a ,state required 
to obligate funds to vulnerable user    
safety under subparagraph 7,a71 the     
,state shall be required to obligate    
from amounts apportioned under section  
#ajd7;b77#c7 for projects described in  
subsection 7l77#g74  2 and  7#e7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7l7   
,vulnerable road user safety assessment 
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year
 after date of enactment of the ,,safe  
,streets ,act1 each ,state shall create 
a vulnerable road user safety           
assessment4  7#b7 ,contents ,a          
vulnerable road user safety assessment  

required under paragraph 7#a7 shall     
include-- 7,a7 a description of the     
location within the ,state of each      
vulnerable road user fatality and       
serious injury and the design speed of  
the roadway at any such location2  7,b7 
a description of any corridors          
identified by a ,state1 in coordination 
with local governments1 metropolitan    
planning organizations1 and regional    
transportation planning organizations   
that pose a high risk of a vulnerable   
road user fatality or serious injury and
 the design speeds of such corridors2   
7,c7 a program of projects or strategies
 to reduce safety risks to vulnerable   
road users in corridors identified under
 subparagraph 7,b71 in coordination with
 local governments1 metropolitan        
planning organizations1 and regional    
transportation planning organizations   
that represent a high-risk area         
identified under subparagraph 7,b72 and 
7,d7 include a list of projects within  
the ,state that primarily address the   

safety of vulnerable road users that--  
7i7 have been completed during the #b   
most recent fiscal years prior to date  
of the publication of the vulnerable    
road user safety assessment1 including  
the amount of funding that has been     
dedicated to those projects1 described  
in total amounts and as a percentage of 
total capital expenditures2 and  7ii7   
are planned to be completed during the  
#b fiscal years following the date of   
the publication of the vulnerable road  
user assessment1 including the amount of
 funding that the ,state plans to be    
dedicated to those projects1 described  
in total amounts and as a percentage of 
total capital expenditures4  7#c7       
,analysis ,in creating a vulnerable road
 user safety assessment under this      
subsection1 a ,state shall assess the   
last #e years of available data4  7#d7  
,requirements ,in creating a vulnerable 
road user safety assessment under this  
subsection1 a ,state shall-- 7,a7 take  
into consideration a safe system        

approach2 and  7,b7 coordinate with     
local governments1 metropolitan planning
 organizations1 and regional            
transportation planning organizations   
that represent a high-risk area         
identified under paragraph 7#b77;,b74   
7#e7 ,update ,a ,state shall update a   
vulnerable road user safety assessment  
on the same schedule as the ,state      
updates the ,state strategic highway    
safety plan4  7#f7 ,transportation      
system access ,the program of projects  
developed under paragraph 7#b77;,c7 may 
not degrade transportation system access
 for vulnerable road users4  7#g7       
,metropolitan planning area assessments 
,a metropolitan planning organization   
that represents an urbanized area with a
 population greater than #bjj1jjj shall 
complete a vulnerable user safety       
assessment based on the most recent #e  
years of available data1 unless an      
assessment was completed in the previous
 #e years1 including-- 7,a7 a           
description of the location within the  

urbanized area of each vulnerable road  
user fatality and serious injury and the
 design speed of the roadway at any such
 location2  7,b7 a description of any   
corridors that represent a high-risk    
area identified under paragraph         
7#b77;,b7 that pose a high risk of a    
vulnerable road user fatality or serious
 injury and the design speeds of such   
corridors2 and  7,c7 a program of       
projects or strategies to reduce safety 
risks to vulnerable road users in       
corridors identified under subparagraph 
7,b74  4