,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bh1     
#bjba,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself and ,mr4 
,casey7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,administrator of the ,national     
,highway ,traffic ,safety               
,administration and the ,administrator  
of the ,federal ,highway ,administration
 to implement certain recommendations of
 the ,national ,transportation ,safety  
,board relating to pedestrian safety1   
bicyclist safety1 and speeding-related  
crashes involving passenger vehicles1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,vulnerable ,road ,users ,safety ,act4  
#b4 ,definition of micromobility vehicle
  7a7 ,in general ,in this ,act1 the    
term micromobility vehicle means a      
vehicle that-- 7#a7 weighs not more than
 #aej pounds2 and  7#b7 is designed     

primarily-- 7,a7 for human transport2   
and  7,b7 to be used-- 7i7 on paved     
roadways2 or  7ii7 if the vehicle weighs
 #ajj pounds or less1 on paths4  7b7    
,exclusion ,in this ,act1 the term      
micromobility vehicle does not include a
 manned or unmanned passenger vehicle4  
#c4 ,pedestrian safety  7a7 ,pedestrian 
safety measures  7#a7 ,purpose ,the     
purpose of this subsection is to direct 
the ,administrator of the ,national     
,highway ,traffic ,safety               
,administration and the ,administrator  
of the ,federal ,highway ,administration
 to implement certain recommendations in
 the ,special ,investigation ,report of 
the ,national ,transportation ,safety   
,board on pedestrian safety1 adopted on 
,september #be1 #bjah4  7#b7 ,definition
 of automated pedestrian safety system  
,in this subsection1 the term automated 
pedestrian safety system means a        
vehicle-based pedestrian- and           
bicyclist-detection system that alerts  
drivers of potential vehicle-pedestrian 

or vehicle-cyclist crashes and applies  
automatic emergency braking to prevent  
such crashes4  7#c7 ,,nhtsa ,the        
,secretary of ,transportation1 acting   
through the ,administrator of the       
,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety     
,administration1 shall-- 7,a7 not later 
than #b years after the date of         
enactment of this ,act-- 7i7 revise     
section #ega4ajh of title #di1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations 7relating to      
,federal ,motor ,vehicle ,safety        
,standard ,number #ajh7 7or successor   
regulations7-- 7,i7 to include          
performance-based standards for vehicle 
headlamp systems-- 7aa7 to ensure that  
headlamps are correctly aimed on the    
road2 and  7bb7 requiring those systems 
to be tested on-vehicle to account for  
headlamp height and lighting            
performance2 and  7,,ii7 to allow the   
use of adaptive headlamp systems2  7ii7 
issue a final rule to establish minimum 
performance standards for adaptive      
driving beam headlamp systems2 and      

7iii7 issue a final rule that-- 7,i7    
establishes standards for the hood and  
bumper areas of motor vehicles1         
including passenger cars1 multipurpose  
passenger vehicles1 trucks1 and buses   
with a gross vehicle weight rating of   
#aj1jjj pounds or less1 to reduce the   
number of injuries and fatalities       
suffered by pedestrians1 bicyclists1 and
 users of micromobility vehicles who are
 struck by those motor vehicles2 and    
7,,ii7 considers the protection of      
vulnerable pedestrian populations1      
including individuals with disabilities1
 children1 and older adults2 and  7,b7  
not later than #a year after the date of
 enactment of this ,act-- 7i7 develop   
performance test criteria for use by    
manufacturers in evaluating the extent  
to which automated pedestrian safety    
systems in light vehicles prevent or    
mitigate pedestrian injury2  7ii7 issue 
a final decision notice that-- 7,i7     
incorporates automated pedestrian safety
 systems1 including pedestrian automatic

 emergency braking systems and other    
passive safety systems1 into the ,new   
,car ,assessment ,program of the        
,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety     
,administration2 and  7,,ii7            
establishes-- 7aa7 a minimum performance
 standard for automated pedestrian      
safety systems in accordance with the   
changes to the ,new ,car ,assessment    
,program described in subclause 7,i72   
and  7bb7 a compliance date with respect
 to those changes2  7iii7 establish a   
detailed crash data set that covers all 
pedestrian1 bicyclist1 and micromobility
 vehicle user events and represents the 
current and complete range of crash     
types1 including nonfatal injury        
crashes1 disaggregated by demographic   
characteristics1 including race1 age1   
disability1 status1 and sex of the      
victims-- 7,i7 for analysis by ,states  
and units of local government2 and      
7,,ii7 to model and simulate pedestrian 
collision avoidance systems2  7iv7      
establish methods that ,states and      

metropolitan planning organizations 7as 
defined in section #acd of title #bc1   
,united ,states ,code7 may use-- 7,i7 to
 collect pedestrian1 bicyclist1 and     
micromobility vehicle user event data2  
and  7,,ii7 to define a common framework
 that allows that data to be combined2  
and  7v7 coordinate with the ,director  
of the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention to develop and implement
 a plan for ,states to combine highway  
crash data and injury health data to    
produce a national database of          
pedestrian injuries and fatalities1     
disaggregated by demographic            
characteristics1 including race1 age1   
disability status1 and sex of the       
victims4  7#d7 ,federal ,highway        
,administration ,not later than #ah     
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,administrator of the    
,federal ,highway ,administration shall 
develop standard definitions and        
establish methods that ,states1         
metropolitan planning organizations 7as 

defined in section #acd of title #bc1   
,united ,states ,code71 ,federal land   
management agencies1 and ,tribal        
governments that receive funding under  
the tribal transportation program under 
section #bjb of title #bc1 ,united      
,states ,code1 shall use to annually    
collect and publish pedestrian exposure 
data that includes-- 7,a7 the percentage
 of pedestrian fatalities that occurred1
 by ,state1 on roadways in each ,state  
that are owned and operated by the      
,state1 a ,federal land management      
agency1 or a ,tribal government that    
receives funding under the tribal       
transportation program under section    
#bjb of title #bc1 ,united ,states      
,code1 as compared to locally-owned and 
operated roadways in the ,state2  7,b7  
the owner and operator of the roadway   
where each pedestrian fatality described
 in subparagraph 7,a7 occurred2  7,c7   
the design speed1 target speed 7where   
available71 and operating speed of the  
roadway where each pedestrian fatality  

described in subparagraph 7,a7 occurred2
  7,d7 each of the performance          
measures-- 7i7 described in section     
#dij4bjg of title #bc1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations 7or successor             
regulations72 and  7ii7 not described in
 any of subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c72
  7,e7 7i7 the number of fatalities 7as 
defined in section #dij4bje of title    
#bc1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or 
successor regulations77 in which the    
person suffering fatal injuries was     
using a bicycle or micromobility vehicle
 at the time of the motor vehicle crash2
 and  7ii7 a description of the bicycle 
or micromobility vehicle2 and  7,f7 7i7 
the number of serious injuries 7as      
defined in section #dij4bje of title    
#bc1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or 
successor regulations77 in which the    
person suffering a serious injury was   
using a bicycle or micromobility vehicle
 at the time of the motor vehicle crash2
 and  7ii7 a description of the bicycle 
or micromobility vehicle4  7#e7 ,special

 rules ,section #adh7;g7 of title #bc1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,pedestrians1 bicyclists1 and users of  
micromobility vehicles  7,a7 ,definition
 of micromobility vehicle ,in this      
paragraph1 the term micromobility       
vehicle has the meaning given the term  
in section #b of the ,vulnerable ,road  
,users ,safety ,act4  7,b7 ,rule ,if the
 rate of fatalities or serious injuries 
for any of pedestrians1 bicyclists1 and 
users of micromobility vehicles in a    
,state increases during the most recent 
#b-year period for which data are       
available1 that ,state shall be         
required-- 7i7 to include in the        
subsequent ,state strategic highway     
safety plan of the ,state strategies to 
decrease those rates2 and  7ii7 to      
prioritize the implementation of any    
recommendations of the ,national        
,transportation ,safety ,board4  7,c7   
,application ,nothing in this paragraph 
requires the ,administrator of the      

,federal ,highway ,administration to    
revise the definition of the term       
non-motorized serious injuries in       
section #dij4bje of title #bc1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations 7or successor     
regulations74  4  7b7 ,speeding-,related
 crashes involving passenger vehicles   
7#a7 ,purpose ,the purpose of this      
subsection is to direct the             
,administrator of the ,federal ,highway 
,administration to implement1 for       
roadways that are legally allowed to be 
used by or are likely to be used by     
pedestrians1 cyclists1 and other        
vulnerable road users1 certain          
recommendations in the report of the    
,national ,transportation ,safety ,board
 on reducing speeding-related crashes   
involving passenger vehicles1 adopted on
 ,july #be1 #bjag4  7#b7 ,federal       
,highway ,administration ,not later than
 #ah months after the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,administrator of the 
,federal ,highway ,administration shall 
revise the speed limits section of the  

,manual on ,uniform ,traffic ,control   
,devices-- 7,a7 to require the factors  
currently listed as optional for all    
engineering studies2  7,b7 to require   
that an expert system such as           
,,uslimits#b be used as a validation    
tool2  7,c7 to remove the guidance that 
speed limits in speed zones should be   
within #e mph of the #heth percentile   
speed2 and  7,d7 at a minimum1 to       
incorporate relevant aspects of the safe
 system approach for urban roads to     
strengthen protection for vulnerable    
road users4  #d4 ,bicyclist safety  7a7 
,purpose ,the purpose of this section is
 to enhance the safety of bicyclists and
 other vulnerable road users by         
requiring the ,administrator of the     
,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety     
,administration1 the ,administrator of  
the ,federal ,highway ,administration1  
and the ,intelligent ,transportation    
,systems ,joint ,program ,office of the 
,department of ,transportation to       
implement certain recommendations of the

 ,national ,transportation ,safety      
,board identified in the ,safety        
,research ,report entitled ,bicyclist   
,safety on ,,us ,roadways3 ,crash ,risks
 and ,countermeasures1 adopted on       
,november #e1 #bjai4  7b7 ,national     
,highway ,traffic ,safety               
,administration ,not later than #b years
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,secretary of ,transportation1
 acting through the ,administrator of   
the ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety 
,administration 7referred to in this    
subsection as the ,secretary71 shall--  
7#a7 7,a7 develop minimum performance   
standards for connected vehicle         
technology for all light vehicles and   
vehicles with a gross vehicle weight    
rating of not more than #bf1jjj pounds2 
7,b7 on development of the standards    
described in subparagraph 7,a71 require 
connected vehicle technology to be      
installed on all newly manufactured     
highway vehicles beginning with the     
first model year that begins not less   

than #b years after the effective date  
of the final rule establishing the      
minimum performance standards2 and  7,c7
 complete all rulemaking relating to    
connected vehicle technology that is in 
progress as of the date of enactment of 
this ,act2  7#b7 require that newly     
manufactured truck tractors with a gross
 vehicle weight rating of more than     
#bf1jjj pounds be equipped with a blind 
spot warning system to improve the      
ability of the driver of a              
tractor-trailer to detect-- 7,a7        
passenger vehicles2 and  7,b7 vulnerable
 road users1 including pedestrians1     
bicyclists1 users of micromobility      
vehicles1 and motorcyclists2  7#c7      
incorporate into the ,new ,car          
,assessment ,program of the ,national   
,highway ,traffic ,safety               
,administration tests to evaluate the   
ability of a new car to avoid crashes   
with bicyclists1 users of micromobility 
vehicles1 and pedestrians2  7#d7 expand 
the #e-star rating system of the ,new   

,car ,assessment ,program of the        
,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety     
,administration to include a scale that 
rates the performance of forward        
collision avoidance systems2  7#e7 issue
 a final decision notice incorporating  
pedestrian1 bicyclist1 and micromobility
 vehicle user safety systems1 including 
pedestrian1 bicyclist1 and micromobility
 vehicle user automatic emergency       
braking systems and other passive safety
 systems1 into the ,new ,car ,assessment
 ,program of the ,national ,highway     
,traffic ,safety ,administration2 and   
7#f7 complete the development of        
performance standards for visibility    
enhancement systems-- 7,a7 to ensure    
that those systems improve driver       
visibility in blind spots2 and  7,b7 to 
improve the ability of the driver of a  
single unit truck with a gross vehicle  
weight rating of more than #aj1jjj      
pounds to detect vulnerable road users1 
including pedestrians1 bicyclists1 users
 of micromobility vehicles1 and         

motorcyclists1 in the proximity of the  
truck4  7c7 ,federal ,highway           
,administration ,not later than #ah     
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,administrator of the    
,federal ,highway ,administration       
shall-- 7#a7 7,a7 complete the          
development of methods to combine       
automated and traditional count with    
innovative bicycle-counting approaches  
that capture bicycling activity data    
generated by bicyclists and bike share  
operations2 and  7,b7 provide           
information about those methods to      
,state departments of transportation2   
7#b7 update the list of proven safety   
countermeasures published by the        
,federal ,highway ,administration to    
include separated bike lanes and        
multi-use trails2 and  7#c7 include     
separated bike lanes and multi-use      
trails as innovations in the ,every ,day
 ,counts initiative under section #addd 
of the ,,fast ,act 7#bc ,u4,s4,c4 #aja  
note2 ,public ,law #aad-id74  7d7       

,safety considerations in planning and  
design ,section #bag7;g77#b7 of title   
#bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended1 
in the second sentence1 by inserting 1  
separated bicycle lanes and multi-use   
trails1 and intersection safety         
treatments after street crossings4  7e7 
,intelligent transportation systems     
joint program office  7#a7 ,in general  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,intelligent ,transportation ,systems   
,joint ,program ,office of the          
,department of ,transportation1 in      
collaboration with the ,administrator of
 the ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety
 ,administration and the ,administrator 
of the ,federal ,highway                
,administration1 shall expand           
vehicle-to-pedestrian research efforts  
to ensure that bicyclists and other     
vulnerable road users will be           
incorporated into the safe deployment of
 connected vehicle systems4  7#b7       
,report ,not later than #cj months after

 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,intelligent ,transportation ,systems  
,joint ,program ,office of the          
,department of ,transportation1 in      
collaboration with the ,administrator of
 the ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety
 ,administration and the ,administrator 
of the ,federal ,highway                
,administration1 shall submit to        
,congress and make publicly available a 
report on the findings of the research  
efforts described in paragraph 7#a74