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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3788 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to develop performance measures 

for assessing transportation connectivity and accessibility for highway 

and public transportation systems, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 21, 2015 

Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to develop performance measures for assessing transportation connectivity 

and accessibility for highway and public transportation 

systems, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mobility, Opportunity, 

5 and Vocation Enabling Act’’ or the ‘‘MOVE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES 

2 FOR TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY. 

3 (a) CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY PERFORM4 ANCE MEASURES.—Section 150 of title 23, United States 

5 Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (c) by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(7) MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION

9 CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 years 

11 after the date of enactment of the Mobility, Op12 portunity, and Vocation Enabling Act, the Sec13 retary shall issue such regulations as are nec14 essary to establish performance measures relat15 ing to transportation connectivity and accessi16 bility for States and metropolitan planning or17 ganizations to use to assess the connectivity 

18 and accessibility of roadways, public transit in19 frastructure, pedestrian and bikeway infrastruc20 ture, and other transportation infrastructure. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONTENT.—The performance meas22 ures required under subparagraph (A) shall in23 clude measures to assess— 

24 ‘‘(i) with respect to the general popu25 lation serviced by a transportation sys26 tem— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the change in cumulative ac2 cess to employment opportunities; 

3 ‘‘(II) multimodal choice and en4 hanced interconnections among modes 

5 to— 

6 ‘‘(aa) offer variety of choice 

7 between and among modes; 

8 ‘‘(bb) provide accessible and 

9 reliable transportation for all 

10 users; and 

11 ‘‘(cc) encourage travel de12 mand management; and 

13 ‘‘(III) such other areas the Sec14 retary considers appropriate; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) with respect to disadvantaged 

16 populations serviced by a transportation 

17 system— 

18 ‘‘(I) transportation accessibility 

19 for disadvantaged populations; 

20 ‘‘(II) change in cumulative job 

21 accessibility for disadvantaged popu22 lations; and 

23 ‘‘(III) such other areas the Sec24 retary considers appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘(C) DISADVANTAGED POPULATION DE2 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘disadvan3 taged population’ means a low-income or minor4 ity population, or people with disabilities, as de5 termined by the Secretary.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘(6), and (7)’’. 

8 (b) TITLE 23 METROPOLITAN PLANNING COORDINA9 TION.—Section 134(h)(2)(B) of title 23, United States 

10 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(iii) MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION

12 ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCE TARGETS.— 

13 Selection of performance targets by a met14 ropolitan planning organization shall be co15 ordinated, to the maximum extent prac16 ticable, with the relevant State and pro17 viders of public transportation to ensure 

18 consistency with section 150(c)(7).’’. 

19 (c) TITLE 49 METROPOLITAN PLANNING COORDINA20 TION.—Section 5303(h)(2)(B) of title 49, United States 

21 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(iii) MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION

23 ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCE TARGETS.— 

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1 ordinated, to the maximum extent prac2 ticable, with the relevant State and pro3 viders of public transportation to ensure 

4 consistency with section 150(c)(7) of title 

5 23.’’. 

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