I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1776 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a program to improve 
roadway safety infrastructure in all States to enhance the safety of 
older drivers and pedestrians, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. ALTMIRE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a 
program to improve roadway safety infrastructure in all 
States to enhance the safety of older drivers and pedes-
trians, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Older Driver and Pe-
destrian Safety and Roadway Enhancement Act of 2011’’. 
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TITLE I—ROADWAY SAFETY EN-
HANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR 
OLDER DRIVERS AND PEDES-
TRIANS 
SEC. 101. ROADWAY SAFETY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR 
OLDER DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
of Transportation shall establish and implement a pro-
gram, to be known as the roadway safety enhancement 
program for older drivers and pedestrians, to improve 
roadway safety infrastructure in all States in a manner 
consistent with the recommendations included in the pub-
lication of the Federal Highway Administration entitled 
‘‘Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedes-
trians’’ (FHWA–RD–01–103), dated May 2001 or as sub-
sequently revised and updated pursuant to section 103 (in 
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Handbook’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the roadway safety 
enhancement program for older drivers and pedestrians 
shall be to achieve a significant reduction in roadway fa-
talities and serious injuries among drivers and pedestrians 
65 years of age or older on all public roads. 
(c) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1 of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall apportion the funds made 
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roads in each State in the latest fiscal year 
for which data are available; bears to 
(ii) the total number of fatalities and 
serious injuries among drivers and pedes-
trians 65 years of age or older on the pub-
lic roads in all States in the latest fiscal 
year for which data are available. 
(2) 
MINIMUM
APPORTIONMENT.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), each State shall receive for 
a fiscal year a minimum apportionment of not less 
than one percent of the funds apportioned under 
this subsection for that fiscal year. 
(d) PROJECT ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may obligate funds 
apportioned to the State under subsection (c) for the 
planning, design, and construction of infrastructure- 
related projects that employ safety enhancement rec-
ommendations set forth in the Handbook— 
(A) to improve safety at intersections, 
interchanges, rail grade crossings, and roadway 
segments; 
(B) to make systemic roadway safety im-
provements on public roads; and 
(C) to improve roadway safety on other 
sections or elements of public roads that a 
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State transportation department identifies as 
hazardous for older drivers and pedestrians. 
(2) PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION 
PRIORITIES.—To obligate funds apportioned under 
subsection (c) to carry out this section, a State shall 
have in effect, either in conjunction with a State 
strategic highway safety plan pursuant to section 
148 of title 23, United States Code, or separately, 
appropriate policies and procedures developed by the 
State transportation department to— 
(A) analyze and make effective use of 
State, regional, and local crash and fatality 
data, hospital reports, and other data to docu-
ment traffic-related fatalities and injuries to in-
dividuals 65 years of age or older; 
(B) consult with appropriate State and 
local transportation planning agencies, State 
and local safety agencies and organizations, 
representatives of the roadway infrastructure 
safety industry, and State and local organiza-
tions representing older drivers and pedestrians 
to identify hazardous locations, sections, and 
elements of public roads that constitute a dan-
ger for drivers, vehicle occupants, or pedes-
trians 65 years of age or older; 
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(C) determine the relative severity of haz-
ardous road and highway locations, sections, 
and elements for drivers and pedestrians age 65 
years or older through crash and injury data 
analysis; 
(D) establish priorities for obligating funds 
among potential projects for correction of haz-
ardous road and highway conditions, which 
shall include projects that— 
(i) involve hazardous intersection, 
road, or highway conditions identified in a 
strategic highway safety plan pursuant to 
section 148(c)(1)(D) as exhibiting the 
most severe safety needs; 
(ii) make use of multiple Handbook 
recommendations or the use of a systemic 
program to correct the most serious high-
way safety hazards for drivers or pedes-
trians 65 years of age or older; or 
(iii) are used in conjunction with 
other Federal programs such as the safe 
routes to schools program pursuant to sec-
tion 1404 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 
402 note; 119 Stat. 1228) or such other 
road safety design improvements or fund-
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ing that enhance traffic and pedestrian 
safety for all roadway users; 
(E) establish and implement a schedule of 
roadway infrastructure safety improvement 
projects for hazard correction and hazard pre-
vention; and 
(F) establish an evaluation process to ana-
lyze and assess results achieved by highway 
safety improvement projects carried out in ac-
cordance with procedures and criteria estab-
lished by this section and report annually the 
results of such evaluations to the Secretary. 
(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of a project carried out under this section shall be 90 per-
cent. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the terms 
‘‘public road’’, ‘‘State’’ and ‘‘State transportation depart-
ment’’ have the meaning such terms have in section 101 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account) $500,000,000 to 
carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2016. 
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(2) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
shall be available for obligation and administered in 
the same manner as if such funds were appropriated 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, ex-
cept that such funds shall remain available until ex-
pended and shall not be transferable. 
SEC. 102. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry 
out section 101. 
SEC. 103. REVISION OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGN HANDBOOK 
FOR OLDER DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS. 
The Secretary of Transportation shall take the fol-
lowing actions: 
(1) On or before the date of issuance of regula-
tions under section 102, finalize the revision of the 
Handbook for publication. 
(2) Initiate a review of applicable traffic safety 
research for purposes of incorporating in the Hand-
book appropriate recommendations relating to— 
(A) supplemental lighting at intersections, 
interchanges, rail-grade rail crossings and haz-
ardous sections of roadways, as appropriate, to 
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