I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3388 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Strengthening 
Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Challenge Grant 
Program to promote technological innovation in our Nation’s commu-
nities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2019 
Mr. DESAULNIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish the 
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transpor-
tation (SMART) Challenge Grant Program to promote 
technological innovation in our Nation’s communities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Moving and Fostering 
Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act’’ 
or the ‘‘Moving FIRST Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) Beyond Traffic 2045, a comprehensive as-
sessment of the national transportation system re-
cently published by the Department of Transpor-
tation, identified transportation trends that need to 
be proactively addressed, including— 
(A) the population of the United States 
will increase by 70,000,000 during the 30-year 
period ending in 2045; 
(B) emerging megaregions could absorb 75 
percent of the United States population by 
2050; 
(C) freight volume will increase by more 
than 40 percent by 2045; 
(D) Americans are currently stuck in traf-
fic for more than 42 hours each year, on aver-
age; 
(E) the current annual cost of congestion 
in 
delays 
and 
lost 
fuel 
amounts 
to 
$160,000,000,000; 
(F) 96 people die in motor vehicle crashes 
in the United States every day, on average, and 
nearly 6,700 are injured per day; and 
(G) connected vehicles and new crash 
avoidance technology could potentially address 
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81 percent of crashes involving unimpaired 
drivers. 
(2) According to the Department of Transpor-
tation, in 2015— 
(A) traffic crash-related deaths increased 
by more than 7 percent compared to 2014; 
(B) pedestrian fatalities increased by more 
than 9 percent compared to 2014; and 
(C) pedalcyclist fatalities increased by 
more than 12 percent compared to 2014. 
(3) In 2015, the Secretary of Transportation 
created the Smart City Challenge to assist cities in 
addressing the challenges facing our Nation’s trans-
portation system through innovative and creative 
means, utilizing both the public and the private sec-
tors. 
(4) By asking American cities to use emerging 
transportation technologies to address their most 
pressing problems, the Smart City Challenge aimed 
to spark and spread innovation through a mixture of 
collaboration, competition, and experimentation. 
(5) The following outcomes were expected from 
the original Smart City Challenge and are expected 
to result from the SMART grants awarded under 
this Act: 
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(A) Improved safety from the use of ad-
vanced technologies, including connected vehicle 
technologies, to reduce the number of collisions, 
fatalities, and injuries for vehicle occupants and 
nonvehicle occupants. 
(B) 
Enhanced 
mobility 
by 
providing 
realtime traveler information and emerging mo-
bility services to improve personal mobility for 
all citizens including people with lower incomes, 
people with disabilities, and older adults. 
(C) Enhanced ladders of opportunity by— 
(i) providing access to advanced tech-
nology and its benefits for underserved 
areas and residents; 
(ii) increasing connectivity to employ-
ment, education, and other services; and 
(iii) contributing to revitalization by 
incentivized reinvestment in underserved 
communities. 
(D) Reduction in pollution by imple-
menting advanced technologies and policies that 
support a more sustainable and cost-effective 
relationship between transportation and the en-
vironment through more efficient fuel use and 
emissions reductions. 
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