SEC. 8. RESEARCH, TECHNICAL GUIDANCE, AND IMPLE-
MENTATION ASSISTANCE. 
(a) RESEARCH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
research regarding complete streets to assist States, 
metropolitan planning organizations, and local juris-
dictions in developing, adopting, and implementing 
plans, projects, procedures, policies, and training 
programs that comply with complete streets prin-
ciples. 
(2) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall solicit 
participation in the research program under para-
graph (1) by— 
(A) the American Association of State 
Highway and Transportation Officials; 
(B) the Institute of Transportation Engi-
neers; 
(C) the American Public Transportation 
Association; 
(D) the American Planning Association; 
(E) the National Association of Regional 
Councils; 
(F) the Association of Metropolitan Plan-
ning Organizations; 
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(G) representatives of disability, motoring, 
bicycling, walking, transit user, aging, and air 
quality organizations; and 
(H) other affected communities. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The research under para-
graph (1) shall— 
(A) be based on the applicable statement 
of complete streets research needs of the Trans-
portation Research Board, as described in TR 
Circular E110; and 
(B) seek to develop new areas of inquiry, 
in addition to that statement. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $2,000,000 for each applicable fiscal year to 
carry out this subsection. 
(b) BENCHMARKS AND GUIDANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The research conducted 
under subsection (a) shall be designed to result in 
the establishment of benchmarks and the provision 
of practical guidance on methods of effectively im-
plementing complete streets policies and complete 
streets principles that will accommodate all users 
along a facility or corridor, including vehicles, pedes-
trians, bicyclists, and transit users. 
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(2) FOCUS.—The benchmarks and guidance 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) focus on modifying scoping, design, 
and construction procedures to more effectively 
combine particular methods of use into inte-
grated facilities that meet the needs of each 
method in an appropriate balance; and 
(B) indicate the expected operational and 
safety performance of alternative approaches to 
facility design. 
(c) TECHNICAL GUIDANCE.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall prepare and make available to all States, met-
ropolitan planning organizations, and local jurisdic-
tions a report that describes the best practices by 
which transportation agencies throughout the United 
States have implemented complete streets principles 
in accordance with, or in anticipation of, the require-
ments of this Act. 
(2) TOPICS FOR EMPHASIS.—In preparing the 
report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
place particular emphasis on the following topics: 
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(A) Procedures for identifying the needs of 
users of all ages and abilities of a particular 
roadway. 
(B) Procedures for identifying the types 
and designs of facilities needed to serve each 
class of users. 
(C) Benefits provided by the implementa-
tion of complete streets principles. 
(D) Common barriers to the implementa-
tion of complete streets principles. 
(E) Procedures for overcoming the most 
common barriers to the implementation of com-
plete streets principles. 
(F) Procedures for identifying the costs as-
sociated with the implementation of complete 
streets principles. 
(G) Procedures for maximizing local co-
operation in the introduction and implementa-
tion of complete streets principles. 
(H) Procedures for assessing and modi-
fying the facilities and operational characteris-
tics of existing roadways to improve consistency 
with complete streets principles. 
(d) DATA COLLECTION.—In addition to preparing 
the report under subsection (c), the Secretary shall col-
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laborate with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the 
Federal Transit Administration, and appropriate commit-
tees of the Transportation Research Board— 
(1) to collect data regarding a baseline non-
motorized and transit use survey to be integrated 
into the National Household Travel Survey; and 
(2) to develop a survey tool for use by State de-
partments of transportation in identifying the 
multimodal capacity of State and local roadways. 
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