(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report that— 
(A) describes the guidelines adopted by the 
Administrator supporting on-road transit vehi-
cle accommodation, including guidance on 
issues such as turning radii, lane widths, bus 
lanes, bus stop placement, and transit signal 
priorities; and 
(B) notes whether the Administrator has 
adopted the guide of the American Association 
of State Highway and Transportation Officials 
entitled ‘‘Guide for Geometric Design of Tran-
sit Facilities on Highways and Streets’’ and 
published July 2014, the guide of the National 
Association of City Transportation Officials en-
titled ‘‘Transit Street Design Guide’’ and pub-
lished April 2016, or another transit facility 
guide, and if not, the reasons why not. 
(g) VALUE OF TIME GUIDANCE.—Section 6702(d) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 
(7) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(5) VALUE OF TIME.—In selecting projects to 
receive grants under the program and analyzing the 
benefits and costs of proposed projects, the Sec-
retary shall not consider higher speed limits for mo-
torized vehicles to be a contributor to value of travel 
time benefits for roads that are not freeways or on 
the Interstate System.’’. 
(h) STUDY; REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall— 
(1) carry out a study on the design factors that 
contributed to fatal crashes on a representative sam-
ple of Federal-aid highways, including crashes in-
volving pedestrians and cyclists; and 
(2) submit to the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives a report that includes the results 
of the study under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 5. STATE GUIDANCE. 
(a) TIMELY UPDATES TO STATE GUIDANCE AND 
STANDARDS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, as a condition of the receipt of funds 
under title 23, United States Code, each State shall notify 
the Secretary whether the State has updated the highway 
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design manuals of the State to reflect guidance of the Ad-
ministrator relating to controlling criteria for design of 
lower speed non-freeway roadways. 
(b) SAFETY OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERS.—Section 
150(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), not 
later than’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) HIGHWAY
SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT
PRO-
GRAM.—In establishing performance targets that re-
flect the measures identified in subsection (c)(4), the 
target for vulnerable road user fatalities shall not 
exceed the total number of vulnerable road user fa-
talities for the previous target period in that State.’’. 
SEC. 6. SAFE STREETS FOR ALL COMMUNITIES. 
Section 24112 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 402 note; Public Law 117–58) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) SMALL
COMMUNITY.—The term ‘small 
community’ has the meaning given the term ‘small 
and rural community’ in section 28(a) of the Steven-
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son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3722a(a)).’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) SMALL COMMUNITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount 
made available to carry out the program for 
each fiscal year, not less than 10 percent shall 
be set aside for projects carried out by, or for 
the benefit of, a small community that each 
have— 
‘‘(i) a total estimated cost of less than 
$1,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) an estimated completion date of 
not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—The Secretary may 
develop a modified application process for 
projects described in subparagraph (A) that re-
flects small community capacity and project 
needs. 
‘‘(C) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
selecting 
projects under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall give priority to projects that can dem-
onstrate ineligibility or inability to obtain State 
funding due to the size of the project.’’; 
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(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Federal share’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Federal share’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SMALL COMMUNITIES.—In the case of a 
grant for a project described in subsection (c)(3)(A) 
for which the applicant can demonstrate a funding 
commitment from a State or local entity, the Sec-
retary may increase the Federal share of the cost of 
the project up to 90 percent.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide 
assistance to eligible entities that receive a grant 
under the program in collecting and meaningfully 
using data relating to nonmotorized travelers for 
planning and decisionmaking with respect to a 
project carried out with funds from the grant, par-
ticularly nonmotorized traveler volume data.’’. 
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