‘‘(ii) metropolitan planning organiza-
tions that have limited or no successful 
previous experience in performance meas-
urements and performance-based planning 
efforts, which the Secretary shall designate 
as novice grantees. 
‘‘(C) PILOT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(i) TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY 
INVENTORY.—Not later than 6 months 
after selection as a pilot location, and in 
consultation with appropriate States, tran-
sit agencies, and local governments, metro-
politan planning organizations in pilot lo-
cations, the selected metropolitan planning 
organization shall develop an inventory of 
transportation assets within such organiza-
tion’s metropolitan planning area which 
describes— 
‘‘(I) the condition of key high-
way, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian 
facilities; 
‘‘(II) the degree to which these 
facilities provide residents with con-
nections to opportunity; 
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‘‘(III) the identity and location of 
transportation-disadvantaged 
popu-
lations within the planning area; and 
‘‘(IV) 
local 
challenges 
to 
multimodal connectivity, such as zon-
ing or land use issues, availability of 
affordable housing, and physical bar-
riers that obstruct access from resi-
dential areas to opportunity. 
‘‘(ii) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Not 
later than 1 year after selection as a pilot 
location, a metropolitan planning organiza-
tion in such pilot location shall apply the 
baseline data it developed in clause (i) to 
adopt 1 or more provisional measures to 
assess multimodal connectivity improve-
ments in the transportation system, includ-
ing 
measurements 
of 
multimodal 
connectivity improvements available to 
transportation-disadvantaged 
populations 
identified in clause (i)(III) and appropriate 
to local assets and needs. 
‘‘(iii) DATA
COLLECTION
AND
RE-
PORTING.—A metropolitan planning orga-
nization selected as a pilot location shall 
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collect baseline and annual performance 
data 
on 
multimodal 
transportation 
connectivity to opportunity and report 
these data to the Secretary throughout the 
duration of the pilot project. 
‘‘(iv) KNOWLEDGE-SHARING.—A met-
ropolitan planning organization designated 
as a mentor grantee shall engage in knowl-
edge-sharing activities with novice grantees 
to the extent feasible, which may include 
peer exchanges and technical assistance. 
‘‘(v) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(I) 
Notwithstanding 
section 
120, a metropolitan planning organi-
zation may use funds remaining after 
the completion of the transportation 
connectivity inventory, development of 
provisional 
measures, 
and 
related 
tracking activities to pay the non-Fed-
eral share to implement projects with-
in the metropolitan planning area de-
scribed in subclause (II). 
‘‘(II) The projects referred to in 
subclause (I) are projects that are 
reasonably anticipated to address sys-
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tem gaps and improve performance 
according to the locally adopted provi-
sional 
multimodal 
transportation 
connectivity measures. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE DE-
VELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall re-
serve not more than $9,000,000 of the amount au-
thorized for this subsection for the 4-year period be-
ginning in fiscal year 2015 for use on evaluation of 
multimodal connectivity measures developed by met-
ropolitan planning organizations in pilot locations, 
and to consider development of a national indicator 
to measure the multimodal connections to oppor-
tunity provided by the transportation network, in-
cluding the following activities: 
‘‘(A) NATIONAL
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE 
AND PEER EXCHANGE FORUMS.—The Secretary 
shall support the measure development and 
data collection of metropolitan planning organi-
zations in pilot locations through technical as-
sistance and peer exchanges, and through work-
shops with States, transit agencies, and metro-
politan planning organizations to discuss pilot 
program findings, and establish an online col-
laboration center for local jurisdictions to share 
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ideas and challenges, and document lessons 
learned. 
‘‘(B) 
CONNECTION
TO
OPPORTUNITY 
FINAL REPORT.—At the end of the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall issue a final report in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Secretary of the Department of Commerce and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, and after seeking public comment. 
The report shall document the outcomes of the 
pilot program and make recommendations on 
the establishment of 1 or more national 
multimodal connectivity measures, and shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) the results of the efforts of the 
pilot program to measure and improve 
multimodal connectivity; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary’s recommendations 
for 1 or more national connectivity meas-
ures and integrating them into the Federal 
transportation performance management 
framework, in accordance with section 150; 
and 
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‘‘(iii) an assessment of social out-
comes and impacts that may result from 
the pilot measures as well as estimated 
savings to Federal, State, and local social 
service subsidy programs, as well as other 
costs avoided and new tax revenues attrib-
utable to increased connectivity. 
‘‘(C) 
POTENTIAL
RULEMAKING.—After 
publication of the final report under subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary, in consultation with 
State departments of transportation, metropoli-
tan planning organizations, and other stake-
holders, may issue a rulemaking that estab-
lishes performance measures and standards as 
described in section 150(c)(8). 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘opportunity’ means jobs, 
schools, and health care services; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘transportation-disadvan-
taged’ means an individual who faces challenges 
in securing or accessing transportation due to 
age, disability, or income constraints, including 
lack of access to transportation or a private ve-
hicle.’’. 
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(b) TITLE 49.—Section 5303 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting at the end, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(r) MEASURING TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIONS 
TO OPPORTUNITY.— 
‘‘(1) CONNECTION
TO
OPPORTUNITY
PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish a pilot program in not more than 
10 metropolitan planning organizations shall 
develop and deploy 1 or more pilot measures 
and targets to improve multimodal connectivity 
and increase connections for transportation-dis-
advantaged and neighborhoods with limited 
transportation options. 
‘‘(B) PILOT
LOCATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall select not more than 10 metropolitan plan-
ning organizations in not more than 10 loca-
tions, each of which is the sole metropolitan 
planning organization serving an urbanized 
area of more than 1,000,000 residents, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(i) metropolitan planning organiza-
tions that have demonstrated previous suc-
cessful use of performance measurements 
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and performance-based planning efforts, 
which the Secretary shall designate as 
mentor grantees; and 
‘‘(ii) metropolitan planning organiza-
tions that have limited or no successful 
previous experience in performance meas-
urements and performance-based planning 
efforts, which the Secretary shall designate 
as novice grantees. 
‘‘(C) PILOT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(i) TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY 
INVENTORY.—Not later than 6 months 
after selection as a pilot location, and in 
consultation with appropriate States, tran-
sit agencies, and local governments, metro-
politan planning organizations in pilot lo-
cations, the selected metropolitan planning 
organization shall develop an inventory of 
transportation assets within such organiza-
tion’s metropolitan planning area which 
describes— 
‘‘(I) the condition of key high-
way, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian 
facilities; 
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‘‘(II) the degree to which these 
facilities provide residents with con-
nections to opportunity; 
‘‘(III) the identity and location of 
transportation-disadvantaged 
popu-
lations within the planning area; and 
‘‘(IV) 
local 
challenges 
to 
multimodal connectivity, such as zon-
ing or land use issues, availability of 
affordable housing, and physical bar-
riers that obstruct access from resi-
dential areas to opportunity. 
‘‘(ii) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Not 
later than 1 year after selection as a pilot 
location, a metropolitan planning organiza-
tion in such pilot location shall apply the 
baseline data it developed in clause (i) to 
adopt 1 or more provisional measures to 
assess multimodal connectivity improve-
ments in the transportation system, includ-
ing 
measurements 
of 
multimodal 
connectivity improvements available to 
transportation-disadvantaged 
populations 
identified in clause (i)(III) and appropriate 
to local assets and needs. 
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‘‘(iii) DATA
COLLECTION
AND
RE-
PORTING.—A metropolitan planning orga-
nization selected as a pilot location shall 
collect baseline and annual performance 
data 
on 
multimodal 
transportation 
connectivity to opportunity and report 
these data to the Secretary throughout the 
duration of the pilot project. 
‘‘(iv) KNOWLEDGE-SHARING.—A met-
ropolitan planning organization designated 
as a mentor grantee shall engage in knowl-
edge-sharing activities with novice grantees 
to the extent feasible, which may include 
peer exchanges and technical assistance. 
‘‘(v) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(I) 
Notwithstanding 
section 
120, a metropolitan planning organi-
zation may use funds remaining after 
the completion of the transportation 
connectivity inventory, development of 
provisional 
measures, 
and 
related 
tracking activities to pay the non-Fed-
eral share to implement projects with-
in the metropolitan planning area de-
scribed in subclause (II). 
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‘‘(II) The projects referred to in 
subclause (I) are projects that are 
reasonably anticipated to address sys-
tem gaps and improve performance 
according to the locally adopted provi-
sional 
multimodal 
transportation 
connectivity measures. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE DE-
VELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall re-
serve not more than $9,000,000 of the amount au-
thorized for this subsection for the 4-year period be-
ginning in fiscal year 2015 for use on evaluation of 
multimodal connectivity measures developed by met-
ropolitan planning organizations in pilot locations, 
and to consider development of a national indicator 
to measure the multimodal connections to oppor-
tunity provided by the transportation network, in-
cluding the following activities: 
‘‘(A) NATIONAL
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE 
AND PEER EXCHANGE FORUMS.—The Secretary 
shall support the measure development and 
data collection of metropolitan planning organi-
zations in pilot locations through technical as-
sistance and peer exchanges, and through work-
shops with States, transit agencies, and metro-
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politan planning organizations to discuss pilot 
program findings, and establish an online col-
laboration center for local jurisdictions to share 
ideas and challenges, and document lessons 
learned. 
‘‘(B) 
CONNECTION
TO
OPPORTUNITY 
FINAL REPORT.—At the end of the pilot pro-
gram under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
issue a final report in consultation with the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
and after seeking public comment. The report 
shall document the outcomes of the pilot pro-
gram and make recommendations on the estab-
lishment of 1 or more national multimodal 
connectivity measures, and shall include— 
‘‘(i) the results of the efforts of the 
pilot locations to measure and improve 
multimodal connectivity; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary’s recommendations 
for 1 or more national connectivity meas-
ures and integrating them into the Federal 
transportation performance management 
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framework in accordance with section 150; 
and 
‘‘(iii) an assessment of social out-
comes and impact that may result from the 
pilot measures as well as estimated savings 
to Federal, State, and local social service 
subsidy programs, as well as other costs 
avoided and new tax revenues attributable 
to increased connectivity. 
‘‘(C) POTENTIAL RULEMAKING.—Not later 
than 2 years after the publication of the final 
report under subparagraph (B), the Secretary, 
in consultation with State departments of 
transportation, metropolitan planning organiza-
tions, and other stakeholders, may issue a rule-
making that establishes performance measures 
and standards. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘opportunity’ means jobs, 
schools, and health care services; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘transportation-disadvan-
taged’ means an individual who faces challenges 
in securing or accessing transportation due to 
age, disability, or income constraints, including 
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lack of access to transportation or a private ve-
hicle.’’. 
SEC. 5. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DATA SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DATA SUPPORT 
PROGRAM.—Section 150 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT
DATA
SUP-
PORT.—To assist metropolitan planning organizations, 
States, and the Department in carrying out performance 
management analyses, including the performance manage-
ment requirements of this chapter, the Secretary shall cre-
ate and maintain data sets and data analysis tools. Such 
sets and tools may include— 
‘‘(1) collecting and distributing vehicle probe 
data describing traffic on the National Highway 
System; 
‘‘(2) collecting data regarding household travel 
behavior in crossing local jurisdictional boundaries; 
‘‘(3) enhancing existing data collection and 
analysis tools to accommodate performance meas-
ures, targets, and related data; 
‘‘(4) enhancing existing data analysis tools to 
improve performance predictions in reports described 
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in subsection (e) of this section or section 5405 of 
title 49; and 
‘‘(5) developing tools to improve performance 
analysis and evaluate the effects of project invest-
ments on performance.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 120 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DATA SUPPORT 
PROGRAM.—The Federal share payable for an activity de-
veloped under the performance management data support 
program under section 150(f) shall be 100 percent of the 
cost of the activity.’’. 
SEC. 6. MULTIMODAL ACCOMMODATIONS. 
(a) DESIGN STANDARDS.—Section 109 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘may take into ac-
count’’ and inserting ‘‘shall take into ac-
count’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (1)(C) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) access and safety for users of all fore-
seeable modes of transportation.’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘may de-
velop’’ and inserting ‘‘shall develop’’; and 
(2) in subsection (m), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘and light motorcycles’’; and 
(B) inserting ‘‘, safe, convenient, and con-
tinuous’’ before ‘‘alternate route’’. 
(b) TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.— 
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 120 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(m) TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM.— 
The Federal share requirements under this section appli-
cable to the transportation alternatives program under 
section 213 may be met based on— 
‘‘(1) an individual project or activity under that 
section; or 
‘‘(2) a program of projects or activities ap-
proved under subsection (c)(6)(B) of that section.’’. 
(2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 213 of 
such title is amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking 
‘‘of fiscal years 2013 and 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal year’’. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Section 213(c)(4)(B) 
of such title is amended by— 
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(A) redesignating clauses (vi) and (vii) as 
clauses (viii) and (ix); and 
(B) inserting after clause (v) the following: 
‘‘(vi) a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(vii) a metropolitan planning organi-
zation (except in the case of a competitive 
process carried out by such metropolitan 
planning organization under subparagraph 
(A));’’. 
(4) PROGRAM OF PROJECTS.—Section 213(c) of 
such title is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(6) PROGRAM OF PROJECTS.—Funds may be 
obligated under this section for— 
‘‘(A) a project or activity eligible under 
subsection (b); or 
‘‘(B) a program of projects or activities eli-
gible under that subsection. 
‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION
OF
PROJECT
AGREE-
MENT.—For each fiscal year, each State shall 
submit a project agreement that— 
‘‘(i) certifies that the State will meet 
all the requirements of this section; and 
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‘‘(ii) notifies the Secretary of the 
amount of obligations needed to carry out 
the program under this section. 
‘‘(B) REQUEST
FOR
ADJUSTMENTS
OF 
AMOUNTS.—Each State shall request from the 
Secretary such adjustments to the amount of 
obligations referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
as the State determines to be necessary. 
‘‘(C) EFFECT OF APPROVAL BY THE SEC-
RETARY.—Approval by the Secretary of a 
project agreement under subparagraph (A) 
shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the 
United States to pay funds made available 
under this title.’’. 
SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF A BROADBAND INFRASTRUC-
TURE INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
broadband infrastructure initiative to expand right-of-way 
use to accommodate broadband infrastructure and im-
prove broadband access in unserved and underserved 
areas. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall require 
each State to meet the following requirements: 
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(1) 
STATE
BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE 
NEEDS.—Each State department of transportation 
shall— 
(A) identify the broadband infrastructure 
needs of the State in coordination with other 
State and local agencies and the Federal Re-
sponder Network Authority established in sec-
tion 6204 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1424); 
(B) designate a broadband utility coordi-
nator to incorporate such needs into future 
Federal-aid highway projects as described in 
paragraph (2); 
(C) provide an online system for any 
broadband infrastructure entity to register for 
inclusion in efforts to address such needs as de-
scribed in such paragraph; and 
(D) include broadband infrastructure enti-
ties in transportation plans and programs de-
scribed in sections 134 and 135 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(2) BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINA-
TION PLAN.—Each State department of transpor-
tation shall— 
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(A) implement a plan based on the needs 
described in paragraph (1)(A) to promote the 
installation of broadband infrastructure in 
rights-of-way; 
(B) target such installation in unserved 
and underserved areas; 
(C) minimize repeated excavations in 
rights-of-way through coordination described in 
paragraph (1)(B); and 
(D) coordinate, to the extent practicable, 
such deployment with other telecommunications 
and local land use and transportation plans. 
(3) RIGHT-OF-WAY
ACCESS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law— 
(A) Each State department of transpor-
tation shall— 
(i) consider new technology and con-
struction practices to promote the safe and 
efficient accommodation of broadband in-
frastructure in rights-of-way; 
(ii) permit the broadband utility coor-
dinator to authorize any broadband infra-
structure entity to install broadband infra-
structure in rights-of-way; and 
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(iii) ensure that authorized broadband 
infrastructure entities have access to 
rights-of-way without charge for installa-
tion, 
operation, 
and 
maintenance 
of 
broadband infrastructure; and 
(B) each State department of transpor-
tation may— 
(i) restrict such access in the interest 
of safety; and 
(ii) designate any longitudinal area to 
accommodate broadband infrastructure. 
(c) STATE FLEXIBILITY.—A State meeting the re-
quirements under subsection (b) may use funds authorized 
for the surface transportation program under section 133 
of title 23, United States Code, and the national highway 
performance program under section 119 of such title, to 
install broadband infrastructure as part of a Federal-aid 
highway project located in an unserved or underserved 
area, and the broadband infrastructure may be used to 
support nontransportation purposes in addition to trans-
portation purposes. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘broadband infrastructure’’ 
means buried or aerial facilities that provide wired 
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or wireless connections to enable users to send and 
receive data. 
(2) The term ‘‘broadband infrastructure entity’’ 
means any entity that installs, owns, or operates 
broadband infrastructure and provides services to 
members of the public. 
(3) The term ‘‘broadband utility coordinator’’ 
means an individual responsible for coordinating the 
broadband infrastructure needs of the State with 
Federal-aid highway projects. 
(4) The term ‘‘Federal-aid highway’’ has the 
same meaning given such term in section 101(a)(6) 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(5) The term ‘‘longitudinal area’’ means the 
area along the length of a highway. 
(6) The term ‘‘project’’ has the same meaning 
given that term in section 101(a)(18) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(7) The terms ‘‘right-of-way’’ and ‘‘rights-of- 
way’’ mean real property, or interest therein, ac-
quired, dedicated, or reserved for the construction, 
operation, and maintenance of a Federal-aid high-
way. 
(8) The term ‘‘State’’ means any of the States, 
the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of 
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Puerto Rico, that receive funds under title 23, 
United States Code. 
(9) The term ‘‘underserved area’’ means an 
area in which— 
(A) 50 percent or less of households have 
access to the minimum broadband speed; 
(B) no provider offers service speeds of at 
least 3 Mbps; or 
(C) 40 percent or less of the households 
choose to subscribe to a broadband service. 
(10) The term ‘‘unserved area’’ means an area 
that does not have access to broadband services at 
speeds of at least 768 Kbps download/200 Kbps 
upload. 
Æ 
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