Pedestrian and Cyclist Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2568
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bicycles
Bikeways
Child health
Child safety
Commuting
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to transportation
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Health
Health education
Highway finance
Information services
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Labor and Employment
Land use
Lifestyle
Mass rapid transit
Motor vehicle pollution control
Nonprofit organizations
Parking facilities
Parks
Pedestrians
Physical fitness
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public service advertising
Recreation areas
Road construction
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
State officials
Students
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic congestion
Trails
Transportation and the disabled
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Volunteer workers
Walking

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Pedestrian and Cyclist Equity Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish and carry out a transportation and active living program to create, enhance, and promote, through changes in transportation, community design, and architectural policies and programs, community environments that improve opportunities for people to be physically active in their daily lives. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State, local, and regional agencies, including nonprofit organizations, for eligible activities. Authorizes the Secretary to consider initiatives that: (1) adopt community design, land use, and transportation policies to promote active living or remove barriers to physical activity; and (2) implement communications and marketing strategies to promote physical activity.
 
 Requires the Secretary to establish and carry out a safe routes to school program for the benefit of children in primary and middle schools. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to a national nonprofit organization to operate a national safe routes to school clearinghouse; and (2) establish a national safe routes to school task force. Allows amounts apportioned to a State to be used for the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure-related projects (including sidewalk improvements) and for non-infrastructure-related activities (including public awareness campaigns) to encourage walking and bicycling to school.
 
 Requires the Secretary to establish and carry out a non-motorized transportation pilot program, including developing specified statistical information and assessing how changes promote livable community concepts, decreased traffic and energy usage, a cleaner environment, and healthier lifestyles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House