Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1467
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-05-22
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Transportation

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Motor vehicles

Pedestrians and bicycling

Roads and highways

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Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015</strong></p> <p> This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a final rule that: (1) establishes standards for the hood and bumper areas of motor vehicles, including passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less, in order to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities suffered by pedestrians who are struck by such vehicles; and (2) considers the protection of vulnerable pedestrian populations, including children and older adults.</p> <p>The bill amends federal-aid highway provisions to include: (1) pedestrian hybrid beacons and roadway improvements that provide separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles, including pedestrian sidewalks and crossing islands, among projects for which the federal share payable is 100%; and (2) safety public awareness campaigns within the definition of &quot;highway safety improvement project.&quot;</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1467 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2015 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , and Mr. Schatz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish new standards for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015 . 2. Motor vehicle pedestrian protection (a) Rulemaking Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, through the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall issue a final rule that— (1) establishes standards for the hood and bumper areas of motor vehicles, including passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less, in order to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities suffered by pedestrians who are struck by such vehicles; and (2) considers the protection of vulnerable pedestrian populations, including children and older adults. 3. Pedestrian safety roadway improvements Section 120(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting including pedestrian hybrid beacons, after traffic control signalization, ; and (2) by inserting roadway improvements that provide separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles, including pedestrian sidewalks and crossing islands, after safety rest areas, . 4. Inclusion of safety public awareness campaigns in highway safety improvement projects Section 148(a)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (xxv) Safety public awareness campaigns. .