HOUSE BILL No. 6403


     September 24, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Kolb and Lipsey and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A bill to establish a pilot program to encourage alternative

   methods of transportation; and to prescribe certain duties of the

   state transportation department.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the

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        "alternative transportation encouragement act".

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             Sec. 2.  The state transportation department shall establish

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        a pilot alternative transportation program that has participating

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        households that live within a 50-mile radius of the city limits

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        of the city of Detroit and an additional pilot alternative trans-

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        portation program that has participating households within a

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        50-mile radius of the city limits of the city of Grand Rapids.

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        The pilot programs shall contain the elements listed in section

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        3.




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             Sec. 3.  The state transportation department shall establish

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        pilot alternative transportation programs that implement all of

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        the following:

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             (a) Each program shall accept as participants no more than

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        20 households that have extra cars, and the selection of partici-

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        pants by the state transportation department shall be final.

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             (b) Each program shall last for 12 weeks.

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             (c) Each participating household shall receive $25.00 for

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        each week that the participating household provides baseline

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        information but does not give up the use of their extra car.

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             (d) Each participating household shall receive $75.00 per

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        week for each week that the household participates in the program

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        and gives up the use of their extra car.

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             (e) Each participating household shall keep a travel diary

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        for the first 2 weeks of the program that gives the state trans-

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        portation department baseline information about the travel habits

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        of the participating household.

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             (f) Each participating household shall agree to park their

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        extra car for the final 10 weeks of the 12-week program.

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             (g) Each participating household shall keep a daily diary of

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        their travel behavior for the final 10 weeks of the program,

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        including an estimate of the cost of that travel behavior.

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             (h) The state transportation department shall determine the

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        required content of the travel diary and shall collect and ana-

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        lyze the results of the pilot program.







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             (i) The state transportation department shall check the

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        odometers of the extra cars after the first 2 weeks of the

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        program and at the conclusion of the program.

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             (j) The state transportation department shall provide each

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        participating household with information about alternative trans-

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        portation in the area.

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             (k) The state transportation department shall do whatever is

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        necessary and proper to implement the pilot alternative transpor-

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        tation programs.

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             Sec. 4.  The state transportation department shall provide

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        the legislature with a report detailing the results of the pilot

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        alternative transportation programs within 6 months of the con-

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        clusion of the pilot alternative transportation programs.

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             Sec. 5.  The pilot alternative transportation programs

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        required under this act shall begin no later than 1 year after

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        the effective date of this act.

























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