November 14, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Kolb and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
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:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"alternative transportation encouragement act".
Sec. 2. The state transportation department shall establish a
pilot alternative transportation program that has participating
households that live within a 50-mile radius of the city limits of
the city of Detroit and an additional pilot alternative
transportation program that has participating households within a
50-mile radius of the city limits of the city of Grand Rapids. The
pilot programs shall contain the elements listed in section 3.
Sec. 3. The state transportation department shall establish
pilot alternative transportation programs that implement all of the
following:
(a) Each program shall accept as participants no more than 20
households that have extra cars, and the selection of participants
by the state transportation department shall be final.
(b) Each program shall last for 12 weeks.
(c) Each participating household shall receive $25.00 for each
week that the participating household provides baseline information
but does not give up the use of their extra car.
(d) Each participating household shall receive $75.00 per week
for each week that the household participates in the program and
gives up the use of their extra car.
(e) Each participating household shall keep a travel diary for
the first 2 weeks of the program that gives the state
transportation department baseline information about the travel
habits of the participating household.
(f) Each participating household shall agree to park their
extra car for the final 10 weeks of the 12-week program.
(g) Each participating household shall keep a daily diary of
their travel behavior for the final 10 weeks of the program,
including an estimate of the cost of that travel behavior.
(h) The state transportation department shall determine the
required content of the travel diary and shall collect and analyze
the results of the pilot program.
(i) The state transportation department shall check the
odometers of the extra cars after the first 2 weeks of the program
and at the conclusion of the program.
(j) The state transportation department shall provide each
participating household with information about alternative
transportation in the area.
(k) The state transportation department shall do whatever is
necessary and proper to implement the pilot alternative
transportation programs.
Sec. 4. The state transportation department shall provide the
legislature with a report detailing the results of the pilot
alternative transportation programs within 6 months of the
conclusion of the pilot alternative transportation programs.
Sec. 5. The pilot alternative transportation programs required
under this act shall begin no later than 1 year after the effective
date of this act.