S. 1629 117th Congress Senate

COMMUTE Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program to develop and provide to States and transportation planning organizations acces… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program to develop and provide to States and transportation planning organizations accessibility data sets, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 13, 2021 Introduced by: Tammy Baldwin Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

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Poverty and welfare assistancePublic transitRegional and metropolitan planningRural conditions and developmentTransportation programs funding

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May 13, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

May 13, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action May 13, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Connecting Opportunities through Mobility Metrics and Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies Act or the COMMUTE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish an accessibility data pilot program.

The purpose of the pilot program is to develop or procure an accessibility data set and make such data available for states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning by

measuring the level of access to important destinations such as jobs, health care facilities, child care services, educational and workforce training facilities, affordable housing, and food sources;
disaggregating the level of access by multiple transportation modes by a variety of population categories, including minority populations;
assessing the change in accessibility that would result from new transportation investments; and
providing data necessary to prioritize transportation investments that will improve access by all modes of travel.