Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller (D-WVA) and Surface Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) today introduced, "The Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act of 2009", legislation to establish a strategic, comprehensive national transportation policy. The major goals of the bill are to:
- Reduce national per capita motor vehicle miles traveled on an annual basis;
- Reduce national motor vehicle-related fatalities by 50 percent by 2030;
- Reduce national surface transportation-generated carbon dioxide levels by 40 percent by 2030;
- Reduce national surface transportation delays per capita on an annual basis;
- Increase the percentage of system-critical surface transportation assets that are in a state of good repair by 20 percent by 2030;
- Increase the total usage of public transportation, intercity passenger rail services, and non-motorized transportation on an annual basis;
- Increase the proportion of national freight transportation provided by non-highway or multimodal services by 10 percent by 2020; and
- Reduce passenger and freight transportation delays and congestion at international points of entry on an annual basis.