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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| 5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||
| 6 | Section 2705-211 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-211 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2705-211. Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the Secretary of | ||||||
| 10 | Transportation shall establish and convene the Zero Traffic | ||||||
| 11 | Fatalities Task Force to develop a structured, coordinated | ||||||
| 12 | process for early engagement of all parties to develop | ||||||
| 13 | policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) The Task Force shall include, but is not limited to, | ||||||
| 15 | representatives from the Illinois State Police, | ||||||
| 16 | State-supported institutions of higher learning, the | ||||||
| 17 | Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Health, | ||||||
| 18 | the Secretary of State, motorcycle safety organizations, local | ||||||
| 19 | governments, bicycle safety organizations, statewide motorist | ||||||
| 20 | service membership organizations, transportation advocacy | ||||||
| 21 | organizations, and labor organizations. | ||||||
| 22 | (c) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and | ||||||
| 23 | submit a report of findings based on the Zero Traffic | ||||||
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| 1 | Fatalities Task Force's efforts to the General Assembly on or | ||||||
| 2 | before January 1, 2025.
The report shall include, but is not | ||||||
| 3 | limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) The existing process for establishing speed | ||||||
| 5 | limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed | ||||||
| 6 | limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile. | ||||||
| 7 | (2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local | ||||||
| 8 | streets and roads. | ||||||
| 9 | (3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to | ||||||
| 10 | the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining | ||||||
| 11 | speed limits should be considered, and if so, what | ||||||
| 12 | alternatives should be looked at. | ||||||
| 13 | (4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase | ||||||
| 14 | vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety. | ||||||
| 15 | (5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate | ||||||
| 16 | vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road. | ||||||
| 17 | (6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the | ||||||
| 18 | 85th percentile at the local, State, national, and | ||||||
| 19 | international levels. | ||||||
| 20 | (7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural | ||||||
| 21 | settings. | ||||||
| 22 | (8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the | ||||||
| 23 | 85th percentile. | ||||||
| 24 | (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2026.
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 26 | becoming law. | ||||||