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regional performance goals established in the State's |
long-range transportation plan; |
(2) ensure transportation investment decisions emerge |
from an objective and quantifiable technical analysis; |
(3) evaluate the need and financial support necessary |
for maintaining, expanding, and modernizing existing |
transportation infrastructure; |
(4) ensure that all State transportation funds |
invested are directed to support progress toward the |
achievement of performance targets established in the |
State's long-range transportation plan; |
(5) make investment decisions transparent and |
accessible to the public; |
(6) consider emissions and increase infrastructure |
resilience to climate change; and |
(7) reduce disparities in transportation system |
performance experienced by racially marginalized |
communities, low-income to moderate-income consumers, and |
other disadvantaged groups and populations identified |
under the Environmental Justice Act. |
(c) The Department shall develop a risk-based, statewide |
highway system asset management plan in accordance with 23 |
U.S.C. 119 and 23 CFR Part 515 to preserve and improve the |
condition of highway and bridge assets and enhance the |
performance of the system while minimizing the life-cycle |
cost. The asset management plan shall be made publicly |
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available on the Department's website. |
(d) The Department shall develop a needs-based transit |
asset management plan for State-supported public |
transportation assets, including vehicles, facilities, |
equipment, and other infrastructure in accordance with 49 CFR |
Part 625. The goal of the transit asset management plan is to |
preserve and modernize capital transit assets that will |
enhance the performance of the transit system. Federally |
required transit asset management plans developed by the |
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) or service boards, as |
defined in Section 1.03 of the Regional Transportation |
Authority Act, shall become the transportation asset |
management plans for all public transportation assets owned |
and operated by the service boards. The Department's transit |
asset management plan shall be made publicly available on the |
Department's website. The RTA shall be responsible for making |
public transit asset management plans for its service area |
publicly available. |
(e) The Department shall develop a performance-based |
project selection process to prioritize taxpayer investment in |
State-owned transportation assets that add capacity. The goal |
of the process is to select projects through an evaluation |
process. This process shall provide the ability to prioritize |
projects based on geographic regions. The Department shall |
solicit input from localities, metropolitan planning |
organizations, transit authorities, transportation |
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authorities, representatives of labor and private businesses, |
the public, community-based organizations, and other |
stakeholders in its development of the prioritization process |
pursuant to this subsection. |
The selection process shall include a defined public |
process by which candidate projects are evaluated and |
selected. The process shall include both a quantitative |
analysis of the evaluation factors and qualitative review by |
the Department. The Department may apply different weights to |
the performance measures based on regional geography or |
project type. Projects selected as part of the process will be |
considered for inclusion in the State's multi-year |
transportation program and the annual element of the |
multi-year program. Starting April 1, 2022, no new capacity |
project shall be included in the multi-year transportation |
plan or annual element without being evaluated under the |
selection process described in this Section. Existing projects |
in the multi-year highway improvement program may be included |
regardless of the outcome of using the performance-based |
project selection tool. The policies that guide the |
performance-based project selection process shall be derived |
from State and regional long-range transportation plans. The |
Department shall certify that it is making progress toward the |
goals included in the State's long-range transportation plan. |
All plan and program development based on the project |
selection process described in this subsection shall include |
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consideration of regional balance. The selection process shall |
be based on an objective and quantifiable analysis that |
considers, at a minimum, the goals identified in the |
long-range transportation plan and shall: |
(1) consider emissions and increase infrastructure |
resilience due to climate change; and |
(2) reduce disparities in transportation system |
performance experienced by racially marginalized |
communities, low-income to moderate-income consumers, and |
other disadvantaged groups and populations identified |
under the Environmental Justice Act. |
(f) The prioritization process developed under subsection |
(e) may apply only to State jurisdiction projects and not to: |
(1) projects funded by the Congestion Mitigation and |
Air Quality Improvement funds apportioned to the State |
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(4) and State matching funds; |
(2) projects funded by the Highway Safety Improvement |
Program funds apportioned to the State pursuant to 23 |
U.S.C. 104(b)(3) and State matching funds; |
(3) projects funded by the Transportation Alternatives |
funds set-aside pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 133(h) and State |
matching funds; |
(4) projects funded by the National Highway Freight |
Program pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 167 and State matching |
funds; |
(5) funds to be allocated to urban areas based on |
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population under federal law; and |
(6) any new federal program that requires competitive |
selection, distribution to local public agencies, or |
specific eligibility. |
(g) A summary of the project evaluation process, measures, |
program, and scores for all candidate projects shall be |
published on the Department website in a timely manner.
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Section 10. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is |
amended by adding Section 2.39 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 3615/2.39 new) |
Sec. 2.39. Prioritization process for Northeastern |
Illinois transit projects. |
(a) The Authority shall develop a transparent |
prioritization process for Northeastern Illinois transit |
projects receiving State capital funding. The prioritization |
process must consider, at a minimum: (1) access to key |
destinations such as jobs, retail, healthcare, and recreation, |
(2) reliability improvement, (3) capacity needs, (4) safety, |
(5) state of good repair, (6) racial equity and mobility |
justice, and (7) economic development. All State capital |
funding awards shall be made by the Regional Transportation |
Authority in accordance with the prioritization process. An |
appropriate public input process shall be established. The |
Authority shall make a report to the General Assembly each |
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year describing the prioritization process and its use in |
funding awards. |
(b) A summary of the project evaluation process, measures, |
program, and scores or prioritization criteria for all |
candidate projects shall be published on the Authority's |
website in a timely manner. |
(c) Starting April 1, 2022, no project shall be included |
in the 5-year capital program, or amendments to that program, |
without being evaluated under the selection process described |
in this Section.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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