HOUSE BILL NO. 5969
September 26, 2024, Introduced by Reps. Steckloff, Arbit, Price and Conlin and referred to the
Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1909 PA 283, entitled
"An act to revise, consolidate, and add to the laws relating to the
establishment, opening, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering,
improvement, maintenance, and use of the public highways and
private roads; the condemnation of property and gravel therefor;
the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; maintaining
public access to waterways under certain conditions; setting and
protecting shade trees, drainage, and cutting weeds and brush
within this state; providing for the election or appointment and
defining the powers, duties, and compensation of state, county,
township, and district highway officials; and to prescribe
penalties and provide remedies,"
by amending section 2 of chapter V (MCL 225.2).
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 CHAPTER V
2 Sec. 2. (1) The state transportation department of state
3 highways and transportation shall administer ridesharing programs
4 in the this state and shall do all of the following:
5 (a) Develop a comprehensive state ridesharing program. The
6 program shall must examine and recommend application of various
7 ridesharing methods, including carpooling, vanpooling, buspooling,
8 park-and-ride lots, and public transportation.
9 (b) Provide technical assistance to local transportation and
10 planning agencies.
11 (c) Develop and maintain computer or manual matching systems
12 for ridesharing programs.
13 (d) Contract with public and private organizations to perform
14 ridesharing matching programs.
15 (e) Develop and undertake ridesharing promotional programs.
16 (f) Coordinate the development of a statewide program of park-
17 and-ride lots.
18 (g) Coordinate and encourage the development of highway
19 facilities which that give preferential treatment to ridesharing
20 vehicles.
21 (h) Develop and manage state ridesharing programs.
22 (i) Work with local transit agencies, where applicable, to
23 prioritize intermodal transfer points at park-and-ride lots.
24 (j) Allow access to park-and-ride lots for transit agencies
25 that seek to use park-and-ride lots as intermodal transfer points,
26 whether or not state transportation department accommodations were
27 provided in the construction of the park-and-ride lot.
28 (2) The legislature shall annually appropriate sufficient
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1 funds to implement this section.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 225.2