HB226: Transportation needs of populations with limited mobility; specific mobility goals to be addressed.

HOUSE BILL NO. 226
Offered January 11, 2006
Prefiled January 3, 2006
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 33.1-23.03:0001, relating to establishment of specific mobility goals for addressing the transportation needs of populations with limited mobility.
Patron-- Jones, D.C.

Referred to Committee on Transportation

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 33.1-23.03:0001 as follows:

§ 33.1-23.03:0001. Goals for addressing transportation needs of populations with limited mobility.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board, in cooperation with other local, regional, or statewide agencies and entities vested with transportation planning responsibilities, shall establish specific mobility goals for addressing the transportation needs of populations with limited mobility, including, but not necessarily limited to, the elderly, persons with disabilities that limit their mobility, persons not served by any form of mass transit, and those who, for whatever reasons, cannot afford motor vehicles or cannot be licensed to drive them. Such goals, once established, shall be considered in the development and implementation of the Statewide Transportation Plan required by § 33.1-23.03.