Second Regular Session S.B. 1184
PROPOSED
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1184
(Reference to printed bill)
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"Section 1. Title 28, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-340, to read:
28-340. Department prohibitions; public resources
A. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not spend public resources to reduce existing lane miles on a highway or state highway.
Sec. 2. Section 28-501, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-501. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: ,
1. "Accessibility" means with consideration for individuals who have physical disabilities or who are elderly.
2. "Air quality" means the standards required by 42 united states code sections 7401 through 7438.
3. "Congestion reduction" means alleviating recurrent travel impediments that diminish free flow speeds.
4. "Connectivity" means numerous direct and indirect linkages in the system that maximize the flow of passenger and freight travel.
5. "Cost-effectiveness" means the gains in mobility relative to the financial subsidization to plan, construct, operate and maintain a project or service.
6. "Division" means the transportation planning division established by section 28-332, subsection C.
7. "Economic benefits" means all of the net gains that can be quantified in monetary terms.
8. "Environmental impacts" means changes to the natural and constructed environment resulting from a project.
9. "Integration" means a seamless combination of different transportation modes that preserves the capacity of the highway system and major arterial roadways.
10. "Mobility" means the ability to move freely, easily and efficiently.
11. "Operational efficiency" means optimizing resource allocation for maximizing the performance criteria relative to cost-effectiveness.
12. "Project readiness" means the fewest impediments present to implement a project.
13. "safety improvements" means projects that are proven to reduce the number of fatalities or serious injuries based on an analysis of crash data.
14. "System preservation" means the recurring maintenance of the federal highway system."
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