Below are Talking Points For 2023 Legislation
HB87 Traffic Lanes, Congestion, Funding
- TECM projects are those where ITD is designing roads to function as regional facilities to move large numbers of vehicles relatively long distances. Local streets and non-motorized facilities, if they are built, can then be used for short trips so that local traffic will not add to the burden on the regional facility.
- Providing for non-motorized transportation modes helps to reduce congestion and improve safety on local, motorized routes.
- Designing a system where people are able to travel without a motor vehicle is a valuable move to mitigate congestion.
SB1081 Restricted Driver’s License
- The bill would increase safety on Idaho roads by ensuring that drivers are trained, tested, licensed, and insured.
- It would allow undocumented Idahoans the opportunity to drive without worrying about arrest, detention, or deportation.
- All Idahoans should have the right to drive without fear.
HB263 Single Countywide Highway Districts
- HB263 makes ACHD elections partisan. Not only would the positions become partisan, but the new districts would be drawn by partisan positions. We need Commissioners to support, design and build safe roads and bike paths to get to work and safe sidewalks for our children to walk to school, not whether they are Republicans or Democrats.
- It ends current Commissioners’ terms early. The voters chose the current Commissioners to serve out their terms. It should not be the role of the Idaho Legislature to step in and undo those votes.
- Keep ACHD Out of Partisan Politics
Legislation like HB263 is not how the government should operate. Our local, duly elected representatives should be allowed to implement community solutions that their constituents voted for using the standards current law allows.
HB184 – Congestion Mitigation Definition
- The amount of funding associated with cyclists and pedestrians (non-motorized users) represents a very small fraction of the total cost of a given project and the benefits extend beyond non-motorized users who also generally share the cost of the improvements.
- Most (over 98%) cyclists and pedestrians also own motor vehicles. Those who don’t own a motor vehicle generally don’t own them for economic reasons and they deserve our support so that they have safe transportation facilities that allow them to go to work or school and improve their situation.
- Safe facilities provided for non-motorized users are necessary to avoid costs associated with the deaths or injuries of users who walk or ride bikes and are hit by motorists.
- Providing for non-motorized transportation modes helps to reduce congestion and improve safety on motorized routes.
HB237 – Local Highway and Bridge Funding
- The amount of funding associated with cyclists and pedestrians (non-motorized users) represents a very small fraction of the total cost of a given project and the benefits extend beyond non-motorized users who also generally share the cost of the improvements.
- Most (over 98%) cyclists and pedestrians also own motor vehicles. Those who don’t own a motor vehicle generally don’t own them for economic reasons and they deserve our support so that they have safe transportation facilities that allow them to go to work or school and improve their situation.
- Safe facilities provided for non-motorized users are necessary to avoid costs associated with the deaths or injuries of users who walk or ride bikes and are hit by motorists.
- Providing for non-motorized transportation modes helps to reduce congestion and improve safety on motorized routes.
- Ad valorem revenues are equivalent to property tax which every citizen pays into and should be used for a transportation system that works for all users.