PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS TO IMPROVE FREIGHT MOVEMENT.

SEC. 1116. PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS TO IMPROVE FREIGHT MOVEMENT.(a) In General.—Notwithstanding section 120 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary may increase the Federal share payable for any project to 95 percent for projects on the Interstate System and 90 percent for any other project if the Secretary certifies that the project meets the requirements of this section.(b) Increased Funding.—To be eligible for the increased Federal funding share under this section, a project shall—(1) demonstrate the improvement made by the project to the efficient movement of freight, including making progress towards meeting performance targets for freight movement established under section 150(d) of title 23, United States Code; and(2) be identified in a State freight plan developed pursuant to section 1118.(c) Eligible Projects.—Eligible projects to improve the movement of freight under this section may include, but are not limited to—(1) construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and operational improvements directly relating to improving freight movement;(2) intelligent transportation systems and other technology to improve the flow of freight;(3) efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of freight movement on the primary freight network;(4) railway-highway grade separation;(5) geometric improvements to interchanges and ramps.(6) truck-only lanes;(7) climbing and runaway truck lanes;(8) truck parking facilities eligible for funding under section 1401;(9) real-time traffic, truck parking, roadway condition, and multimodal transportation information systems;(10) improvements to freight intermodal connectors; and(11) improvements to truck bottlenecks.