TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 5117. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) In General.— The Secretary shall carry out a transportation technology innovation and demonstration program in accordance with the requirements of this section. (b) Contents of Program.— (1) Motor vehicle safety warning system.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall expand and continue the study authorized by section 358(c) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (23 U.S.C. 401 note; 109 Stat. 625) relating to the development of a motor vehicle safety warning system and shall conduct tests of such system. (B) Grants.— In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary may make grants to State and local governments. (C) Funding.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2000 by section 5001(a)(2) of this Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph. (2) Motor carrier advanced sensor control system.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall conduct research on the deployment of a system of advanced sensors and signal processors in trucks and tractor trailers to determine axle and wheel alignment, monitor collision alarm, check tire pressure and tire balance conditions, measure and detect load distribution in the vehicle, and monitor and adjust automatic braking systems. (B) Funding.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2) 112 STAT. 449of this Act, $700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph. (3) Intelligent transportation infrastructure.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall carry out a pro-gram to advance the deployment of an operational intelligent transportation infrastructure system for the measurement of various transportation system activities to aid in the transportation planning and analysis while making a significant contribution to the ITS program under this title. This program shall be initiated in the 2 largest metropolitan areas in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The program may locate its database at the facility authorized under paragraph (6). (B) Description.— The program under this section shall meet the following objectives: (i) Build an infrastructure of the measurement of various transportation system metrics to aid in planning, analysis, and maintenance of the Department of Transportation, including the buildout, maintenance, and operation of greater than 40 metropolitan area systems with a cost not to exceed $2,000,000 per metropolitan area. For the purposes of this demonstration initiative, a metropolitan area is defined as any area that has a population exceeding 300,000 and that meets several of the criteria established by the Secretary in conjunction with the intelligent vehicle high-way systems corridors program. (ii) Provide private technology commercialization initiatives to generate revenues which will be shared with local departments of transportation. (iii) Collect data primarily through wireless transmission along with some shared wide area networks. (iv) Aggregate data into reports for multipoint data distribution techniques. (v) Utilize an advanced information system designed and monitored by an entity with experience with the Department of Transportation in the design and monitoring of high reliability, mission critical voice and data systems. (C) Eligibility.— In addition to the amounts made available under subparagraph (D), the program authorized under this paragraph shall be eligible for funding under sections 5207 ana 5208 of this Act. (D) Funding.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2)of this Act, $1,700,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph. (E) Federal share.— The Federal share of the cost of a program carried out under this paragraph shall be 80 percent of the cost of such program. (4) Corrosion control and prevention.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall make a grant to conduct a study on the costs and benefits of corrosion control and prevention. The study shall be conducted in conjunction with an interdisciplinary team of experts from the fields of metallurgy, chemistry, economics, and others, as appropriate. Not later than September 30, 2001, the 112 STAT. 450 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study results, together with any recommendations. (B) Funding.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000 by section 5001(a)(1) of this Act, $500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph. (5) Fundamental properties of asphalts and modified asphalts.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall continue to carry out section 6016 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Additional areas of the program under such section shall be asphalt-water interaction studies and asphalt-aggregate thin film behavior studies. (B) Funding.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(1) of this Act, $3,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph. (6) Advanced Traffic Monitoring and Response Center.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall make grants to the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, to establish an advanced traffic monitoring and emergency response center at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The center shall help develop and coordinate traffic monitoring and ITS systems on portions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system and I–81, coordinate emergency response with State and local governments in the Central Pennsylvania Region and conduct research on emergency response and prototype trauma response. (B) Funding.— (i) Eligibility under section 5208.— The center established under this paragraph shall be eligible for funding under section 5208 of this Act. (ii) Allocation.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2) of this Act, $1,667,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph. (7) Transportation economic and land use system.— (A) In general.— The Secretary shall continue development and deployment through the New Jersey Institute of Technology to metropolitan planning organizations of the Transportation Economic and Land Use System. (B) Funding.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(2) of this Act, $1,000,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph. (8) Recycled materials resource center.— (A) Establishment.— The Secretary shall establish at the University of New Hampshire a research program to be known as the “Recycled Materials Resource Center” (referred to in this paragraph as the “Center”). (B) Activities.— (i) In general.— The Center shall— (I) systematically test, evaluate, develop appropriate guidelines for, and demonstrate environmentally acceptable and occupationally 112 STAT. 451safe technologies and techniques for the increased use of traditional and nontraditional recycled and secondary materials in transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance; (II) make information available to State transportation departments, the Federal Highway Administration, the construction industry, and other interested parties to assist in evaluating proposals to use traditional and nontraditional recycled and secondary materials in transportation infrastructure construction; (III) encourage the increased use of traditional and nontraditional recycled and secondary materials by using sound science to analyze thoroughly all potential long-term considerations that affect the physical and environmental performance of the materials; and (IV) work cooperatively with Federal and State officials to reduce the institutional barriers that limit widespread use of traditional and nontraditional recycled and secondary materials and to ensure that such increased use is consistent with the sustained environmental and physical integrity of the infrastructure in which the materials are used. (ii) Sites and projects under actual field conditions.— In carrying out clause (i)(III), the Secretary may authorize the Center to— (I) use test sites and demonstration projects under actual field conditions to develop appropriate performance data; and (II) develop appropriate tests and guidelines to ensure correct use of recycled and secondary materials in transportation infrastructure construction. (C) Review and Evaluation.— (i) In general.— Not less often than every 2 years, the Secretary shall review and evaluate the program carried out by the Center. (ii) Notification of deficiencies.— In carrying out clause (i), if the Secretary determines that the Center is deficient in carrying out subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall notify the Center of each deficiency and recommend specific measures to address the deficiency. (iii) Disqualification.— If, after the end of the 180-day period that begins on the date of notification to the Center under clause (ii), the Secretary determines that the Center has not corrected each deficiency identified under clause (ii), the Secretary may, after notifying the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives of the determination, disqualify the Center from further participation under this section. (D) Funding.— Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 by section 5001(a)(1) 112 STAT. 452of this Act, $1,500,000 per fiscal year shall be available to carry out this paragraph.