SECTION 1. The Massachusetts General Laws are hereby amended by inserting the

 following new chapter:

 An Act to improve pedestrian and vehicular safety.

 1.) The safety of pedestrians, and vehicular traffic, is a serious policy concern.

 Properly marked crosswalks, vehicle lanes, and other markings, help to protect

 pedestrians, vehicles, and improve general public safety. Due to the normal process of

 weathering, and volumes of traffic, the visibility of such markings deteriorates over time, and

 declines in the value of performing, its intended purposes.

 2.) Therefore, this Statute, sets standards, which are to be regularly reviewed, enforced,

 incentivized, and when possible, assisted by the Commonwealth, in keeping these markings to a

 sufficient standard to perform their important role in public safety.

 3.) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, shall establish particular standards,

 that are suitable for safety of all markings, on roadways, streets, and other traffic surfaces.

 The Mass DOT, should be encouraged, to provide modest financial incentives, for all local

 jurisdictions to keep these visual standards, in current, sufficient, and even peak conditions.

 4.) Measurement of Lumens, by devices that measure reflectivity, and/or can be measured

 by light meters, and/or other standards; shall be further researched, and enumerated, in a formal

 listing or document: “Pedestrian and Traffic Markings Safety Maintenance,” to be established

 by regulation; with suitable public input, enforceable on all state, regional, and municipal

 roadways, and traffic surfaces, in the interest of health and safety.

 5.) Roadway, and traffic surfaces, shall be measured, and ordered to be kept at a

 particular level of reflectivity, and visibility, in all areas. All local residents, may notify their

 local DPW offices, and/or the DOT of Massachusetts, when they believe that any of these

 markings, especially pedestrian crosswalks, and busy intersections, have markings that have

 deteriorated below a level, that would be useful in protecting pedestrians, and facilitating safer

 traffic.

 6.) Municipalities may, and should be encouraged to, establish local hotline numbers for

 collecting such complaints, for prompt response.

 7.) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Transportation, shall also

 assess the costs of keeping such markings up to the needed level of safety, and recommend what

 appropriations might be shared by the Commonwealth, in training local municipal staff, to keep

 these markings as needed, to the legal standards.