Amendment ID: S2989-13

Amendment 13

Learning Lessons from Other Jurisdictions

Mr. Keenan moves that the proposed new text be amended by striking in its entirety Section 18, subsection (c), and replacing it with the following subsection:- "(c) For roadway and congestion pricing, the commission shall: (i) identify and analyze physical, technological, legal and other issues or requirements related to roadway pricing in the  commonwealth; (ii) propose detailed specifications and regionally-equitable locations for toll gantries and other equipment necessary to assess and collect tolls; (iii) advise the Massachusetts Department of Transportation on roadway pricing scenarios under the federal Value Pricing Pilot Program; (iv) provide estimates of annual operation and maintenance costs; (v) provide estimates of annual revenue with consideration of declining motor vehicle fuel excise revenue due to vehicle electrification; (vi) provide traffic forecasts, including forecasts of traffic diversion impacts; (vii) provide a regional and social equity analysis with specific recommendations related to mitigating adverse impacts; (viii) provide potential impacts on vehicular emissions reduction; (ix) identify all local, state and federal approvals necessary to deploy new tolls and other roadway pricing mechanisms on relevant roadways; and (x) analyze the benefits and costs resulting from the implementation of roadway and congestion pricing programs, both in the United States and around the world."; and

by striking in its entirety Section 18, subsection (d), and replacing it with the following subsection:- "(d) For public transportation pricing, the commission shall: (i) study commute and demand patterns for public transit entities; (ii) study economic development and housing patterns and projections and the impact each has on public transit demand; (iii) review the commonwealth’s laws regarding emissions reductions within the transportation sector; (iv) determine fare structures for all modes of transit of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and regional transit authorities that account for commute patterns and demand, economic development and housing patterns and emissions reduction requirements; (v) examine the feasibility of means tested fares; (vi) provide estimates of annual operation and maintenance costs; (vii) provide estimates of annual revenue; (viii) provide ridership forecasts; (ix) provide a regional and social equity analysis with specific recommendations related to mitigating adverse impacts; (x) provide potential impacts on vehicular emissions reduction; (xi) identify all local, state and federal approvals necessary to deploy new fare structures at regional transit 466 authorities and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; and (xii) analyze the benefits and costs resulting from public transportation pricing programs, both in the United States and around the world.".