Bill > HB4759

This bill, known as the Green Light for Buses Act, establishes the Committee on Efficient Arterial Signal Infrastructure to advise the Department of Transportation on improving public transit efficiency through better traffic signal systems. The Committee will study existing infrastructure, develop strategies to expand "transit signal priority" (TSP), which are operational changes and equipment that help public transit vehicles move through intersections more smoothly, and recommend practices for coordinated signal operations across different areas and transit providers. They will also estimate costs, economic impacts, and potential changes in traffic volume, and identify ways for the Department to support these improvements through its funding programs. The Committee's recommendations will be published in a report within two years and incorporated into the Department's Public Transportation Plan. The bill also grants the Northern Illinois Transit Authority the authority to establish and manage a TSP program for public transit vehicles, and requires the Department to evaluate the feasibility of including TSP accommodations in its own road projects that serve bus routes. This Act will be repealed 10 years after it becomes law and takes effect immediately.

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4759&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104