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Transportation Legislation Review Committee. The bill
requires the department of transportation (department), no later than
October 31, 2025, to present a statewide mode choice assessment to the
transportation legislation review committee, the transportation
commission, and the Colorado energy office, which assessment must
include recommendations for targets for 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and
2050 for the department, metropolitan planning organizations, and transit
providers that provide public transit to a population of 100,000
individuals or more (subject transit provider) for the share of total trips
within a specified geographic area completed using certain transportation
methods (mode choice targets).
No later than June 1, 2026, using certain criteria, the department
must adopt rules establishing mode choice targets. The department must
reassess the mode choice targets before each statewide plan development
cycle.
No later than October 31, 2026, and every 3 years thereafter, the
department, in coordination with the metropolitan planning organizations,
must present a report to the transportation legislation review committee
that provides certain information about the mode choice targets and the
entities' plans to implement the mode choice targets (mode choice
implementation plans).
No later than December 31, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, the
department, metropolitan planning organizations, subject transit
providers, and local governments with a population of 25,000 individuals
or more must each prepare a mode choice implementation plan, which
must include certain information about the mode choice targets, a
multimodal transportation gaps summary, and an analysis of certain
projected greenhouse gas emissions.
The bill also allows:
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The nonattainment area air pollution mitigation enterprise
to award grants for the development of mode choice
implementation plans; and
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The multimodal transportation options fund to be used for
the development of mode choice implementation plans.
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