{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-legislation-to-make-streets-safer-for-those-who-walk-ride-bikes-passes-senate-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill", "Schatz Legislation To Make Streets Safer For Those Who Walk, Ride Bikes Passes Senate In Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill", "2021-08-10", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the U.S. Senate passed legislation authored by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) that will improve road safety standards and make streets safer for everyone. The Vulnerable Road Users Safety Act, which Senator Schatz worked to include in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, utilizes technology, infrastructure, and design expertise to vastly reduce pedestrian and cyclist road deaths in Hawai\u2018i and across the United States.\n\n\u201cFor too long, transportation policy has been focused on how we can fit more cars on our roads, but that isn\u2019t the only way people travel,\u201d said Senator Schatz, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation. \u201cMy legislation will make it safer for everyone to use our streets, whether it\u2019s on foot or on a bike, and I\u2019m pleased we were able to bring it one step closer to becoming law.\u201d\n\nIn just a decade, the number of pedestrians killed by vehicles nationally rose by roughly 50 percent. And for cyclists, the death rate also remains high, with more than 800 people killed while riding a bike in 2019 alone. The Vulnerable Road Users Safety Act aims to stop this troubling trend. Specifically, the Schatz legislation implements National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations and directs the administrators of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and/or Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to:\n\nDevelop and update performance standards for visibility enhancement systems (i.e. for blindspot detection), connected vehicle technology, and vehicle headlamp systems;\n\nEstablish standards for vehicle bumpers;\n\nEstablish performance standards for automated pedestrian detection systems like automatic braking sensors;\n\nInclude pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements and on- and off-street pedestrian bicycle facilities and intersection safety treatments in the FHWA\u2019s innovative infrastructure deployment programs; and\n\nImprove and coordinate information collection to share, combine, and publish detailed crash data allowing policy makers and governments to make data informed decisions.\n\nSchatz\u2019s provision is supported by the Hawai\u2018i Bike League, Adventure Cycling Association, America Walks, American Planning Association, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, East Coast Greenway Alliance, League of American Bicyclists, North American Bikeshare Association, National Association of City Transportation Officials, National Resources Defense Council, PeopleForBikes, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Safe Routes Partnership, and the Vision Zero Network.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-legislation-to-make-streets-safer-for-those-who-walk-ride-bikes-passes-senate-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6383931506425142, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}