---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16103"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16103"
heading: "Conserve by Bicycling Program"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16103"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter VII — Vehicles and Fuels"
  - "Part D — Miscellaneous"
---

# §16103. Conserve by Bicycling Program

- (a) **Definitions—** In this section:
  - (1) **Program—** The term “program” means the Conserve by Bicycling Program established by [subsection (b)](#b).
  - (2) **Secretary—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.
- (b) **Establishment—** There is established within the [Department](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1) of Transportation a [program](#a-1) to be known as the “Conserve by Bicycling [Program](#a-1)”.
- (c) **Projects—**
  - (1) **In general—** In carrying out the [program](#a-1), the [Secretary](#a-2) shall establish not more than 10 pilot [projects](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) that are—
    - (A) dispersed geographically throughout the [United States](/usc/42/403.md?p=k); and
    - (B) designed to conserve [energy](/usc/42/6311.md?p=7) resources by encouraging the use of bicycles in place of [motor vehicles](/usc/42/13211.md?p=13).
  - (2) **Requirements—** A pilot [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) described in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall—
    - (A) use education and marketing to convert [motor vehicle](/usc/42/13211.md?p=13) trips to bicycle trips;
    - (B) document [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) results and [energy](/usc/42/6311.md?p=7) savings (in estimated [units](/usc/42/1395w–114b.md?p=g-2) of [energy](/usc/42/6311.md?p=7) conserved);
    - (C) facilitate partnerships among interested parties in at least 2 of the fields of—
      - (i) transportation;
      - (ii) law enforcement;
      - (iii) education;
      - (iv) public health;
      - (v) environment; and
      - (vi) [energy](/usc/42/6311.md?p=7);
    - (D) maximize bicycle [facility](/usc/42/11049.md?p=4) investments;
    - (E) demonstrate methods that may be used in other regions of the [United States](/usc/42/403.md?p=k); and
    - (F) facilitate the continuation of ongoing [programs](#a-1) that are sustained by local resources.
  - (3) **Cost sharing—** At least 20 percent of the cost of each pilot [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) described in [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall be provided from non-Federal sources.
- (d) **Energy and bicycling research study—**
  - (1) **In general—** Not later than 2 years after August 8, 2005, the [Secretary](#a-2) shall enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences for, and the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct and submit to Congress a report on, a study on the feasibility of converting [motor vehicle](/usc/42/13211.md?p=13) trips to bicycle trips.
  - (2) **Components—** The study shall—
    - (A) document the results or progress of the pilot [projects](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) under [subsection (c)](#c);
    - (B) determine the type and duration of [motor vehicle](/usc/42/13211.md?p=13) trips that people in the [United States](/usc/42/403.md?p=k) may feasibly make by bicycle, taking into consideration factors such as—
      - (i) weather;
      - (ii) land use and traffic patterns;
      - (iii) the carrying capacity of bicycles; and
      - (iv) bicycle infrastructure;
    - (C) determine any [energy](/usc/42/6311.md?p=7) savings that would result from the conversion of [motor vehicle](/usc/42/13211.md?p=13) trips to bicycle trips;
    - (D) include a cost-benefit analysis of bicycle infrastructure investments; and
    - (E) include a description of any factors that would encourage more [motor vehicle](/usc/42/13211.md?p=13) trips to be replaced with bicycle trips.
- (e) **Authorization of appropriations—** There is authorized to be appropriated to the [Secretary](#a-2) to carry out this section $6,200,000, to remain available until expended, of which—
  - (1) $5,150,000 shall be used to carry out pilot [projects](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) described in [subsection (c)](#c);
  - (2) $300,000 shall be used by the [Secretary](#a-2) to coordinate, publicize, and disseminate the results of the [program](#a-1); and
  - (3) $750,000 shall be used to carry out [subsection (d)](#d).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 755, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 828.)