Rep. Frank Hornstein's Transportation Omnibus:
General appropriations
- MN's portion of the expense to run a second daily Amtrak service between St. Paul and Chicago
- Full funding for NLX, including design and construction
- $7 million state matching dollars for IIJA EV federal monies
- Met Council money for transit-priority signal planning, electric buses, fare subsidies, microtransit, and improved bus shelters
- $500,000 to begin planning for the J, K, and L Lines(!)
- Establishment of a Traffic Safety Advisory Council and the creation of an annual traffic safety report
- Establishment of a Highways for Habitat program
- Establishment of the Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway on Highway 5 in Chanhassen ("to the extent feasible, the sign must include the symbol associated with the artist and be purple in color")
- Allowing owners of impounded cars to retrieve items from inside the car while it is impounded
- Allowing Ramsey County to set speed limits on "suburban residential roadway" to 30 MPH without a study
- Expanding the required passing width between cars and bikes from 3 feet to half the width of a lane
- Requiring that MNDOT matching funds prioritize which improve safety, improve equity, or reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Speed camera pilot program
- A task force to investigate the levying of a VMT tax
- A report from DPS on the possibility of transitioning to digital licensing