1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act or the Moving FIRST Act . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Beyond Traffic 2045, a comprehensive assessment of the national transportation system recently published by the Department of Transportation, identified transportation trends that need to be proactively addressed, including— (A) the population of the United States will increase by 70,000,000 during the 30-year period ending in 2045; (B) emerging megaregions could absorb 75 percent of the United States population by 2050; (C) freight volume will increase by more than 40 percent by 2045; (D) Americans are currently stuck in traffic for more than 42 hours each year, on average; (E) the current annual cost of congestion in delays and lost fuel amounts to $160,000,000,000; (F) 96 people die in motor vehicle crashes in the United States every day, on average, and nearly 6,700 are injured per day; and (G) connected vehicles and new crash avoidance technology could potentially address 81 percent of crashes involving unimpaired drivers. (2) According to the Department of Transportation, in 2015— (A) traffic crash-related deaths increased by more than 7 percent compared to 2014; (B) pedestrian fatalities increased by more than 9 percent compared to 2014