Summary: Department of Transportation; U.S. Route 60.Directs the Department of Transportation to propose a plan to renumberU.S. Route 60 to the Federal Highway Administration and the SpecialCommittee on U.S. Route Numbering of the American Association ofState Highway and Transportation Officials.

Summary: Creation of regional transportation authorities. Authorizes two or more adjacent counties or cities to form a regional transportation authority to engage in regional transportation projects.The bill sets forth the procedures for forming such authority anddetermining the membership of its governing board. Ordinances adoptedby each member of such authority would set forth the local taxes,fees, and revenues to be contributed by each locality to such authority.

Summary: Department of Transportation; replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge. Requires the Department of Transportation to work with the governing body of Patrick County and community groups interested in constructing a replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge to approve a construction plan for a replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge for tourism purposes open for pedestrian, non-motor vehicle traffic. The bill requires that such replica bridge meet certain federal design and construction specifications.

Summary: Repeal of the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; roadways operating under the Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for any roadway operated pursuant to the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 (HCA) to operate instead under the authority and requirements provided by the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA). The bill authorizes the Commissioner, if he determines it is in the public interest for any such roadway to operate under the PPTA and the Secretary of Transportation and the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee concur, to negotiate and execute a new comprehensive agreement with the operator of such roadway to operate under the authority and requirements provided by the PPTA and to cease to operate pursuant to the HCA. The bill provides for the repeal of the HCA upon the execution of a comprehensive agreement between the Department of Transportation and the operator of the Dulles Greenway for the Dulles Greenway to operate pursuant to the PPTA.

Summary: Use of compression release engine brakes inlocalities. Authorizes counties, cities, and towns to regulatethe use of compression release engine brakes when motor vehicles areoperated within their boundaries and adjacent to residence districts.