(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Public transportation” includes, but is not limited to, rail service and fixed route bus service;
(2) “Paratransit” includes, but is not limited to, carpooling and vanpooling; and
(3) “Traffic management program” includes, but is not limited to, employer incentives to promote carpooling, vanpooling and public transportation.
(b) The Department of Transportation shall include, as part of its alternative analysis for all new multilaned expressways on new locations, an analysis of public transportation, paratransit or traffic management program options as part of each alternative.