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‘‘(F) promote efficient system management 
and operation; and 
‘‘(G) emphasize the preservation of the ex-
isting transportation system. 
‘‘(2) FAILURE
TO
CONSIDER
FACTORS.—The 
failure to consider any factor specified in paragraph 
(1) shall not be reviewable by any court under title 
23 or this title, subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 
5, or chapter 7 of title 5 in any matter affecting a 
statewide transportation plan, the transportation im-
provement program, a project or strategy, or the 
certification of a planning process. 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out 
planning under this section, each State shall consider, at 
a minimum—
‘‘(1) with respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the 
concerns of affected local officials with responsibility 
for transportation; 
‘‘(2) the concerns of Indian tribal governments 
and Federal land management agencies that have 
jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the 
State; and 
‘‘(3) coordination of transportation plans, the 
transportation improvement program, and planning 
activities with related planning activities being car-
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ried out outside of metropolitan planning areas and 
between States. 
‘‘(f) LONG-RANGE
STATEWIDE
TRANSPORTATION 
PLAN.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop 
a long-range statewide transportation plan, with a 
minimum 20-year forecast period for all areas of the 
State, that provides for the development and imple-
mentation of the intermodal transportation system 
of the State. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH GOVERNMENTS.—
‘‘(A) METROPOLITAN AREAS.—The state-
wide transportation plan shall be developed for 
each metropolitan area in the State in coopera-
tion with the metropolitan planning organiza-
tion designated for the metropolitan area under 
section 5213. 
‘‘(B) NONMETROPOLITAN
AREAS.—With 
respect to nonmetropolitan areas, the statewide 
transportation plan shall be developed in con-
sultation with affected nonmetropolitan officials 
with responsibility for transportation. The Sec-
retary shall not review or approve the consulta-
tion process in each State.
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‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBAL AREAS.—With respect 
to each area of the State under the jurisdiction 
of an Indian tribal government, the statewide 
transportation plan shall be developed in con-
sultation with the tribal government and the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION
BY
INTERESTED
PAR-
TIES.—In developing the statewide transportation 
plan, the State shall—
‘‘(A) provide citizens, affected public agen-
cies, representatives of public transportation 
employees, freight shippers, private providers of 
transportation, representatives of users of pub-
lic transportation, representatives of users of 
pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation 
facilities, representatives of the disabled, pro-
viders of freight transportation services, and 
other interested parties with a reasonable op-
portunity to comment on the proposed plan; 
and 
‘‘(B) identify transportation strategies nec-
essary to efficiently serve the mobility needs of 
people. 
‘‘(4) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The statewide trans-
portation plan may include a financial plan that
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demonstrates how the adopted statewide transpor-
tation plan can be implemented, indicates resources 
from public and private sources that are reasonably 
expected to be made available to carry out the plan, 
and recommends any additional financing strategies 
for needed projects and programs. The financial 
plan may include, for illustrative purposes, addi-
tional projects that would be included in the adopted 
statewide transportation plan if reasonable addi-
tional resources beyond those identified in the finan-
cial plan were available. 
‘‘(5) SELECTION
OF
PROJECTS
FROM
ILLUS-
TRATIVE LIST.—A State shall not be required to se-
lect any project from the illustrative list of addi-
tional projects included in the financial plan de-
scribed in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(6) EXISTING SYSTEM.—The statewide trans-
portation plan should include capital, operations and 
management strategies, investments, procedures, 
and other measures to ensure the preservation and 
most efficient use of the existing transportation sys-
tem. 
‘‘(g) STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM.—
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‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Each State shall develop 
a statewide transportation improvement program for 
all areas of the State. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH GOVERNMENTS.—
‘‘(A) METROPOLITAN
AREAS.—With re-
spect to each metropolitan area in the State, 
the program shall be developed in cooperation 
with the metropolitan planning organization 
designated for the metropolitan area under sec-
tion 5213. 
‘‘(B) NONMETROPOLITAN
AREAS.—With 
respect to each nonmetropolitan area in the 
State, the program shall be developed in con-
sultation with affected nonmetropolitan local of-
ficials with responsibility for transportation. 
The Secretary shall not review or approve the 
specific consultation process in the State. 
‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBAL AREAS.—With respect 
to each area of the State under the jurisdiction 
of an Indian tribal government, the program 
shall be developed in consultation with the trib-
al government and the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION
BY
INTERESTED
PAR-
TIES.—In developing the program, the State shall 
provide citizens, affected public agencies, representa-