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nonattainment area, but was later redesignated by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy as an attainment area, under section 107(d) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)).
‘‘(17) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM
ROAD
OR
TRAIL.—The term ‘National Forest System road or
trail’ means a forest road or trail that is under the
jurisdiction of the Forest Service.
‘‘(18) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—The term
‘National Highway System’ means the Federal-aid
highway system described in section 103(b).
‘‘(19) OPERATING
COSTS
FOR
TRAFFIC
MONI-
TORING, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL.—The term ‘op-
erating costs for traffic monitoring, management, and
control’ includes—
‘‘(A) labor costs;
‘‘(B) administrative costs;
‘‘(C) costs of utilities and rent;
‘‘(D) costs incurred by transportation agen-
cies for technology to monitor critical transpor-
tation infrastructure for security purposes; and
‘‘(E) other costs associated with transpor-
tation systems management and operations and
the continuous operation of traffic control, such
as—
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‘‘(i) an integrated traffic control sys-
tem;
‘‘(ii) an incident management pro-
gram; and
‘‘(iii) a traffic control center.
‘‘(20) OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘operational
improvement’ means—
‘‘(i) a capital improvement for instal-
lation or implementation of—
‘‘(I) 
a 
transportation 
system
management and operations program;
‘‘(II) traffic and transportation
security surveillance and control equip-
ment;
‘‘(III) a computerized signal sys-
tem;
‘‘(IV) a motorist information sys-
tem;
‘‘(V) an integrated traffic control
system;
‘‘(VI) an incident management
program;
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‘‘(VII) equipment and programs
for transportation response to man-
made and natural disasters; or
‘‘(VIII) a transportation demand
management facility, strategy, or pro-
gram; and
‘‘(ii) such other capital improvements
to a public road as the Secretary may des-
ignate by regulation.
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘operational
improvement’ does not include—
‘‘(i) a resurfacing, restorative, or reha-
bilitative improvement;
‘‘(ii) construction of an additional
lane, interchange, or grade separation; or
‘‘(iii) construction of a new facility on
a new location.
‘‘(21) PARK ROAD.—The term ‘park road’ means
a public road (including a bridge built primarily for
pedestrian use, but with capacity for use by emer-
gency vehicles) that is located within, or provides ac-
cess to, an area in the National Park System with
title and maintenance responsibilities vested in the
United States.
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‘‘(22) PARKWAY.—The term ‘parkway’ means a
parkway authorized by an Act of Congress on land to
which title is vested in the United States.
‘‘(23) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means—
‘‘(A)(i) an undertaking to construct a par-
ticular portion of a highway; or
‘‘(ii) if the context so implies, a particular
portion of a highway so constructed; and
‘‘(B) any other undertaking eligible for as-
sistance under this title.
‘‘(24) PROJECT AGREEMENT.—The term ‘project
agreement’ means the formal instrument to be exe-
cuted by the Secretary and recipient of funds under
this title.
‘‘(25) PUBLIC AUTHORITY.—The term ‘public au-
thority’ means a Federal, State, county, town, or
township, Indian tribe, municipal or other local gov-
ernment or instrumentality with authority to finance,
build, operate, or maintain toll or toll-free facilities.
‘‘(26) PUBLIC FOREST SERVICE ROAD.—The term
‘public Forest Service road’ means a classified forest
road—
‘‘(A) that is open to public travel;
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‘‘(B) for which title and maintenance re-
sponsibility is vested in the Federal Government;
and
‘‘(C) that has been designated a public road
by the Forest Service.
‘‘(27) PUBLIC LANDS DEVELOPMENT ROADS AND
TRAILS.—The term ‘public lands development roads
and trails’ means roads and trails that the Secretary
of the Interior determines are of primary importance
for the development, protection, administration, and
use of public lands and resources under the control of
the Secretary of the Interior.
‘‘(28) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAY.—The term ‘pub-
lic lands highway’ means—
‘‘(A) a forest road that is—
‘‘(i) under the jurisdiction of, and
maintained by, a public authority; and
‘‘(ii) open to public travel; and
‘‘(B) any highway through unappropriated
or unreserved public land, nontaxable Indian
land, or any other Federal reservation (including
a main highway through such land or reserva-
tion that is on the Federal-aid system) that is—
‘‘(i) under the jurisdiction of, and
maintained by, a public authority; and