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is subject to a maintenance plan under section 175A of 
that Act (42 U.S.C. 7505a). 
In the case of any other area required to have a transportation 
plan in accordance with the requirements of this subsection, 
the metropolitan planning organization shall prepare and 
update such plan every 5 years unless the metropolitan plan-
ning organization elects to update more frequently. 
‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION PLAN.—A transportation plan under 
this section shall be in a form that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate and shall contain, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.—
An identification of transportation facilities (including 
major roadways, transit, multimodal and intermodal facili-
ties, and intermodal connectors) that should function as 
an integrated metropolitan transportation system, giving 
emphasis to those facilities that serve important national 
and regional transportation functions. In formulating the 
transportation plan, the metropolitan planning organiza-
tion shall consider factors described in subsection (h) as 
such factors relate to a 20-year forecast period. 
‘‘(B) MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A long-range transportation plan 
shall include a discussion of types of potential environ-
mental mitigation activities and potential areas to 
carry out these activities, including activities that may 
have the greatest potential to restore and maintain 
the environmental functions affected by the plan. 
‘‘(ii) CONSULTATION.—The discussion shall be 
developed in consultation with Federal, State, and 
tribal wildlife, land management, and regulatory agen-
cies. 
‘‘(C) FINANCIAL
PLAN.—A financial plan that dem-
onstrates how the adopted transportation 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 
transportation plan if reasonable additional resources 
beyond those identified in the financial plan were available. 
For the purpose of developing the transportation plan, the 
metropolitan planning organization, transit operator, and 
State shall cooperatively develop estimates of funds that 
will be available to support plan implementation. 
‘‘(D) OPERATIONAL
AND
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES.—
Operational and management strategies to improve the 
performance of existing transportation facilities to relieve 
vehicular congestion and maximize the safety and mobility 
of people and goods. 
‘‘(E) CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND OTHER STRATEGIES.—
Capital investment and other strategies to preserve the 
existing and projected future metropolitan transportation 
infrastructure 
and 
provide 
for 
multimodal 
capacity 
increases based on regional priorities and needs.
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‘‘(F) TRANSPORTATION
AND
TRANSIT
ENHANCEMENT 
ACTIVITIES.—Proposed transportation and transit enhance-
ment activities. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION
WITH
CLEAN
AIR
ACT
AGENCIES.—In 
metropolitan areas which are in nonattainment for ozone or 
carbon monoxide under the Clean Air Act, the metropolitan 
planning organization shall coordinate the development of a 
transportation plan with the process for development of the 
transportation control measures of the State implementation 
plan required by the Clean Air Act. 
‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In each metropolitan area, the 
metropolitan planning organization shall consult, as appro-
priate, with State and local agencies responsible for land 
use management, natural resources, environmental protec-
tion, conservation, and historic preservation concerning the 
development of a long-range transportation plan. 
‘‘(B) ISSUES.—The consultation shall involve, as appro-
priate—
‘‘(i) comparison of transportation plans with State 
conservation plans or maps, if available; or 
‘‘(ii) comparison of transportation plans to inven-
tories of natural or historic resources, if available. 
‘‘(5) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.—
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Each 
metropolitan 
planning 
organization shall provide citizens, affected public agencies, 
representatives of public transportation employees, freight 
shippers, providers of freight transportation services, pri-
vate providers of transportation, representatives of users 
of public transportation, representatives of users of pedes-
trian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities, rep-
resentatives of the disabled, and other interested parties 
with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the transpor-
tation plan. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF PARTICIPATION PLAN.—A participa-
tion plan—
‘‘(i) shall be developed in consultation with all 
interested parties; and 
‘‘(ii) shall provide that all interested parties have 
reasonable opportunities to comment on the contents 
of the transportation plan. 
‘‘(C) METHODS.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the 
metropolitan planning organization shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable—
‘‘(i) hold any public meetings at convenient and 
accessible locations and times; 
‘‘(ii) employ visualization techniques to describe 
plans; and 
‘‘(iii) make public information available in elec-
tronically accessible format and means, such as the 
World Wide Web, as appropriate to afford reasonable 
opportunity for consideration of public information 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6) PUBLICATION.—A transportation plan involving Federal 
participation shall be published or otherwise made readily 
available by the metropolitan planning organization for public
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review, including (to the maximum extent practicable) in elec-
tronically accessible formats and means, such as the World 
Wide Web, approved by the metropolitan planning organization 
and submitted for information purposes to the Governor at 
such times and in such manner as the Secretary shall establish. 
‘‘(7) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—
Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(C), a State or metropolitan 
planning organization shall not be required to select any project 
from the illustrative list of additional projects included in the 
financial plan under paragraph (2)(C). 
‘‘(j) METROPOLITAN TIP.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with the State and 
any affected public transportation operator, the metropoli-
tan planning organization designated for a metropolitan 
area shall develop a TIP for the area for which the 
organization is designated. 
‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT.—In developing the 
TIP, the metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation 
with the State and any affected public transportation oper-
ator, shall provide an opportunity for participation by 
interested parties in the development of the program, in 
accordance with subsection (i)(5). 
‘‘(C) FUNDING ESTIMATES.—For the purpose of devel-
oping the TIP, the metropolitan planning organization, 
public transportation agency, and State shall cooperatively 
develop estimates of funds that are reasonably expected 
to be available to support program implementation. 
‘‘(D) UPDATING
AND
APPROVAL.—The TIP shall be 
updated at least once every 4 years and shall be approved 
by the metropolitan planning organization and the Gov-
ernor. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—
‘‘(A) PRIORITY LIST.—The TIP shall include a priority 
list of proposed federally supported projects and strategies 
to be carried out within each 4-year period after the initial 
adoption of the TIP. 
‘‘(B) FINANCIAL PLAN.—The TIP shall include a finan-
cial plan that—
‘‘(i) demonstrates how the TIP can be implemented; 
‘‘(ii) indicates resources from public and private 
sources that are reasonably expected to be available 
to carry out the program; 
‘‘(iii) identifies innovative financing techniques to 
finance projects, programs, and strategies; and 
‘‘(iv) may include, for illustrative purposes, addi-
tional projects that would be included in the approved 
TIP if reasonable additional resources beyond those 
identified in the financial plan were available. 
‘‘(C) DESCRIPTIONS.—Each project in the TIP shall 
include sufficient descriptive material (such as type of work, 
termini, length, and other similar factors) to identify the 
project or phase of the project. 
‘‘(3) INCLUDED PROJECTS.—
‘‘(A) PROJECTS UNDER THIS TITLE AND CHAPTER 53 OF 
TITLE 49.—A TIP developed under this subsection for a 
metropolitan area shall include the projects within the
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area that are proposed for funding under chapter 1 of 
this title and chapter 53 of title 49. 
‘‘(B) PROJECTS UNDER CHAPTER 2.—
‘‘(i) REGIONALLY
SIGNIFICANT
PROJECTS.—Region-
ally significant projects proposed for funding under 
chapter 2 shall be identified individually in the 
transportation improvement program. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER
PROJECTS.—Projects proposed for 
funding under chapter 2 that are not determined to 
be regionally significant shall be grouped in one line 
item or identified individually in the transportation 
improvement program. 
‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION 
PLAN.—Each project shall be consistent with the long-range 
transportation plan developed under subsection (i) for the 
area. 
‘‘(D) REQUIREMENT OF ANTICIPATED FULL FUNDING.—
The program shall include a project, or an identified phase 
of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be antici-
pated to be available for the project within the time period 
contemplated for completion of the project. 
‘‘(4) NOTICE AND COMMENT.—Before approving a TIP, a 
metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the 
State and any affected public transportation operator, shall 
provide an opportunity for participation by interested parties 
in the development of the program, in accordance with sub-
section (i)(5). 
‘‘(5) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
subsection (k)(4) and in addition to the TIP development 
required under paragraph (1), the selection of federally 
funded projects in metropolitan areas shall be carried out, 
from the approved TIP—
‘‘(i) by—
‘‘(I) in the case of projects under this title, 
the State; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of projects under chapter 53 
of title 49, the designated recipients of public 
transportation funding; and 
‘‘(ii) in cooperation with the metropolitan planning 
organization. 
‘‘(B) MODIFICATIONS TO PROJECT PRIORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, action by the Secretary 
shall not be required to advance a project included in 
the approved TIP in place of another project in the program. 
‘‘(6) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—
‘‘(A) NO REQUIRED SELECTION.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (2)(B)(iv), a State or metropolitan planning organiza-
tion shall not be required to select any project from the 
illustrative list of additional projects included in the finan-
cial plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv). 
‘‘(B) REQUIRED ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.—Action by 
the Secretary shall be required for a State or metropolitan 
planning organization to select any project from the illus-
trative list of additional projects included in the financial 
plan under paragraph (2)(B)(iv) for inclusion in an approved 
TIP.