23 C.F.R. § 450.214 Statewide transportation plan.
Title 23 - Highways
(a) The State shall develop a statewide transportation plan for all areas of the State. (b) The plan shall: (1) Be intermodal (including consideration and provision, as applicable, of elements and connections of and between rail, commercial motor vehicle, waterway, and aviation facilities, particularly with respect to intercity travel) and statewide in scope in order to facilitate the efficient movement of people and goods; (2) Be reasonably consistent in time horizon among its elements, but cover a period of at least 20 years; (3) Contain, as an element, a plan for bicycle transportation, pedestrian walkways and trails which is appropriately interconnected with other modes; (4) Be coordinated with the metropolitan transportation plans required under 23 U.S.C. 134; (5) Reference, summarize or contain any applicable short range planning studies, strategic planning and/or policy studies, transportation need studies, management system reports and any statements of policies, goals and objectives regarding issues such as transportation, economic development, housing, social and environmental effects, energy, etc., that were significant to development of the plan; and (6) Reference, summarize or contain information on the availability of financial and other resources needed to carry out the plan. (c) In developing the plan, the State shall: (1) Cooperate with the MPOs on the portions of the plan affecting metropolitan planning areas; (2) Cooperate with the Indian tribal government and the Secretary of the Interior on the portions of the plan affecting areas of the State under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government; (3) Provide for public involvement as required under §450.212; (4) Provide for substantive consideration and analysis as appropriate of specified factors as required under §450.208; and (5) Provide for coordination as required under §450.210. (d) The State shall provide and carryout a mechanism to establish the document, or documents, comprising the plan as the official statewide transportation plan. (e) The plan shall be continually evaluated and periodically updated as appropriate using the procedures in this section for development and establishment of the plan. (f) In developing the statewide transportation plan, affected local officials with responsibility for transportation shall be involved on a consultation basis for the portions of the plan in non-metropolitan areas of the State. [58 FR 58064, Oct. 28, 1993, as amended at 68 FR 3181, Jan. 23, 2003]
Title 23: Highways
PART 450—PLANNING ASSISTANCE AND STANDARDS
Subpart B—Statewide Transportation Planning
§ 450.214 Statewide transportation plan.
