105 STAT. 2102 PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 "(5) PuBucATiON OF LONG RANGE PLAN.—Each long range plan prepared by a metropolitan planning organization shall be— "(i) published or otherwise made readily available for public review; and "(ii) submitted for information purposes to the Governor at such times and in such manner as the Secretary shall establish. "(h) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.— "(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The metropolitan planning organization designated for a metropolitan area, in cooperation with the State and affected transit operators, shall develop a transportation improvement program for the area for which such organization is designated. In developing the program, the metropolitan planning organization shall provide citizens, af- fected public agencies, representatives of transportation agency employees, other affected employee representatives, private providers of transportation, and other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed program. The program shall be updated at least once every 2 years and shall be approved by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor. "(2) PRIORITY OF PROJECTS. —The transportation improvement program shall include the following: "(A) A priority list of projects and project seginents to be carried out within each 3-year period after the initial adoption of the transportation improvement program. "(B) A financial plan that demonstrates how the transportation improvement program 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 innovative financing techniques to finance needed projects and programs, including value ' capture, tolls, and congestion pricing. "(3) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.— Except as otherwise provided in subsection (i)(4), project selection in metropolitan areas for projects involving Federal participation shall be carried out by the State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization and shall be in conformance with the transportation improvement program for the area. "(4) MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. — Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to conform review requirements for transit projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to comparable requirements under such Act applicable to highway projects. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the applicability of such Act to transit or highway projects. "(5) INCLUDED PROJECTS.— A transportation improvement program for a metropolitan area developed under this subsection shall include projects within the area which are proposed for funding under this title and the Federal Transit Act and which are consistent with the long range plan developed under subsection (g) for the area. The program shall include a project, or an identified phase of a project, only if full funding can reasonably be anticipated to be available for the project within the time period contemplated for completion of the project.
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