PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 2101 "(15) Capital investments that would result in increased security in transit systems. ' (g) DEVELOPMENT OF LONG RANGE PLAN. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each metropolitan planning organization shall prepare, and update periodically, according to a schedule that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, a long range plan for its metropolitan area in accordance with the requirements of this subsection. "(2) LONG RANGE PLAN. —A long range plan under this section shall be in a form that the Secretary determines to be appropriate and shall, at a minimum: "(A) Identify transportation facilities (including but not necessarily limited to major roadways, transit, and multimodal and intermodal facilities) 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 long range plan, the metropolitan planning organization shall consider factors described in subsection (f) as such factors relate to a 20-year forecast period. "(B) Include a financial plan that demonstrates how the long-range 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 innovative financing techniques to finance needed projects and programs, including such techniques as value capture, tolls and congestion pricing. "(C) Assess capital investment and other measures necessary to— "(i) ensure the preservation of the existing metropolitan transportation system, including requirements for operational improvements, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of existing and future major roadways, as well as operations, maintenance, modernization, and rehabilitation of existing and future transit facilities; and "(ii) make the most efficient use of existing transportation facilities to relieve vehicular congestion and maximize the mobility of people and goods. "(D) Indicate as appropriate proposed transportation enhancement 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 long range plan with the process for development of the transportation control measures of the State Implementation Plan required by the Clean Air Act. "(4) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.— Before approving a long range plan, each metropolitan planning organization shall provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of transportation agency employees, private providers of transportation, and other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the long range plan, in a manner that the Secretary deems appropriate.
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