[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR450.300]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 450--PLANNING ASSISTANCE AND STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart C--Metropolitan Transportation Planning and Programming
 
Sec. 450.300  Purpose.


    The purpose of this subpart is to implement 23 U.S.C. 134 and 
section 8 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, which require that a 
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) be designated for each 
urbanized area and that the metropolitan area has a continuing, 
cooperative, and comprehensive transportation planning process that 
results in plans and programs that consider all transportation modes and 
supports metropolitan community development and social goals. These 
plans and programs shall lead to the development and operation of an 
integrated, intermodal transportation system that facilitates the 
efficient, economic movement of people and goods.