[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR450.214]

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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 B_Statewide Transportation Planning
 
Sec. 450.214  Statewide transportation plan.

    (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

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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 Sec. 450.212;
    (4) Provide for substantive consideration and analysis as 
appropriate of specified factors as required under Sec. 450.208; and
    (5) Provide for coordination as required under Sec. 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]