[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: 23CFR450.314]

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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. 450.314  Metropolitan transportation planning process: Unified 
planning work programs.

    (a) In TMAs, the MPO(s) in cooperation with the State and operators 
of publicly owned transit shall develop unified planning work programs 
(UPWPs) that meet the requirements of 23 CFR part 420, subpart A, and:
    (1) Discuss the planning priorities facing the metropolitan planning 
area and describe all metropolitan transportation and transportation-
related air quality planning activities (including the corridor and 
subarea studies discussed in Sec. 450.318) anticipated within the area 
during the next one or two year period, regardless of funding sources or 
agencies conducting activities, in sufficient detail to indicate who 
will perform the work, the schedule for completing it and the products 
that will be produced;
    (2) Document planning activities to be performed with funds provided 
under title 23, U.S.C., and the Federal Transit Act.
    (b) Arrangements may be made with the FHWA and the FTA to combine 
the UPWP requirements with the work program for other Federal sources of 
planning funds.
    (c) The metropolitan transportation planning process may include the 
development of a prospectus that establishes a multiyear framework 
within which the UPWP is accomplished. The prospectus may be used to 
satisfy the requirements of Sec. 450.310 and paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section.
    (d) In areas not designated as TMAs, the MPO in cooperation with the 
State and transit operators, with the approval of the FHWA and the FTA, 
may prepare a simplified statement of work, in lieu of a UPWP, that 
describes who will perform the work and the work that will be 
accomplished using Federal funds. If a simplified statement of work is 
used, it may be submitted as part of the Statewide planning work 
program, in accordance with 23 CFR part 420.