PUBLIC LAW 95-599—NOV. 6, 1978 " (2) "; by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and (3) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that any public mass transportation system receiving financial assistance under such project will not change any fare and will not substantially change any service except (A) after having held public hearings or having afforded an adequate opportunity for such hearings, after adequate public notice, (B) after having given proper consideration to views and comments expressed in such hearings, and (C) after having given consideration to the effect on energy conservation, and the economic, environmental, and social impact of the change in such fare or such service.".
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Notice and hearings.
P L A N N I N G AND TEX3HNICAL STUDIES
SEC. 305. (a) Sections 8 and 9 of the Urban Mass Transportation Repeals. Act are repealed. 49 USC 1607, (b) The Urban Mass Transportation Act is amended by inserting 1607a. after section 7 the following new section: u P L A N N I N G AND TECHNICAL STUDIES
"SEC. 8. (a) I t is declared to be in the national interest to encour- 49 USC 1607. age and promote the development of transportation systems embracing various modes of transportation in a manner that will serve the States and local communities efficiently and effectively. To accomplish Cooperation, this objective, the Secretary shall cooperate with the State and local officials in the development of transportation plans and programs which are formulated on the basis of transportation needs with due consideration to comprehensive long-range land use plans, development objectives, and overall social, economic, environmental, system performance, and energy conservation goals and objectives, and with due consideration to their probable effect on the future development of urban areas of more than fifty thousand population. The planning process shall include an analysis of alternative transportation system management and investment strategies to make more efficient use of existing transportation facilities. The process shall consider all modes of transportation and shall be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree appropriate based on the complexity of the transportation problems. "(b)(1) The urbanized area planning process shall be carried on Metropolitan by local officials acting through a metropolitan planning organization planning organizations, in cooperation with the State. lations. "(2) Within one year after enactment of this subsection, in the absence of State law to the contrary, units of general purpose local government within an urbanized area or contiguous urbanized areas for which a metropolitan planning organization has been designated prior to enactment of this subsection, may by agreement of at least 75 per centum of the units of general purpose local government representing at least 90 per centum of the population of such urbanized area or areas and in cooperation with the Governor, redesignate as the metropolitan planning organization any representative organization. "(3) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), after the date of enactment of this subsection, designations of metropolitan planning organizations shall be by agreement among the units of general jiurpose local government and the Governor.
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