What does Preamble of Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act do?

This bill aims to amend titles 23 and 49 of the United States Code The goal is to improve public understanding of transportation investments Greater transparency and accountability processes are to be established

What does SHORT TITLE. of Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act do?

This bill is formally titled the Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act.

What does METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. of Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act do?

This section amends the development of transportation plans under Section 134 of title 23, United States Code. It adds a new paragraph requiring project selection transparency and accountability. Projects must be selected through a publicly available process using criteria that support national and State transportation goals.

What does STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. of Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act do?

This section amends the long-range statewide transportation plan to include project selection transparency and accountability. The plan must use a publicly available transparent process to select projects based on criteria that support national and state transportation goals. The statewide transportation improvement plan must include projects from the highest performing category, with exceptions requiring public explanation.

What does METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. of Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act do?

This section amends 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53, Section 5303 to address metropolitan transportation planning. It redesignates paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 5303(i) as paragraphs (8) and (9) respectively. It inserts a new paragraph (7) into section 5303(i) requiring project selection transparency and accountability. Projects included in the transportation plan must be selected through a publicly available process using criteria that support national and state transportation goals. The criteria used for project selection must be used to publicly categorize the highest performing projects. It amends section 5303(j)(2)(A) to require that projects included in the priority list come from the highest performing category of projects. If lower-categorized projects are included in the priority list, a public description explaining the inclusion must be provided, considering factors like geographic balance and economically distressed areas.

What does STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. of Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act do?

This section amends 49 U.S. Code Chapter 53 to address statewide and nonmetropolitan transportation planning. It modifies Section 5304(f) to require a publicly available, transparent project selection process for the long-range statewide transportation plan. The project selection process must use criteria that support national and state transportation goals. It amends Section 5304(g)(5)(A) to require that projects in the statewide transportation improvement program come from the highest performing category identified in the transportation plan. If lower-categorized projects are included, a public explanation is required, considering factors like geographic balance and economically distressed areas.

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Metropolitan Planning Enhancement Act

Last updated: 10/8/2025 · Introduced: 10/8/2025

Author: Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

TL;DR (AI)

The bill requires metropolitan transportation plans to be developed through a publicly available process using criteria that support national and state transportation goals.
It mandates that projects included in the transportation plan be selected through a transparent process and that the criteria used for project selection be used to publicly categorize the highest performing projects.
The bill also requires statewide transportation improvement plans to include projects from the highest performing category, with exceptions requiring a public explanation considering factors like geographic balance and economically distressed areas.

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