49 U.S.C. § 5306 : US Code - Section 5306: Private enterprise participation in metropolitan planning and transportation improvement programs and relationship to other limitations

Search 49 U.S.C. § 5306 : US Code - Section 5306: Private enterprise participation in metropolitan planning and transportation improvement programs and relationship to other limitations

(a) Private Enterprise Participation. - A plan or program
required by section 5303, 5304, or 5305 of this title shall
encourage to the maximum extent feasible, as determined by local
policies, criteria, and decisionmaking, the participation of
private enterprise. If equipment or a facility already being used
in an urban area is to be acquired under this chapter, the program
shall provide that it be improved so that it will better serve the
transportation needs of the area.
(b) Relationship to Other Limitations. - Sections 5303-5305 of
this title do not authorize -
(1) a metropolitan planning organization to impose a legal
requirement on a transportation facility, provider, or project
not eligible under this chapter or title 23; and
(2) intervention in the management of a transportation
authority.