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 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 1829

‘‘Transportation Analysis Simulation System’’ (in this section referred to as ‘‘TRANSIMS’’), developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. (2) PROGRAM APPRECIATION.—The purpose of the program is to assist State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations— (A) to implement TRANSIMS; (B) to develop methods for TRANSIMS applications to transportation planning, air quality analysis, regulatory compliance, and response to natural disasters and other transportation disruptions; and (C) to provide training and technical assistance for the implementation of TRANSIMS. (b) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall use funds made available to carry out this section to— (1) provide funding to State departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations serving transportation management areas designated under chapter 52 of title 49, United States Code, representing a diversity of populations, geographic regions, and analytic needs to implement TRANSIMS; (2) develop methods to demonstrate a wide spectrum of TRANSIMS applications to support local, metropolitan, statewide transportation planning, including integrating highway and transit operational considerations into the transportation Planning process, and estimating the effects of induced travel demand and transit ridership in making transportation conformity determinations where applicable; (3) provide training and technical assistance with respect to the implementation and application of TRANSIMS to States, local governments, and metropolitan planning organizations with responsibility for travel modeling; (4) to further develop TRANSIMS for additional applications, including— (A) congestion analyses; (B) major investment studies; (C) economic impact analyses; (D) alternative analyses; (E) freight movement studies; (F) emergency evacuation studies; (G) port studies; (H) airport access studies; (I) induced demand studies; and (J) transit ridership analysis. (c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The program may support the development of methods to plan for the transportation response to chemical and biological terrorism and other security concerns. (d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more than 75 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section may be allocated to activities described in subsection (b)(1). (e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available by section 5101(a)(1) of this Act, $2,625,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 shall be available to carry out this section. SEC. 5513. RESEARCH GRANTS.

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