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 PUBLIC LAW 94-280—MAY 5, 1976

90 STAT. 445

time of request for project approval through the completion of construction of highway projects in areas that, as a result of recent or imminent change, including but not limited to change in population or traffic flow resulting from the construction of Federal projects, show a need to construct such projects to relieve such areas from the impact of such change. There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out such project not to exceed $25,000,000. MULTIMODAL CONCEPT

SEC. 142. Section 143 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 is 87 Stat. 272. amended by inserting " (a) " immediately following "SEC. 143." and by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(b) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to Study. study the feasibility of developing a multimodal concept along the route described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section, which study shall include an analysis of the environmental impact of such multimodal concept. The Secretary shall report to Congress the Report to Congress. results of such a study not later than July 1, 1977.". CARPOOL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

SEC. 143. Section 3 of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, as amended (87 Stat. 1047, 88 Stat. 2289), is amended as 23 USC 101note. follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the Vanpool. following: "For the purposes of this section, the term 'carpool' includes a vanpool.". (2) Subsection (c) is amended by inserting after "such mea.sures as" the words "providing carpooling opportunities to the elderly and the handicapped," and by inserting after "opportunities," the words "acquiring vehicles appropriate for carpool use,". (3) Subsection (d) is amended by striking out "(3) and (6)" from the first sentence, and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) and (6)" and by '" ' """ striking out the second sentence. U S E O F TO L L RECEIPTS FOR H I G H W A Y AND RAIL CROSSINGS

SEC. 144. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act granting the consent of Congress to the State of California to construct, maintain, i' ' and operate a bridge across the Bay of San Francisco from the Rincon Hill district in San Francisco by way of Goat Island to Oakland", approved February 20, 1931, is amended as follows: 46 Stat. 1193. (1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking out "heretofore enacted." and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (2) The first sentence in subsection (b) is amended by striking out "of not to exceed two additional highway crossings and one rail transit crossing across the Bay of San Francisco and their approaches." and inserting in lieu thereof " (1) not to exceed two additional highway crossings and one rail transit crossing across the Bay of San Francisco and their approaches, and (2) any public transportation system in the vicinity of any toll bridge in the ,.,« San Francisco Bay Area. Such tolls may also be used to pav the cost of constructing new approaches to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area.". (3) The existing third sentence in subsection (b) which begins Repeal. "After" is repealed.

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