N.Y. Transportation Law § 15: Comprehensive statewide master plan for transportation

§ 15. Comprehensive statewide master plan for transportation. 1. The

department shall formulate and from time to time revise a long-range

comprehensive statewide master plan for the balanced development and

coordination of adequate, safe and efficient commuter and general

transportation facilities and services in the state at reasonable cost

to the people, including, but not limited to, highways, rapid transit,

railroad, omnibus, marine and other mass transportation facilities and

services, and aviation and airport facilities and services, whether

publicly or privately owned, developed, operated or maintained.

2. The department shall submit such plan to the governor, the

temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and to

the department of state on or before September first, nineteen hundred

sixty-eight, and thereafter shall submit appropriate revisions of such

plan to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker

of the assembly and to the department of state from time to time as such

revisions are made. The department of state shall review such plan and

such revisions and shall submit a report thereon, together with such

recommendations as it may deem appropriate, to the governor, the

temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such

plan and such revisions shall become effective upon approval by the

governor and shall serve thereafter as a guide to the public and

publicly assisted development of transportation facilities and services

in the state.

3. In formulating such plan and any such revisions, the department:

a. shall conduct one or more public hearings;

b. may consult with and cooperate with (i) officials of departments

and agencies of the state having duties and responsibilities concerning

transportation;

(ii) officials and representatives of public corporations as defined

in article one, section three of the general corporation law;

(iii) officials and representatives of the federal government, of

neighboring states and of interstate agencies on problems affecting

transportation in this state;

(iv) officials and representatives of carriers and transportation

facilities and systems in the state; and

(v) persons, organizations and groups utilizing, served by, interested

in or concerned with transportation facilities and systems in the state;

c. may request and receive from any department, division, board,

bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any political

subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance and data as

may be necessary to enable the department to carry out its

responsibilities under this section; and

d. may make use of and incorporate in the department's plan, any

recognized long-range regional plan for transportation, survey or report

developed by any public or private agency.