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vide the direction needed to fund implementation of the land use, demand management, and system improvement policies. Although not required by the Transportation Planning Rule when the TransPlan update was initiated in 1992, the revised TransPlan is designed to serve as an integrated trans- portation and land use plan. As a result, the evaluation and selection of transportation system plan alternatives included land use measures as well as transportation demand management strategies and transportation system improvements. Based on direction from the elected officials in 1997, the revised TransPlan is based on the "Equal Empha- sis" alternative, using all three of these fundamental components of transportation plan- ning in a balanced and integrated manner to address the identified transportation needs of the planning area. The goals and policies in the revised TransPlan are also proposed for adoption as the Metro Plan transportation goals and policies. The fmance component of the revised TransPlan includes Financially Constrained 20- Year Capital Investment Ac- tions project lists. Where supported by the needs analysis conducted for this update of the plan, projects from the 1986 TransPlan are included in the revisions to the TransPlan and adopted and incorporated by policy into the Metro Plan. A revised Metro Plan Transportation element and related amendments to the Metro Plan text will be adopted concurrent with the adoption of TransPlan. Findings of consistency with the applicable sections of the Transportation Planning Rule found in Section II of this document are incorporated here by this reference and further establish consistency with Goal 12. Therefore, the revisions to TransPlan and the Metro Plan amendments comply with Goal 12. ' Goall3-Energy Conservation: To conserve energy. The proposals to adopt revisions to TransPlan and amend the Metro Plan text will pro- mote more compact development, will encourage the use of alternate modes of travel and will provide a transportation system designed to increase the efficiency of travel wherever possible. Therefore, the revisions to TransPlan and the Metro Plan amendments comply with Goal 13. Goall4-Urbanization: To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land use. The proposals to adopt revisions to TransPlan and amend the Metro Plan text preserve the distinction between urban and rural uses through the development of policies and pro- grams that provide for more efficient urban uses within the urban growth boundary (UGB), thus preserving rural lands for rural uses. Those projects located on rural lands outside the UGB are permitted by the Transportation Planning Rule. The revised Trans- Plan was developed to keep the urban transportation system viable, to anticipate future needs and to address those needs within the financial constraints of the Plan. The type, location and phasing of the facilities planned for in the revised TransPlan project lists are Exhibit C Findings in Support of the Adoption of TransPlan 13