Allandale Neighborhood Association v. Austin Transportation Study Policy Advisory Committee

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs contend that the defendant Austin Transportation Study Policy Advisory Committee of Austin, Texas, a planning group at the local level, violated federal statutes codified at 23 U.S.C. § 134 and 49 U.S.C. § 1607 chiefly by failing to give due consideration to social, economic, and environmental goals when the Committee devised and endorsed an overarching transportation plan. The Committee challenges Plaintiffs’ right of action. After considering issues of standing and ripeness, we reject Plaintiffs’ contention that these sections supply an implied private…