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23 CFR § 656.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s656.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "23 CFR § 656.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "656.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS"
part_number: "656"
part_name: "CARPOOL AND VANPOOL PROJECTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "23 U.S.C. 146 and 315; sec. 126 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-599, 92 Stat. 2689; 49 CFR 1.48(b)."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 43024, Sept. 30, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "656"
---

# 656.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this regulation is to prescribe policies and general procedures for administering a program of ridesharing projects using Federal-aid primary, secondary, and urban system funds.