; and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following: (J) facilitate emergency management, response, and evacuation and hazard mitigation; (K) improve the level of transportation system access; and ; (7) in subsection (h)(2) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) In general Through the use of a performance-based approach, transportation investment decisions made as a part of the metropolitan transportation planning process shall support the national goals described in section 150(b), the achievement of metropolitan and statewide targets established under section 150(d), the improvement of transportation system access (consistent with section 150(f)), and the general purposes described in section 5301 of title 49. ; (8) in subsection (i)— (A) in paragraph (2)(D)(i) by inserting reduce greenhouse gas emissions and before restore and maintain ; (B) in paragraph (2)(G) by inserting and climate change after infrastructure to natural disasters ; (C) in paragraph (2)(H) by inserting greenhouse gas emissions, after pollution, ; (D) in paragraph (5)— (i) in subparagraph (A) by inserting air quality, public health, housing, transportation, resilience, hazard mitigation, emergency management, after conservation, ; and (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: (B) Issues The consultation shall involve, as appropriate, comparison of transportation plans to other relevant plans, including, if available— (i) State conservation plans or maps; and (ii) inventories of natural or historic resources. ; and (E) by amending paragraph (6)(C) to read as follows: (C) Methods (i) In general In carrying out subparagraph (A), the metropolitan planning organization shall, to the maximum extent practicable— (I) hold any public meetings at convenient and accessible locations and times; (II) employ visualization techniques to describe plans