J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1395

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Transportation Agency and from any other agencies of the Federal
Government, and from signatories and the political subdivisions
theree THEREOF.

317-14. Planning Process—

(a)    The mass transit plan, and any revisions, alterations or
amendments thereof, shall be coordinated, through the procedures
hereinafter set forth, with

(1)    other plans and programs affecting transportation in the
Zone in order to achieve a balanced system of transportation, utiliz-
ing each mode to its best advantage;

(2)    the general plan or plans for the development of the Zone;
and

(3)    the development plans of the various political subdivisions
embraced within the Zone.

(b)    It shall be the duty and responsibility of each member of
the Board to serve as liaison between the Board and the body which
appointed him to the Board. To provide a framework for regional
participation in the planning process, the Board shall create technical
committees concerned with planning and collection and analyses of
data relative to decision-making in the transportation planning
process and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the com-
ponent governments of the Northern Virginia Transportation Dis-
trict and the Washington Suburban Transit District shall appoint
representatives to such technical committees and otherwise cooperate
with the Board in the formulation of a mass transit plan, or in
revisions, alterations or amendments thereof.

(c)    The Board, in the preparation, revision, alteration or amend-
ment of a mass transit plan, shall

(1)    consider data with respect to current and prospective con-
ditions in the Zone, including, without limitation, land use, popula-
tion, economic factors affecting development plans, goals or objectives
for the development of the Zone and the separate political sub-
divisions, transit demands to be generated by such development,
travel patterns, existing and proposed transportation and transit
facilities, impact of transit plans on the dislocation of families and
businesses, preservation of the beauty and dignity of the Nation's
Capital, factors affecting environmental amenities and aesthetics
and financial resources;

(2)    cooperate with and participate in any continuous, compre-
hensive transportation planning process cooperatively established
by the highway agencies of the signatories and the local political
subdivisions in the Zone to meet the planning standards now or
hereafter prescribed by the Federal-Aid Highway Acts; and

(3)    to the extent not inconsistent with or duplicative of the
planning process specified in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph
(c), cooperate with the National Capital Planning Commission, the
National Capital Regional Planning Council, the Washington Metro-
politan Council of Governments, the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Commission, the highway agencies of the Signatories, the