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b <br /> [1][b]). In its planning processes the Regional Council shall include policy coordination <br /> with the RTA and LTPAs to achieve integrated and supportive efforts in development of <br /> the annual Unified Planning Work Program(UPWP), ongoing development and <br /> maintenance of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan(MTP), and development and <br /> maintenance of the Regional Transportation Improvement Program(TIP). The Regional <br /> Council's MTP shall incorporate and periodically update a long-range regional financial <br /> element, as required by 23 CFR 450.322(11) and RCW 47.80.030,which includes the <br /> RTA's and LTPAs' financial needs for the implementation of the respective RTA and <br /> LPTA system plans which supports their respective service area's comprehensive plan <br /> for public transit service and their respective six-year transit plans (RCW 35.58.240 or <br /> RCW 36.57A.060). <br /> 2. The RTA and LPTAs Emphasis on System and Operations Planning <br /> Each public transportation operator is responsible for developing and implementing its <br /> comprehensive transit system plan which is consistent with the regional MTP. The <br /> overall implementation plan for the regional transit system element within the MTP will <br /> be cooperatively maintained by all parties to this MOU as a major component of the <br /> Regional Council's multimodal Metropolitan Transportation Plan and shall include <br /> consideration of short- and long-range transit system needs as identified in each public <br /> transportation operator's six-year transit plan. <br /> 3. Cooperation on Major Metropolitan Transportation Investments <br /> The RTA and the LPTAs and the Regional Council shall cooperate on the conduct and <br /> completion of appropriate major metropolitan transportation investment studies for <br /> corridors and/or subareas to assure effective integration of long- and short-range <br /> planning and implementation programming to support growth management plans and <br /> policies within the central Puget Sound region. <br /> 4. Cooperation on Transportation Management Systems <br /> The Regional Council, in cooperation with the WSDOT, and as part of the metropolitan <br /> transportation planning process,will consult with the RTA and the LPTAs on public <br /> transportation service and facility issues in developing and implementing a congestion <br /> management system for the central Puget Sound region. The purpose of the congestion <br /> management system is to provide for the effective management of the region's existing <br /> and new transportation facilities through an informational planning process that supports <br /> travel demand reduction and operational strategies to manage traffic and enhance <br /> mobility(23 CFR 500.503). The Regional Council supports coordination between the <br /> RTA, LPTAs and the WSDOT, in the development and implementation of other <br /> required or optional management systems that are under state responsibility [23 CFR <br /> 500.105 (c)]. The RTA and the LPTAs and the Regional Council agree to cooperate <br /> with the WSDOT to assure that the information resulting from each management system <br /> will, as appropriate,be considered in the development of the statewide transportation <br /> plan or the Metropolitan Transportation Plan, and in development of the State <br /> Transportation Improvement Program, and the Regional Transportation Improvement <br /> Program; and in making project selection decisions [23 CFR 500.105 (8)]). <br /> 24 <br /> MOU-Regional Council/Transit Operators Page 6 <br />