WHAT IS THE FEDERAL ROLE IN THE LAPC?
• To provide guidelines through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, (SAFETEA-LU) enacted in 2005. SAFETEA-LU authorizes highway, safety, transit, and other transportation programs for six years. • To provide initiatives to meet the challenges of improving traffic safety. • To protect and enhance communities and the natural environment. • To advance economic growth and competitiveness through efficient and flexible transportation. • To establish a planning process for cooperative, continuous, and comprehensive transportation planning. • To make local officials, states, and transit operators responsible for determining transportation investments. • To make MPOs responsible for adopting long and short-range transportation plans.