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"It is declared to be in the national interest to encourage and promote the development of transportation systems, embracing various modes of transportation in a manner that will serve the States and local com- munities efficiently and effectively. To accomplish this objective the Secretary shall cooperate with the State and local officials in the development of transportation plans and programs which are formulated on the basis of transportation needs with due consideration to comprehensive long-range land use plans, development objectives, and overall social, economic, environmental, system performance, and energy conservation goals and objectives, and with due consideration to their probable effect on the future development of urban areas of more than fifty thousand population. The planning process shall include an analysis of alternative transpor- tation system management and investment strategies to make more efficient use of existing transportation facilities. The process shall consider all modes of transportation and shall be Continuing, cooperative, and com- prehensive to the degree appropriate based on the complexity of the transportation problems. After July 1, 1965, the Secretary shall not approve under section 105 of this title any program for projects in any urban area of more than fifty thousand population unless he finds that such projects are based on a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on cooperatively by 5tares and local coneunities in conformance with the objectives stated in this section. No highway project may be constructed in any urban area of fifty thousand population or more unless the responsible public officials of such urban area in which the pKoject is located have be~n consulted and their views con- sidered with respect to the corridor, the location and the design of the project."; and, WHEREAS, a transportation planning process includes the operational procedures and working arrangements by which short and long-range transpor- tation plans are soundly conceived and developed and continuously evaluated in a manner that will: 1. Assist governing bodies and official agencies in determining courses of action and in formulating attainable capital improvement programs in anticipation of community needs; and, 2. Guide private individuals and groups in planning their decisions which can be important factors in the pattern of future development and redevelopment of the area; and, WHEREAS, it is the desire of these agencies that a continuing, compre- hensive, cooperative transportation planning process be established to comply with ~3 U.S.C. 134; and Sections 3(a)(2), 4(al, 5(g)(1), and 5(1) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, (49 U.S.C. 3602(a)(2), 1603{a), ]CDq(g)(1), and 160q(1));, the following Memorandum of Understanding is made. Section 1. It is hereby agreed that the CITY OF CONCORD, CITY OF ILAN- I~kPOL~-~OF CHINA GROVE, TOW~ OF LANDIS, CABARRUS COUNTY, ROWAN COUNTY, AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION in cooperation with the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, will participate in a continuing transportation planning process with responsibilities and undertakings as related in the following paragraphs: