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130303
. With respect to the area under its jurisdiction, the
commission shall be responsible for short-range capital and service
planning directed to:
(a) Determination, on an annual basis, of the total amount of
funds that could be available to the commission for transportation
planning and development.
(b) Development and approval of a short-range three- to five-year
transportation improvement program with an annual updated element
reflecting all transportation capital and service priorities within
the jurisdiction of the commission to be developed with all
appropriate coordination and cooperation between the commission and
state and local transportation agencies and operators. All projects
utilizing federal and state highway and transit funds, and all
exclusive public mass transit guideway projects no matter how funded,
shall be included in a transportation improvement program adopted by
the commission. The program shall also be developed in coordination
with the multicounty designated transportation planning agency and
the Department of Transportation, shall be consistent with the
adopted regional transportation plan, and shall be reviewed and
commented on pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 130301.
(c) Coordination and approval of all public mass transit service
within the jurisdiction of the commission and between the
jurisdiction of other commissions or transit operators.
(d) Determination or approval of the location and capacity of all
capital development projects, including, but not limited to,
exclusive public mass transit guideway systems, state highway
projects, and federal-aid highway projects.
(e) Selection and specific approval of appropriate mass transit
hardware and technology to be funded by the transportation
improvement program.
(f) Determination and approval of the staging and scheduling of
construction and other development relative to all transportation
improvement projects to be funded by the transportation improvement
program.
(g) Administration of the countywide program for the expenditure
of funds allocated pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
99200) of Part 11 of Division 10.