LATTS II was a two-year analysis of the critical transportation “needs” identified in LATTS (Phase I). These “needs” were studied in greater depth and was accomplished through the use of the original LATTS consultant (Wilbur Smith Associates), supervised and guided by the States and the FHWA.

The study's principal goals were:

• To strengthen the transportation planning process, especially the intrastate component;
• To enhance the analytical basis for use in developing statewide transportation policy, planning and programming, including the integration of analytical and data systems especially those that encompass more than one mode of transportation;
• To monitor and document the implementation of the recommendations contained in the LATTS (Phase I) report;
• To facilitate additional implementation of the recommendations contained in the LATTS (Phase I) report; and,
• To develop appropriate, fact based, and credible communication formats and procedures for informing the elected and appointed officials in both the private and public sector as well as the general public of the benefits, costs, opportunities and problems associated with the implementation or non-implementation of various transportation related investment recommendations.

In addition to the original (Phase I) Alliance members consisting of the FHWA and the States/Commonwealths of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; the States of Missouri and Oklahoma participate in LATTS II.