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Memo: DCHC 2035 LRTP Conformity Analysis and Determination 2 <br />April 23, 2009 <br />Page 2 <br />of technology/fuel improvements/vehicle maintenance and resulting emission reductions <br />exceeds the effect of increased VMT in the Triangle area." (VMT =vehicle miles traveled.) <br />Emissions Comparison Summaries tables start on page 26 of the report. Table 21. Orange <br />County Emissions Comparison Summary shows emissions well below State <br />Implementation Plan budgets for Orange County. The model used to perform the air <br />quality analysis does not contain algorithms that can calculate effects of some of the LRTP <br />strategies such as Transportation Demand Management Programs, land use strategies to <br />reduce vehicle trips, Triangle Transit's Commuter Services Programs (rideshare matching, <br />guaranteed ride home and other measures to enhance transit use), and Incident <br />management programs (surveillance cameras, Motorist Assistance Patrols, traveler <br />information activities): <br />The full 2035 Long Range Transportation Plans Public Review Draft is available at <br />http://www.dchcmpo.ora/dmdocuments/2035LRTP.pdf. There are no anticipated <br />substantive changes to the final report. Expected changes include: <br />1. Add Executive Summary. <br />2. Add Public Comments and MPO responses to those comments, and overall summary of <br />public comments throughout the LRTP process (Appendix 7). <br />3. Add Acronyms (Appendix 9). <br />4. Use same format to present DCHC MPO and CAMPO financial data (Section 8). <br />5. Make changes based on agency comments: <br />a. Add Safety Countermeasures (based on federal Highway Administration guidelines) <br />to serve as a guideline, similar to Road Cross Section in Appendix 5. <br />b. Identify MPO's use of visioning tools in public input process, as required by <br />SAFETEA-LU. <br />c. Show highway projects as 2015, 2025, and 2035 air quality year only (do not <br />include interim years such as 2017). <br />6. Add minor missing data such as VMT in Greenhouse Gas section and summary of <br />CAMPO Environmental Justice section. <br />7. Add photos and improve graphics and images that are difficult to read. <br />Next Steps <br />The DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee, on May 13, will consider approving <br />the 2035 LRTP and Air Quality Conformity and Determination Report. It is uncertain <br />whether the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration will be able <br />to approve the 2035 LRTP and Air Quality Conformity Analysis and Determination by the <br />June 15, 2009, deadline. However, SAFETEA-LU provisions allow aone-year "grace <br />period" to obtain a conforming LRTP before federal aid is cut off for projects programmed in <br />a conforming Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The DCHC 2035 LRTP should <br />be approved by the federal agencies before the North Carolina Board of Transportation <br />(BOT) adopts the 2011 - 2017 TIP, so any lapse in the plan should not adversely impact <br />existing projects programmed in the 2009-2015 TIP. <br />::`•Docum~ts and Settirgsl;na;iisor`.Lo;ai SeGirgs;Temporary lraemet Files10LK1081memo_2035LRTP_AQADReport.doc <br />