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25 <br />3.5 Transit networks <br />As with the roadway projects, each MPO developed transit projects for its LRTP. The base year <br />network was modeled from existing routes and fares for the transit systems in 2005. Future year <br />networks were based on fiscally-constrained projected new or expanded services from regional <br />transit plans, local bus system short range plans, corridor transit plans and other projected bus <br />service expansion estimates, where available. As with the roadway networks, the MPOs and <br />NCDOT identified and rectified any initial inconsistencies in project chazacteristics or <br />implementation years where transit projects crossed jurisdictional boundaries. <br />Appendix D includes the amended future year transit projects in the Triangle MPOs and transit TIP <br />projects as indicated below. There are no future transit projects within the portion of Orange <br />County within the Burlington-Graham MPO, therefore no list of projects is included. The <br />following table indicates where transit projects aze listed in this report. <br />Area Location of Transit Project List in Appendix D <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO 2035 LRTP (Appendix D3) <br /> 2009-2015 TIP (Appendix D2) <br />Capital Area MPO 2035 LRTP (Appendix D3) <br /> 2009-2015 TIP (Appendix D4) <br />Burlington-Graham MPO no future year projects in 2035 LRTP or its TIP <br /> subset in Orange County <br />Triangle Area RPO (portions of Chatham only projects in the STIP are operations and <br />and Orange Counties in maintenance area) maintenance for community transportation systems <br />Kerr-Tar RPO (Franklin, Person and only projects in the STIP are operations and <br />Granville Counties donut areas) maintenance for community transportation systems <br />Upper Coastal Plain RPO (Johnston only projects in the STIP aze operations and <br />County donut azea) maintenance for community transportation systems <br />3.6 Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAO) Proiects <br />The NC Department of Transportation has established an allocation and review process for <br />CMAQ projects. Each MPO and RPO in anon-attainment or maintenance area receives an <br />allocation of CMAQ funds based on population and air quality status. In addition, a statewide <br />pool of CMAQ funds is allocated to projects serving more than one non-attainment or <br />maintenance area on a competitive basis. Appendix E includes a listing of funded CMAQ <br />projects in the Triangle Area. <br />3.7 Trio generation <br />The trip generation module of the Triangle Regional Model is a trip frequency choice model. The <br />model uses the following independent variables: household size, income group, number of <br />workers, number of children, and number of autos. Trip purposes used in the model for trip <br />generation aze home based work (HBW), home based shopping (HBShop), home based school <br />(HBSch), home based other (HBO), and non-home-based (NHB). The model estimates the <br />17 <br />