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r The following is a brief summary of some of the key points in NC DOT's bicycle policies and programs. The policies and details for each program are quite complex and tend to be difficult for practitioners not accustomed to working with large agencies to decipher, therefore this plan only refers to the key principles. Copies of each policy are in Section E. of the Bicycle Transportation Plan Supplement. A more comprehensive review of these policies and programs can also be found in the NC DOT Transportation Plan (1996). Other NC DOT Programs Other programs besides facility construction administered by the OBPT include development of design guidelines for bicycling and pedestrian facilities, designation of bicycling highway routes, mapping of local bicycle routes and bicycle safety promotion (NC DOT Transportation Plan, 1996, page 22). Durham - Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (Regional Planning Agency) The current policy of the DCHC MPO is to make their Direct Attributable funds (a funding category under the ISTEA Surface Transportation Program for MPO's with populations of 200,000 or more) available to municipalities within the MPO for them to construct independent bicycling projects. State Laws and NC DOT policies and programs in their independent funding of bicycling projects limit the DCHC MPO. In particular, the DCHC MPO cannot program funds for the construction of independent bicycle projects outside of municipalities without the cooperative programming of the same project by NC DOT. In other words, the DCHC MPO is constrained by State Laws and NC DOT Policies in what they can and cannot program for bicycle construction projects. The DCHC MPO is the only MPO in NORTH CAROLINA that is making its Direct Attributable Funds available to local governments for the construction of independent bicycle projects. However, a shortcoming of DCHC Regional Transportation Plans is that these plans have not, to date, contained real performance measures or benchmarks for bicycle facility construction (see Section D. of the Bicycle Transportation Plan Supplement for a copy of the minutes from the public hearing). 12