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New, Up-to-Date Sales Tax Data from the Triangle <br /> Assumptions Previous Financial Data Current Financial Data <br /> Inflation 4% 4% <br /> Sales Tax Growth 4.5%, all years of plan, Actual receipts for 20070 <br /> Rate beginning to end 2009, county projections <br /> as far as possible by <br /> county, 2.5% long term <br /> for Orange County <br /> Previous Orange County Finances (graph) <br /> Current Orange County Finances (graph) <br /> Orange County Plan Status <br /> Previous Purchasing Power Current Purchasing Power <br /> Light Rail: Leigh Village to UNC Hospital by Light Rail: Leigh Village to UNC <br /> 2023 (33% Fed Hospital by 2023 (33% Fed <br /> Funding) Funding) <br /> Bus priority lanes on MLK Blvd by Bus priority lanes on MLK Blvd by <br /> 2017 (25% Fed Funding ) 2017 (25% Fed Funding) <br /> 9 new buses by 2013 6 new buses by 2013 <br /> 9 new buses total by 2035 6 new buses total by 2035 <br /> •Revenue for above includes '/2❑cent sales tax, $3 vehicle registration fee increase, federal <br /> and state sources <br /> •Does NOT include $7 vehicle registration fee <br /> •Does NOT include "Rail Dividend" bus re❑allocation <br /> Reasons for Optimism <br /> Sec. LaHood & Livable Communities <br /> Initiative -> HUD/USDOT partnership <br /> LaHood: "We must implement policies and <br /> programs that reduce vehicle miles driven... <br /> providing communities with additional <br /> transportation choices... light rail... buses... <br />