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••'"'~`"• Chapter 9. Transportation EIement <br />`'" " " individuals and groups and maybe more cost efiFective for <br />3 some transportation needs than the above named systems. <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />io Oran_ge County residents have opportunities to ride=share through <br />11 various private transportation providers as well as through Triangle <br />12 Transit's vanpool program. TT also hosts a website for Share the <br />13 Ride NC, a statewide ride share matching service for both local and <br />14 inter-county trips. <br />is <br />16 Orange County has an active bicycling community that uses Orange <br />17 county roads for recreational riding, competitive trainin_g, and <br />18 commutin_g. Orange Couniy's Bicycle Transportation Plan identifies <br />19 major routes for improvements to facilitate bicycle commutes. The <br />20 Bicycle Transportation Plan is included in the re_giona! DCHC Long <br />21 Range Transportation Plan. Although there are currently no bicycle <br />22 lanes on Orange County roads outside municipalities, Orange County <br />23 has been able to obtain modest improvements for bicycles, such as <br />24 two=foot paved shoulders on secondary roads, through NCDOT <br />2s programs for resurfacing roads and spot safety projects. A State <br />26 Transportation Improvement Program project that will identify popular <br />27 _cyclinp routes on an Orange County Bike Map is underway, and <br />2s should be completed by the end of 2008. NCDOT will install numbered <br />29 bike route signs as part of the overall development of the county bike <br />3o route system. <br />31 <br />32 There are no pedestrian trails outside of parks and greenways. <br />33 However, several plans outline a connected trail system throughout. <br />34 the County through parks and environmentally sensitive areas along <br />3s floodplains from Chapel Hill Road in Durham. <br />36 <br />37 Amtrak passenger service traverses central Orange County through <br />38 the Town of Hil/sborou_gh, but currently does not stop in Orange <br />39 County. There is widespread community support for a passenger <br />4o train stop in Orange Gounty. All /oca! County jurisdictions, in early <br />41 2008, indicated their support for a train station to be located in <br />42 Hil/sborou_gh and the_Town of Hillsborough requested North Carolina <br />Orav~.q~Co~wv-~y Co-rv~v~eh~UVe~~7.a.w Public Hearing Draft 5-6-08 Page 9-II <br />