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Recommendation 6: Pursue additional measures to protect air quality. <br />Action Strategies: <br />A. Promote ownership of low emission motor vehicles; Seek legislative approval for Orange <br />County to grant tax incentives for ownership of low emission automobiles, e.g. lower annual <br />county tax on such vehicles, lower license renewal fees. <br />B. The County and Towns should take the lead in instituting an ozone action plan as model for <br />other local governments and industries. <br />C. Institute hourly monitoring of air quality in the central districts of the four towns during <br />times of anticipated adverse conditions for air quality. The objective is to provide rapid feedback <br />to the community on the effects of traffic congestion on local air quality and feedback on the <br />impact of park and ride lots and other transportation strategies on local air quality. <br />D. Lobby for greater state inspection of heavy -duty trucks. <br />Recommendation 7: <br />Action Strategies: <br />Reduce congestion and pollution with minimal new <br />road construction by making the following action <br />strategies into primary goals of the Transportation <br />Improvement Program (TIP). <br />A. Develop multi -modal alternatives (pedestrian, bikeways /HOV lanes, public transit). <br />B. Make redesign of congested intersections a priority. <br />Recommendation 8: <br />Action Strategies: <br />Local elected officials should work for a better <br />transportation planning system (including new road <br />design and construction) within and between their <br />government jurisdictions. It should also include <br />inter - county and regional transportation planning. <br />(See Goal 4, Recommendation 7, page 33). <br />A. Make it a major priority to work with local state legislative leaders, state associations of county <br />officials, and state municipal associations with a focus on how to develop a new relationship <br />between NC DOT and local governments (county and municipal). The aim of this new <br />relationship is to build in a more creative and authoritative voice on the part of local governments <br />in local transportation planning, new road construction, corridor evaluation, exiting road <br />improvement and alternative transportation modes. <br />54 <br />