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Participants <br /> DCHC MPO* <br /> City of Durham* <br /> Town of Chapel Hill* <br /> NCDOT <br /> Durham County* <br /> TTA (Triangle Transit) <br /> UNC (University of North Carolina) <br /> Chapel Hill Transit <br /> DATA <br /> Orange County <br /> Chatham County <br /> *Funding Partners <br /> Study Process <br /> Focus Groups/Workshop 1 <br /> - Challenges <br /> - Data Collection/Analysis <br /> - Community Profile <br /> Workshop 2 <br /> - Trend Analysis <br /> - Scenario Development/Testing <br /> - Initial Preferred Scenario <br /> Targeted Outreach/Workshop 3 <br /> - Full Analysis Preferred Scenario <br /> - Refined Recommendations <br /> - Master Plan <br /> What We Learned <br /> - Future development will continue to occur <br /> - The growth in traffic from adopted plans will result in significant congestion <br /> - There are insufficient alternatives for parallel capacity <br /> - Existing development patterns do not support transit or encourage non-motorized trips <br /> - Vehicle trips destined to the Friday Center and UNC contribute significantly to peak <br /> congestion <br /> - There is a public desire for multimodal options <br /> Recommendations <br /> Land Use/Transit/Bicycle-Pedestrian <br /> Nodal Land Development Pattern <br /> - Guides growth into existing/emerging centers <br /> - Opportunities to capture short trips via walking or biking <br /> - Focal point for transit with focused, diverse activity <br />