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o VMT and Vehicle- Minutes - Traveled (VHT) for the Town of Hillsborough area (as defined <br />in the figure below). <br />For Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) projects, it is assumed that 10 % of direct <br />through traffic on Churton Street from /to East, West, and North of Hillsborough will be diverted <br />to the desired routes. The assumption is based on recent researches; Williams et al., <br />http• / /www ncdot org/ doh /preconstruct /tpb/ research /download /2006- 13FinaIReport.pdf , <br />2008, and Horowitz et al., "Diversion from a Rural Work Zone with Traffic - Responsive Variable <br />Message Signage System ", Transportation Research Record No. 1824, 2003. <br />3. Analysis Results <br />3.1.Summary <br />o Summary <br />■ The figure below shows the analysis area; the blue colored links represent the <br />surrounding area of the Town of Hillsborough. It is noted that Churton Street is <br />divided by two parts to represent the constrained segments of a possible <br />development; Red and Orange colors indicates the Northern and Southern parts <br />of Churton St. <br />The analysis results are shown in the following Table. The results indicate that <br />the alternative 9, 4 and 1 will reduce the congestion on Churton Street. <br />In addition, analysis of the Alternative 6 revealed that about 586 trips will use <br />the planned transit services during PM peak periods. <br />31 <br />