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I. Introduction <br />The main purpose of this analysis is to assess current traffic congestion causes on Churton Street, <br />and develop and evaluate alternatives to reduce congestion or maintain an acceptable Level of <br />Service (LOS) on the street. <br />- Since the 2010 data set is not available and the FY2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) <br />has been developed on May, 2009, base and target analysis years are set as FY2015 and FY2035. <br />In the Town of Hillsborough area, two coordinated signal corridors are maintained by NC DOT: <br />14 signals on Churton Street between NC 57 and Oakdale Dr. and 5 signals on NC 86 between US <br />70 business and Hampton Pointe Drive. Recently, NC DOT completed the re- timing, phasing, and <br />coordinating work on the Churton Street corridor using on -site field observation methodology, <br />and the NC 86 corridor will be completed soon. <br />II. Triangle Regional Travel Demand Model (TRM) review <br />1. Socio- Economic data review <br />It is important to understand socioeconomic (SE) data since travel demand forecasting results and <br />the accuracy of the results are heavily dependent on the SE data. <br />Two socioeconomic data sets are reviewed in this section: one estimated by the Town of <br />Hillsborough and one used by the Triangle Regional Travel Forecasting Model. <br />1.1. Town of Hillsborough data <br />TRM ID* <br />TAZ <br />2005 <br />2015 <br />2035 <br />Housing <br />pop <br />Employ <br />Housing <br />pop <br />Employ <br />Housing <br />pop <br />Employ <br />1882 <br />330002 <br />832 <br />1973 <br />144 <br />932 <br />2210 <br />854 <br />1232 <br />2922 <br />1590 <br />1883 <br />330003 <br />386 <br />915 <br />6 <br />560 <br />1328 <br />20 <br />658 <br />1560 <br />25 <br />1884 <br />330004 <br />323 <br />766 <br />604 <br />403 <br />956 <br />936 <br />528 <br />1252 <br />1354 <br />1885 <br />330005 <br />267 <br />633 <br />369 <br />352 <br />835 <br />666 <br />409 <br />970 <br />998 <br />1886 <br />330006 <br />239 <br />567 <br />15 <br />264 <br />626 <br />53 <br />314 <br />745 <br />63 <br />1887 <br />330008 <br />471 <br />1117 <br />126 <br />531 <br />1259 <br />263 <br />631 <br />1496 <br />404 <br />1891 <br />330012 <br />366 <br />868 <br />318 <br />404 <br />958 <br />934 <br />464 <br />1100 <br />995 <br />1892 <br />330013 <br />369 <br />875 <br />226 <br />1 540 <br />1281 <br />370 <br />580 <br />1375 <br />499 <br />1893 <br />330014 <br />192 <br />455 <br />398 <br />207 <br />491 <br />1244 <br />230 <br />545 <br />1451 <br />1894 <br />330015 <br />207 <br />491 <br />1501 <br />550 <br />1304 <br />2169 <br />1 653 <br />1549 <br />2221 <br />1895 <br />330016 <br />105 <br />249 <br />1182 <br />125 <br />296 <br />1289 <br />205 <br />486 <br />1457 <br />1896 <br />330017 <br />555 <br />1316 <br />689 <br />1095 <br />2597 <br />1696 <br />1635 <br />3877 <br />2875 <br />1897 <br />330018 <br />800 <br />1897 <br />543 <br />899 <br />2132 <br />1215 <br />1047 <br />2483 <br />1396 <br />1977 <br />376005 <br />38 <br />90 <br />31 <br />64 <br />152 <br />97 <br />201 <br />477 <br />320 <br />SUM <br />1 5150 <br />12213 <br />6152 <br />6926 <br />16425 <br />11806 <br />8787 <br />20838 <br />15648 <br />*) The detailed Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) location is shown in section 1.5. <br />