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5 ATTACHMENT 4 ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN (OCTP) QUESTIONS/EXPLANATIONS QUESTIONS TO BE RESEARCHED AND ANSWERED SUMMER 2011 1. How the model is fiscally conservative on both revenue and expense side as verbally presented at our last meeting. 2. Assumptions about which bus routes are fare free and- which are not. Provide list (see also assumptions 8 & 9). 3. More detailed description of the bus rapid transit-- length of line, exact start and end point. Would BRT be viable and economical options for the high volume corridors of Hwy 54, 15-501 and MLK to be part of a regional public transit network? 4. Description of the limitations on use of the sales tax (e.g., cannot be used to supplant existing service) (see also assumptions 5 & 6). 5. Explanation of how the model assumes the light rail cost to include the most expensive alignment (Meadowmont) and how much lower the rail investment cost would be if the Hillmont alignment were chosen. 6. Spreadsheet showing Durham's bus plan and how it lines up with the regional bus plan on the Orange County plan. 7. What permits and righ#s of way will need to be obtained to implement the light rail and bus rapid transit. 8. Explanation of how and when state and federal monies will be requested. 9. How the operational- costs per hour of bus service are being estimated across time and how are rates controlled when using different providers. 10. List all the light rail stations within Orange County and within the limits of Chapel Hill but in Durham County. List where park and ride lots will be 11. Describe how the LPA will be selected. 12. Background rationale for the eastern route from UNC towards Hwy 54 and then NNE along I-40 to 15-501 instead of a more direct UNC to 15-501 route. In combination has a BRT line been examined in the Hwy 54 corridor or similar alternative analysis scenarios.