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11. LOCAL -Extend evening service in Chapel Hill -Carrboro-UNC <br />12. REGIONAL -Carrboro -Chapel Hill-Durham Express (Route 405) -Saturday <br />13. REGIONAL -Chapel Hill -Regional Transit Center via Southpoint (Rte. 800) Saturday <br />14. LOCAL -Hillsborough Circulator <br />15. REGIONAL -Hillsborough -Chapel Hill (Route 420) -peak <br />16-19 by 2035 <br />16. RGP -Improve service in unincorporated Orange County <br />17. REGIONAL EXP - Pittsboro -Chapel Hill Express <br />18. REGIONAL -Route 805 -RTC via SW Durham (Woodcroft) <br />19. LOCAL -Improve peak hour bus frequency Chapel Hill Carrboro UNC <br />BUS INVESTMENT <br />- New bus hours by end of FIRST year - 22,050 hrs <br />- New bus hours by end of THIRD year -44,100 hrs <br />- Total number of new bus hours by 2035 - 50,400 hrs <br />- MLK Busway Improvements completed - 2017 <br />- Potential Rail Dividend Bus Hours - 30,000 to 45,000 <br />RAIL INVESTMENT <br />- Opening year of Light Rail - 2025 <br />- LRT Capital Cost - $330 million <br />- LRT Annual Operating Cost - $3.2 million <br />*Sales Tax Growth Rate - 3.6% <br />Financial Resources available for Transit <br />- Local revenue in Bus and Rail Transit Investment Plan <br />o '/z sales tax _ <br />o $7 vehicle registration fee <br />o $3 increase in Triangle Transit vehicle registration fee <br />o Rental car tax revenue <br />- State participation - 25% assumed <br />- Federal participation - 50% assumed <br />Approval Process <br />DCHC MPO <br />- Approves Bus and Rail Investment Plan <br />Triangle Transit Board of Trustees <br />- Approves Bus and Rail Investment Plan. <br />Orange and Durham County Commissions <br />- Approves Bus and Rail Investment Plan <br />- Authorizes referendum <br />*All municipalities within Durham and Orange County must receive copy of Bus and Rail <br />Investment Plan for review <br />Proposed Schedule -Orange County <br />- DCHC TAC Bus and Rail Investment Plan Review -May 11 <br />- BOCC Review Bus and Rail (B&R) Investment Plan -May 19 <br />- Carrboro Board of Aldermen Review B&R Investment Plan -May 24 <br />- Chapel Hill Town Council Review B&R Investment Plan -May 25 <br />- BOCC Review of B&R Investment Plan -June 7 <br />- DCHC TAC consideration of D/O(Durham/Orange) B&R Investment Plan -June 8 <br />