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Attachment 2 $ • Requests that the plan study the 15-501 to see who would benefit from such an alignment • Calls for further investigation of a"rapid bus system" instead of light rail due to costs and that the population of the area is not large enough to support light rail • Assertions that data shows a trend of moving into cities rather than into the suburbs and that this does not agree with the assumptions in the NC 54 study and the transit plan about increased traffic in the study area • Comments questioning the relationship between the goal of the plan to insure that transportation facilities do not negatively impact disadvantaged populations with the recommendation that light rail be aligned adjacent to the Cedars Health Center • Support for the transit plan because of the need to improve air quality and reduce dependence on cars and that everyone will benefit even if they do not use the bus and rail system themselves • Concerns that adequate funding be allotted to bus services and that funding for light rail does not detract from expanded bus service • Statements that the light rail alignment bypasses the majority of Chapel Hill and Orange County and does not effectively serve the population • Declaration that county residents will not utilize the new bus or rail system • Requests that the Commissioners consider other areas of that need improvement such as schools and highway infrastructure before supporting an expanded transit service Collected From the April 23`d Public Workshops/Open House Written Public Comment Sheets: • Responses to comment form question about "Components of the Draft plan that interested you the most" - Increase in CHT service - Light Rail - BRT - Commuter Rail - Hillsborough Train Station Responses to comment form question about "Components of the Draft plan that interested you the least" - BRT - Regional bus service in Hillsborough, etc (commenter noted they lived in Chapel Hill)