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of traffic that is anticipated on 54, the way light rail is being put in that corridor, it will reduce congestion 1-2% in that corridor. Commissioner Jacobs said that if the letter is addressed to the Chair, then the salutation should be to the Chair. If it is addressed to the TAC, then it should be the TAC in the salutation. Commissioner Jacobs said that all of the bulleted points need to have either a semi- colon or a period after them. Also, "southern' for Durham and "western" for Wake do not need to be capitalized.. Chair Pelissier made reference to the last bullet on page 4 and the parking spaces at Leigh Village. She asked whether the original number of spaces was 2000 or 3000 spaces, and Manager Clifton said it was 2000. She made a correction and said that it should say, "from the original" 2000 estimate at the end. The draft letter below is revised to include the Commissioners'comments: March 13, 2012 Lydia Lavelle, Chair Transportation Advisory Committee Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization 101 City Hall Plaza Durham, North Carolina 27701 Dear Chair Lavelle, On February 21 St, 2012 the Orange County Board of County Commissioners received a presentation on the Draft NC 54/1-40 Corridor Study Transportation-Land Use Master Plan. After the presentation, the Board has the following comments/questions about the Study: - Currently, Chapel Hill Transit operates 30 buses in the 54 corridor. The study should include a discussion about how the transit elements of the plan address this issue; - Orange County supports the recommendation that Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) be included in the 54 corridor. However, it is suggested that BRT service include dedicated bus lanes to further alleviate high traffic volumes. This could be possible by redesigning some or all of the new lanes suggested in the Durham County portion of the corridor to accommodate BRT or a combination of BRT and High-Occupancy Vehicles (HOV); - A more detailed explanation of how the recommendations accommodate the high commute volume to Orange County from southern Durham and western Wake County would be beneficial; - Orange County further suggests that the study explore incorporating dedicated bus lanes and/or HOV on the six-lane section of NC 54 in Orange County (from the Durham County line west) to complement the previous suggestion of including BRT/HOV lanes in the Durham County portion of NC 54; - Orange County supports the recommendation for a park and ride facility at NC 751 and Southpoint Auto Park Blvd and agrees that park and ride accommodations east of the 54/I-40 intersection is a good strategy for increasing mobility in the corridor;