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2 that the MTP must be fiscally-constrained, but the CTP has no fiscal element. The development process for the 2040 MTP and CTP is very similar andas a resultthe DCHC MPO will conduct the development process for both documents at the same time. AlternativesAnalysis (Attachment 5): An Alternative is a combination of a transportation network, which includes a set of highway, transit and other transportation improvements, and a land use scenario that depicts the distribution of population and employment for the year 2040. These Alternatives are then analyzed using theTriangle Regional Model (TRM) which forecasts future travel statistics based on assumptions concerning the highway network, transit service and other transportation facilities. Itis very unlikely that one of the Alternatives in its entirety would be advanced as the Preferred Option. Most likely, the final MTP and CTP will be a combination ofthe various Alternatives. Model Output and Evaluation Measures: The TRM provides four outputsthat areused to evaluatetheAlternatives. Two of the outputs, Travel Isochrones andTravel Time estimates, are only presented if the results are informative. The remaining two,Performance Measures and Congestion Maps, are always presented and usually provide the most information for evaluation.Performance Measures include measurements such as total daily vehicle miles traveled, average speed by road type and daily average trip lengths. Congestion Maps comparea road’s capacity to the projected traffic volumeand illustrate how heavy congestion will be on the network.All four outputs are compared to thebaseline“Existing plus Committed” alternative which includes all projects that currently exist or have committed funding. Items of Orange CountyInterest in the 2040 MTP (Attachment 4): Due to the length and depth of the Alternatives Analysis, staff has created a short outline of Orange County data used in the analysis, key areas of interest to Orange County, an index of Orange County Maps within the Analysis, lists of Orange County highway and transit projects included in the Alternatives andone additional map from the Analysis that was notavailable by the agenda deadline. Orange Unified Transportation Board Recommended Comments(Attachment 3) The Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) received a presentation on the 2040 MTP Alternatives Analysis at its meeting on September 19, 2012 and recommended the comments listed in Attachment 3. Next Steps In the next few months, the DCHC MPO Technical Advisory Committee(TAC)will use the comments to direct development of a Preferred Option. The Preferred Option will be used to create the Draft 2040 MTP and CTP which will be released in December 2012. The Draft 2040 MTPand CTP will be used to ascertain if the Plan meets airquality conformity regulations, and then the plan is submitted for Federal approval by June 2013. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this item, although implementation of many of the alternatives will require new local and state funding. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1.Receive the presentation from Andy Henryandthe OUTBoard’s comments;