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136 <br />Orange County CTP <br />2/15/2011 <br />Survey Results <br />Important Transportation Issues <br />Top picks... <br />• Increased walking and biking choices <br />• Service for low income, elderly, and disabled residents <br />• Preserving the community /rural character and heritage <br />• Protecting the natural environment, such as air and water quality <br />• Sustainable and efficient use of natural and financial resources <br />How to Improve a Road <br />Top rated... <br />• Build additional travel lanes <br />• Provide an alternative means of transportation, such as bus, train, bicycle, or park -n -ride <br />Lowest rated... <br />• Control the access of driveways and cross streets <br />• Use less frequent traffic signals <br />Comments... <br />• Stop building additional roads <br />• Promote public transportation /transit <br />• Bike lanes on roads that don't have them <br />• Estes <br />• Carrboro to Hillsborough <br />• Old NC 86 <br />• Separate bike paths <br />• Bypass around Hillsborough <br />• Enforce traffic laws with bicyclists <br />• Connector roads between neighborhoods <br />• Light rail from Chapel Hill / Durham / Raleigh to RDU and RTP <br />• Better signal timing and synchronization <br />• Sidewalks and greenways in other areas of county besides the main towns <br />• Information Technology <br />• Multi -use land -use and zoning - live and work close together <br />Roads to Focus Improvements <br />Top rated... <br />• US 70 Bypass <br />• New NC 86 <br />• NC 15 -501 <br />Lowest rated... <br />• 1 -85/40 <br />• NC 49 <br />• NC 57 <br />• NC 157 <br />Comments... <br />• Sidewalks, bike routes, and public transportation connecting Efland with Hillsborough <br />• Old NC 86 <br />Bike lanes <br />• Between Orange County schools in the county and population centers like Hillsborough <br />• New Hope Church Rd <br />• NC 10 <br />• Erwin Rd (commute to Durham) <br />• Extend existing in Carrboro on Greensboro St /Hillsborough Rd to Calvander on SR 1009 <br />• Across the bypass from 15 -501 up Columbia St toward campus and town <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />Summarized by Sarah Lee <br />