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Agency & Public Involvement <br /> Major Corridor Planning: <br /> 3 Sets of Public Workshops totaling 19 meetings <br /> June and Sept 2010; March 2011 <br /> Multiple locations in Orange County <br /> Bus Planning <br /> Onboard-bus customers surveys <br /> Short Range Transit Plans <br /> Transit Agency Staff Input <br /> Call Center Data: "Does the bus go to ?" <br /> Bus Capital Investment: <br /> $6 Million over 5 Years <br /> Bus Services: 34,650 hrs Implemented by 2017 <br /> Bus Services: Proposed Apportionment by Agency (chart) <br /> Intercity Rail: <br /> Hillsborough Train Station <br /> - Access from Hillsborough to Durham, Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, more NC <br /> cities 4 times/day <br /> - Direct service to NYC, DC, Richmond via Carolinian <br /> - $4 to $8 million in investment <br /> MLK Bus-Only Lanes by 2019 <br /> - From 1-40 area to Estes Drive <br /> - Will improve access to main campus and Carolina North <br /> Craig Benedict reviewed the new schedule. Tonight is the second formal public <br /> hearing. There will be two open houses starting on April 23 d from 4-7 p.m. at Extraordinary <br /> Ventures and the repeat will be on April 30th in Hillsborough from 4-7 p.m. at the West Campus <br /> Office Building. He said that last year they created a prioritization of about 50,000 bus hours <br /> and they now have had to reduce this to 36,000 hours. <br /> This information will be formally presented along with the bus element of the plan to the <br /> Board of County Commissioners on May 3 d at its work session. <br /> The next very important meeting will be May 15th, where the Orange County Transit <br /> Plan, financial plan, Durham/Orange County cost share agreement, and the implementing <br /> agreement will be discussed. Finally, on June 5th, there will be a public hearing on the '/2-cent <br /> Public Transit Tax referendum. There will also be a decision at that time on the referendum. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> Gerry Cohen read a prepared statement. <br /> "My name is Gerry Cohen. I resided in Orange County from 1968 to 1984, and have <br /> lived in Wake County since then. I served on the Chapel Hill Town Council from 1973 to 1979 <br /> and have served on the Chapel Hill Transportation Board, the Raleigh Transit Authority and <br /> the City of Raleigh Passenger Rail Task Force. I served on the Special Transit Advisory <br /> Commission (STAC), and staffed the legislative commission which recommended the Regional <br /> Transit tax and referendum bill that is up for your consideration. I was involved in the start-up <br />