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12 <br /> • Facebook <br /> • Twitter <br /> • Email <br /> LPA Summary (chart) <br /> Next Phase - Project Development <br /> The LPA is refined during environmental documentation and engineering: <br /> • Refine ridership <br /> • Refine costs <br /> • Refine impacts <br /> • Identify community preference <br /> Potential Outcomes of BRT Investment <br /> Benefits of North-South Corridor BRT <br /> • provides regional connections <br /> • improves reliability of the whole system <br /> • Reduces CHT fleet age <br /> • Funds bikes/pedestrian investments <br /> • Designed for expansion <br /> Without BRT Investment in the North-South Corridor... <br /> • Transit trips will take up to 9 minutes longer— and will likely get worse as congestion <br /> increases <br /> • Traffic congestion will increase — driving through the corridor will take longer <br /> • Buses will become more crowded and less reliable as they're stuck in traffic <br /> • Additional parking spaces will be necessary throughout the corridor <br /> • Development patterns will be less transit-supportive <br /> Chapel Hill Town Council Action <br /> • On April 27th 2016 the Council adopted the North-South Corridor Study Locally <br /> Preferred Alternative (LPA) as recommended by the Chapel Hill Transit Public Transit <br /> Committee and the Study's Technical and Policy Committees, and authorized staff to <br /> submit the LPA to the Durham — Chapel Hill — Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization (DCHC). <br /> Questions, Comments, Discussion <br /> Commissioner Rich asked if dedicated lanes would use express buses, or buses with <br /> stops. <br /> Mila Vega said there could be both, but with a center lane, local service buses would <br /> have to exit the center lane with more frequency. She said buses may require exit doors on <br /> both sides as well. She said there are trade offs with each option. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if the expanded roadway will require the purchasing of <br /> easements. <br /> Mila Vega said each intersection will need to be confirmed, but it does not seem that <br /> additional right of ways will be needed. She said some of the options considered before did <br />