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001 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Ag�'n a <br /> Item No.Al la <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: OCTOBER 21, 1986 <br /> SUBJECT: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STUDY STATUS REPORT <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE,X501 <br /> YES TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a status report on the public transportation study <br /> for the Research Triangle Region. <br /> NEED: In January, 1986, the Department of City and Regional Planning <br /> in cooperation with the Institute for Transportation Research <br /> and Education at the University of North Carolina proposed to <br /> the N. C. Department of Transportation a Research Triangle <br /> Region Public Transportation study. Subsequently, the study <br /> began with the following goal: <br /> To develop a consensus among local and state officials <br /> regarding an appropriate course of action to mitigate the <br /> transportation problems within the Triangle region through <br /> methods other than traditional highway development. <br /> On May 20, 1986 the Board received an update from the study <br /> group. The study group has requested to appear before the <br /> Board to present another status report. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br />