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51 <br /> The roadway does not experience significant congestion, except for peak hours near the schools and at <br /> the Estes Drive Extension/North Greensboro Street intersection.This intersection will be improved— <br /> likely in the form of a roundabout—in 2018 (TIP# U-5846)—which will ease peak hour congestion at <br /> that end of the roadway segment. Bike lanes and sidewalks were installed in response to the last call for <br /> corridor improvements. Additionally,there is transit service along the entire corridor that serves <br /> downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill, and provides connection to other routes. Finally, Pathway Drive, <br /> just to the north of Hillsborough Road,was identified as a parallel route and takes a number of trips off <br /> of the roadway. <br /> Homestead Road (SR 1777) (Rogers Road (SR 1729) to NC 86 (Martin Luther King <br /> Jr Boulevard)) <br /> Homestead Road (SR 1777), from Rogers Road (SR 1729) to NC 86 (Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard), is <br /> currently a two-lane undivided minor thoroughfare road. Improvements are needed to adequately <br /> accommodate pedestrian and on-road bicycle traffic and increase safety. <br /> This section of Homestead Road currently has a 60-foot right-of-way, sidewalks at certain locations, and <br /> no bicycle lanes. The 2013 AADT is 7,200 vehicles per day (vpd); by 2040,the AADT is expected to be <br /> 13,600 vpd compared to a LOS D capacity of 11,600 vpd for the existing roadway. Currently, there are <br /> mostly residential units,three schools, and a couple of religious institutions along Homestead Road. <br /> There are plans for the construction of new residential, office, town/village center, and university <br /> developments near Homestead Road. The university development will be the north campus of UNC, <br /> which will create the need for the many other developments and a significant increase in traffic. With <br /> current and existing development along Homestead Road, a complete widening may not be feasible, but <br /> improvements to intersections and spot improvements are possible. <br /> The current and planned development around Homestead Road will generate increased bicycle, <br /> pedestrian, and transit traffic.The current pedestrian and bicycle facilities are discontinuous and <br /> inadequate for existing pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Many of the bus stops do not have any amenities <br /> and do not include bus pull-outs resulting in blocked traffic. The need for pedestrian, bicycle, and transit <br /> facilities will only increase with additional development around Homestead Road, especially the <br /> development of the Carolina North campus. In the Chapel Hill Pedestrian Facilities Plan, there are <br /> proposed sidewalks from High School Road (SR 1834)that will be built to connect with existing sidewalks <br /> that run from NC 86 to around Northern Park Drive. <br /> The implementation of improvements to transit, pedestrian, and bicycle facilities should assist in <br /> reducing congestion in this corridor, since much of the traffic at peak hours is associated with the local <br /> schools, and providing alternative modes of travel may help to shift some trips away from personal <br /> vehicles. <br /> Homestead Road (SR 1777) (Rogers Road (SR 1729) to Old NC 86 (SR 1009)) <br /> This segment of Homestead Road (SR 1777) is a windy, two-lane road through residential and <br /> agricultural areas. It is an area of high development pressure, with new subdivisions being built <br /> Minimum Problem Statements–Highway–18 <br />