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Attachment B <br /> • 4 <br /> • <br /> Triangle Regional Transit Program '%i Detailed Definition of Alternatives Technical Report <br /> m,.[mnuxt(irt ue.com <br /> Table ES-1 Summary of Evaluation Results for LRT, BRT-High, and BRT-Low Alternatives <br /> Evaluation Criteria <br /> Goals (Corresponding LRT BRT-High BRT-Low <br /> Re•ort Section <br /> Goal 1:Improve mobility BRT route:5,700** BRT route:4,600** <br /> through and within the Ridership: Daily Project Interlined Buses: Interlined Buses: <br /> study corridor. Boardings(Section 12,000 <br /> Goal 2:Increase transit 3.2.1) 11,900 11,700 <br /> efficiency and quality of Total: 17,600 Total: 16,300 <br /> service. Ridership:System-wide <br /> Goal 3:Improve transit Trips***(Section 3.2.1) 140,500-141,600 142,800 141,100 <br /> connections. <br /> Transportation <br /> Operations:Traffic Low Low Moderate <br /> Impacts(Section 3.2.2) <br /> Transportation <br /> Operations:Travel Time 35 minutes 39 minutes 44 minutes <br /> (Section 3.2.2) <br /> No engineering Could be Could be inconsistent <br /> Expansion Potential constraints& inconsistent with with regional <br /> (Section 3.2.3) consistent with regional connectivity connectivity goals <br /> regional plans goals <br /> Goal 4:Support local and <br /> regional economic Demonstrated ability Unproven ability to <br /> development and planned Economic Development to influence influence Unproven ability to <br /> growth management Potential (Section 3.2.5) development development influence development <br /> initiatives <br /> Goal 5:Foster Moderate property Moderate property High property <br /> environmental stewardship acquisitions,high acquisitions,visual acquisitions,low visual <br /> Environmental Impacts visual impacts, impacts, impacts,low <br /> moderate stream/wetland& stream/wetland <br /> (Section 3.2.6) stream/wetland& construction impacts, impacts,moderate <br /> construction impacts, low air quality construction&low air <br /> no air quality impacts impacts quality impacts <br /> Goal 6:Provide a cost- Estimated Cost(2011 $) <br /> $1.37B $960M $810M <br /> effective transit —Capital (Section 3.2.7) <br /> investment. Estimated Cost(2011 $) <br /> —O&M Cost(based on <br /> offered peak hour 800 pax/hr:$14M 800 pax/hr:$11M 800 pax/hr:$11M <br /> capacity of 800 and 1500 pax/hr:$15M 1500 pax/hr:$13M 1500 pax/hr:$13M <br /> 1500 pax/hr-Section <br /> 3.2.7) <br /> *Evaluation criteria include references to sections of the report where more information can be found. / **Daily <br /> boardings for BRT-High and BRT-Low routes without interlined buses could potentially be higher as the model <br /> estimated the ridership assuming interlined buses. Interlining refers to the ability of local bus routes to use of the <br /> guideway in addition to the exclusive BRT service. The BRT numbers thus do not account for passengers that would <br /> transfer from feeder buses to BRT if the feeder buses were not sharing the BRT guideway / ***System-wide trips <br /> refer to total transit trips in the three county Triangle Region(Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties). <br /> Durham-Orange County Corridor Alternatives Analysis I July 2011 I ES-3 <br />