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11 <br /> 1 Operating Characteristics: <br /> 2 • Operates on dedicated tracks out of traffic, limited lane sharing with buses/first <br /> 3 responder vehicles <br /> 4 • Stop spacing: every 1/2 mile to every 2 miles <br /> 5 • 90-foot cars that can be joined together in trains <br /> 6 • Avg speed at rush hour: -21 mph in recent USA installations <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Mode Profile: Commuter Rail <br /> 9 Where It Works: <br /> 10 • Only mainline railroad corridors <br /> 11 • Demand for service every 20 to 60 minutes at rush hour, limited or no off-peak or <br /> 12 weekend service <br /> 13 • Serving long-haul trips for large regular workday employment market to dense job <br /> 14 center in city CBD <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Operating Characteristics: <br /> 17 • Shares tracks with freight, Amtrak trains <br /> 18 • Stop spacing: every 2 miles to 5 miles <br /> 19 • Typically 3 or more coach cars hauled by diesel locomotive <br /> 20 • Avg speed at rush hour: 25-40 mph <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Measuring Trips Per Acre in Durham and Orange Counties <br /> 23 Key To Travel Markets: Trip Intensity Map of Triangle (TJCOG) (graph) <br /> 24 Trips Per Acre by Location (see map handout) <br /> 25 <br /> 26 D-O LRT Corridor Trips Per Acre, 2040 (graph) <br /> 27 <br /> 28 North Hills, Raleigh- Projected 2040 Trip Intensity: 75 trips/acre (graph) <br /> 29 <br /> 30 The Major Trip Generators in the Durham-Orange Corridor Are Strongly Related to Each <br /> 31 Other <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Transit Onboard Survey, Durham & Orange Counties, 2014 (map) <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Transit Onboard Survey, Durham & Orange Counties, 2014 (map) <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Transit Onboard Survey, Durham & Orange Counties, 2014 (map) <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Transit Onboard Survey, Durham & Orange Counties, 2014 (map) <br /> 40 <br /> 41 The reasons the Durham-Orange corridor is the largest transit market in the Triangle <br /> 42 What Drives Transit Ridership Outcomes <br /> 43 • Growth Patterns <br /> 44 • Policy Choices <br /> 45 • Level of Service Provided <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Key Durham & Orange Decisions That Made the D-O LRT Corridor <br /> 48 • 1789 — UNC founded <br /> 49 • 1855 — NC Railroad begins operation Greensboro-Goldsboro <br />