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11 • Operates mostly in dedicated bus lanes • Stop spacing: every 1/2 mile to every 1 mile • Articulated buses for busway-only service, 40-ft bus for buses that use part of busway • Avg speed at rush hour: -14 mph in recent USA installations Mode Profile: Light Rail Transit Where It Works: • Dedicated tracks in separate right-of-way or rail-only segment of major roadways • Demand for service every 5 to 15 minutes at rush hour • Trip intensities of 50-100+ trips/acre Operating Characteristics: • Operates on dedicated tracks out of traffic, limited lane sharing with buses/first responder vehicles • Stop spacing: every 1/2 mile to every 2 miles • 90-foot cars that can be joined together in trains • Avg speed at rush hour: -21 mph in recent USA installations Mode Profile: Commuter Rail Where It Works: • Only mainline railroad corridors • Demand for service every 20 to 60 minutes at rush hour, limited or no off-peak or weekend service • Serving long-haul trips for large regular workday employment market to dense job center in city CBD Operating Characteristics: • Shares tracks with freight, Amtrak trains • Stop spacing: every 2 miles to 5 miles • Typically 3 or more coach cars hauled by diesel locomotive • Avg speed at rush hour: 25-40 mph Measuring Trips Per Acre in Durham and Orange Counties Key To Travel Markets: Trip Intensity Map of Triangle (TJCOG) (graph) Trips Per Acre by Location (see map handout) D-O LRT Corridor Trips Per Acre, 2040 (graph) North Hills, Raleigh- Projected 2040 Trip Intensity: 75 trips/acre (graph) The Major Trip Generators in the Durham-Orange Corridor Are Strongly Related to Each Other Transit Onboard Survey, Durham & Orange Counties, 2014 (map) Transit Onboard Survey, Durham & Orange Counties, 2014 (map) Transit Onboard Survey, Durham & Orange Counties, 2014 (map)