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56 <br /> Orange County Transit Plan March 2017 Revision 2 <br /> The projects and services to be funded under this Plan, North Carolina, and along the East Coast with fast <br /> regardless of whether they rely in part or in total on the Tax passenger rail service <br /> District Revenues, are: • A bus rapid transit (BRT) project that provides more <br /> efficient and effective transit through the congested <br /> • New hours of bus service in both urban and rural Orange core of Chapel Hill, UNC, and UNC Medical Center <br /> County above and beyond the bus service that was <br /> available in 2013, as well as and financial support for the Through these investments, there is an opportunity to develop <br /> existing system, providing connections to destinations an exceptional public transportation system in Orange County, <br /> throughout the county and in Alamance, Durham, and improving the travel options and local economy for those who <br /> Wake Counties. In total, nearly 33,500 hours of bus live in, work in, or visit Orange County, and transform the way <br /> service are funded in this Plan people get around their community. <br /> • A light rail transit (LRT) project that will provide 50,000 Significant progress has been made in delivering the <br /> annual hours of high-quality, efficient, and reliable rail investments from the 2012 Plan, though some milestones have <br /> service between Chapel Hill and Durham, with the goal been reached more slowly than originally projected. Section 2 <br /> of improving regional mobility, accelerating economic describes the status of all projects and services implemented <br /> growth, and encouraging the growth of transit-oriented or advanced since the levying of the transit taxes in 2013. <br /> development.When light rail service begins, it will free up <br /> thousands of existing bus hours where rail service can The most significant differences between the 2012 Plan and <br /> replace trips served by buses today. GoTriangle, Chapel this 2017 Plan are driven by the funding assumptions. Changes <br /> Hill Transit, and GoDurham will work together to deploy to state and federal transportation funding laws and policies <br /> these "rail dividend" hours to connect neighborhoods have greatly affected revenues available to implement projects <br /> throughout the counties to light rail stations and other and services. This is true for bus purchases and bus facilities, as <br /> well as for the major capital investments in the Durham-Orange <br /> bus routes LRT project and the North-South BRT project. These changes to <br /> • A set of bus capital projects to improve the transit state and federal funding assumptions are explained in more <br /> passenger's experience, including new and improved bus detail in Section 3. <br /> stops with amenities such as benches and shelters and <br /> access improvements such as sidewalks and trails As the staffs of GoTriangle, Orange County, and the Towns of <br /> • An intercity (Amtrak) train station in Hillsborough, linking Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough have implemented the <br /> northern Orange County to destinations throughout 2012 Plan, more definition has been given to the services and <br /> projects that are expected to be delivered over the next 12 <br /> Draft Document Public Review April 10, 2017 revision Page 2 of 49 <br />
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