2017-225 OPT - Triangle J. Council of Governments - Grant Award Agreement

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t. commuting to businesses in Hillsborough and will work with all Orange County employees at more than 30 staffed facilities. Beyond the opportunity to influence FIGURE 1:CHURTON STREET ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT OVERVIEW the travel behavior of Orange County (COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH employees, the proposed TDM . 4 Coordinator will have the immediate opportunity to assist in the calming of congestion created by the "Churton PaT I hanges Improve amp � Street Access Improvements Project" A. (See Figure 1). This 7-8 month access improvement and NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) resurfacing project will begin no later than April 15, 2017 and is expected to create extensive delays r along the central boulevard of Downtown Hillsborough. Leveraging the lessons learned through the regional TDM effort supporting the Fortify construction project, the TDM C Coordinator would have a key 5'frn ed cro�s�i 1ks opportunity to direct commuters to alternative modes to avoid peak-travel r congestion. 5 r � VUider♦ed �� sidewalks Staff Members: Provide the staff members working on the project and an estimate of the percentage of each staff members time that will be spent on each major task. The OCCO initiative will be headed by the Orange County Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Coordinator, with shared oversight by Orange Public Transportation and the Orange County Sustainability Coordinator, Brennan Bouma. Orange County staff has been informed by the TDM Oversight Committee that there has been a tendency for TDM Coordinators to be pulled into transit supply tasks when they are based in transit agencies such as Orange Public Transportation. Should it receive funding, the OCCO program commits to maintaining 100% of the work of the TDM Coordinator on the demand side of transportation. Triangle J Council of Governments 2