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MPO Board 10/19/216 <br /> While the STAC established the framework for the region's transit vision,the recommendations on how to <br /> achieve this vision are being developed through the Triangle Regional Transit Programs composed of three <br /> county-level transit investment plans and three analyses of alternative investments in the region's most <br /> promising transit corridors. These s+*inter-related efforts-and their current status-are: <br /> 7. Locally eight <br /> Preferred 1. Durham County Transit Plan (adopted) <br /> Alternative -- 2. Orange County Transit Plan (adopted) <br /> BRT (adopted 3. Wake County Transit Plan (under consideration) <br /> by Chapel Hill 4. Wake-Durham Commuter Rail Service (recommended by Alternatives Analysis) <br /> Town Council) 5. Durham-Orange Light Rail Service (adopted) <br /> �6. Wake County Light Rail Service (recommended by Alternatives Analysis) <br /> 0 <br /> p�8. Amended Locally Preferred Alternative for the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit <br /> For details on the current status of each of these -efforts,visit: www.ourtransitfuture.com <br /> land www.NSCStudy.org <br /> These intensive planning efforts have led to Durham and Orange County voters approving%2 cent sales taxes <br /> for expanded transit service; and the submittal by Triangle Transit of a "New Starts" application to the <br /> Federal Transit Administration (FTA)for federal funding for a light rail line linking Chapel Hill and Durham. <br /> four <br /> Based on the three county-level transit investment plans and the - -- transit corridor alternatives analyses, <br /> new light rail transit, commuter rail transit, and bus rapid transit investments are included in the 2040 Capital <br /> Area MPO and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO Metropolitan Transportation Plans. Details on rail and BRT <br /> technology and services are contained in Appendix 2. <br /> Light rail transit provides the opportunity for frequent, all-day passenger rail service to serve transit oriented <br /> development along growth corridors. With electric propulsion, light rail can save energy costs and operate <br /> without dependence on foreign oil. <br /> Commuter rail service operates in existing mainline rail corridors, serves stations that are further apart than <br /> light rail transit, and emphasizes service during peak commuter hours, with the possibly of occasional mid- <br /> day and evening service. <br /> Bus Rapid Transit can offer service characteristics similar to light rail, depending on the design of the system. <br /> Proposed rail and bus rapid transit investments are summarized in Figure 7.3.1. Figure 1.2 in the Executive <br /> Summary displays a map of all the rail and bus transit services. The county-level transit plans and Alternatives <br /> Analysis documents for the Durham-Orange County Corridor, Wake County Corridor, and Durham-Wake <br /> County Corridor, khich are available through the MPOs and Triangle Transit, provide additional detail on the <br /> investments anticipated by 204U7-land Chapel Hill North-South Transit Corridor Study <br /> Figure 7.3.1 —Rail and BRT Projects by MTP Period(technical information in Appendix 2) <br /> MTP <br /> Rail or BRT Segment Type of Service Period <br /> West Durham -Garner 'North Carolina Central University' Commuter Rail by 2030 <br /> UNC Hospital - Durham Alston Avcnuc Light Rail by 2030 <br /> Durham Alston Avenue - Briggs Avenue Light Rail by 2040 <br /> N. Raleigh (Millbrook) -Cary CBD via Raleigh CBD & NCSU Light Rail by 2030 <br /> Chapcl I lilt MLK Corridor Chapel Hill Eubanks Road to Bus Rapid Transit by 2030 <br /> Southern Village via UNC <br /> Hospitals <br /> Research Triangle Region—2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plans Page 52 <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br />