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12 CONDITIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DURHAM- CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO URBAN AREA REGIONAL BICYCLE PLAN BACKGROUND The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) serves as the policy board of the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Urban Area. The TAC consists of two members of the Durham City Council, and one member each of the Durham County.Board of Commissioners, the.Chapel Hill Town Council, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen;- -the Orange County Board of Commissioners, and the North Carolina Board of Transportation. The:Technical. Coordinating - Committee - (TCC), which consists of local and State transportation planning staff, is responsible for providing technical support and performing the Urban Area's planning functions. Charged with the responsibility of comprehensive transportation planning, the TAC recognizes the need to develop a regional bicycle plan. The focus of this plan is to increase public education and awareness of bicycling, develop appropriate enforcement guidelines, and to lay out a framework for planning and constructing new bicycle corridors. The Town of Chapel Hill _will serve as the lead planning agency acting on behalf of the jurisdictions ` represented in the TAC. SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED The successful firm will develop a regional bicycle plan for Orange and Durham Counties'. The plan will include (1) training sessions on bicycling, bicycle programs and bicycle planning for transportation and planning professionals, (2) a bicycle orientation and training course to be used in local schools, (3) a bicycle training program for law enforcement officials, (4) a regional bicycle route plan, with recommended roadway cross section standards, (5) an implementation plan, and (6) a bicycle plan document.