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23 <br /> 1 Metropolitan Planning Organization <br /> 2 • Responsible for long range transportation planning in <br /> 3 • Durham City and County, and <br /> 4 • Parts of Orange County and Chatham County. <br /> 5 • Federal mandate— MPO must plan and approve use of federal transportation <br /> 6 funding <br /> 7 • Policy Board -- Composed mostly of local elected officials from member <br /> 8 jurisdictions and counties. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Transportation Planning Framework (chart) <br /> 11 <br /> 12 What is the 2045 Process (chart) <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Key Aspects of 2045 MTP Preferred Option <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Goals and Objectives (chart) <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Goals and Objectives (chart) <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Population Projection-graph Craig Benedict <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Employment Projection-graph <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Scenario Planning <br /> 25 The 2045 MTP uses Connect 2045 Triangle model called Community Visualization (CommViz), <br /> 26 two land use scenarios were generated based on the above population and employment guide <br /> 27 totals. <br /> 28 • Community Plan — based on local comprehensive plans and land use policies. <br /> 29 • AIM-High —This scenario uses the Community Plan scenarios as a base but <br /> 30 increases the land use density and mix around the future light rail. It is based on <br /> 31 draft data from an ongoing regional study on rail station development potential, and <br /> 32 though it pushes the limits it is still market possible. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Household Distribution <br /> 35 • Hillsborough and South of Chapel Hill <br /> 36 • West Orange County north of 1-85/1-40 <br /> 37 • Between Hillsborough and NC-54 <br /> 38 • Between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill/Carrboro <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Employment Distribution <br /> 41 • East of Mebane along 1-85/1-40 <br /> 42 • West of Durham along 1-85 <br /> 43 • North of Hillsborough, along NC-57 <br /> 44 • Along MLK Blvd in Chapel Hill <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Highway Projects <br /> 47 2045 - 8 Orange County Projects <br /> 48 • 2025 — 10 projects <br /> 49 • 2035 —22 projects <br /> 50 • STI Bike-Ped and Transit funding restrictions <br />