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Approved 11/15/17 207 Andy Henry responded that he thought that the car is still being counted. He equated the of the highway link where a 208 trip is calculated by volume over capacity, the car is still counted in the trip in the models used. Mr. Henry showed the 209 Board sample projects in Orange County, the widening of 1 -85 and 1 -40, safety improvements and capacity building to 210 Fordham Blvd., Churton Street in Hillsborough, NC -54W (study being done on corridor), and other such projects. 211 Some of roadways noted here included would include set of collector streets (behind Daniel Boone Village), straight - 212 out Mayo Street, but he thinks that Hillsborough Road and Greensboro Street may see sidewalk improvements, 213 modernize Estes Drive with bicycle lanes and sidewalks slated in the funding plan called the TIP. See color -code on 214 map in the presentation for visual and more details. Mr. Henry discussed intersection improvements and super 215 streets on NC -54 headed east from Chapel Hill. He said that the concept of a super street is a main road that limits 216 left turns into the intersection. A vehicle has to go past the intersection and make a U -turn down the road to turn 217 around, see /drive Fordham Blvd. near Erwin Road as an example of a super street. This design makes it so a road 218 does not have to be widened for turn lanes. Next, Mr. Henry went over slides on bus rapid transit for North -South 219 routes from Eubanks Rd. to Southern Village and to UNC Hospitals (shows some areas with grade separation); 220 Durham - Orange Light Rail Transit going from UNC Hospitals over to NC Central University and Duke University and 221 down NC -54; and the train /Amtrak station in Hillsborough (not listed but was discussed in the presentation). 222 223 Alex Castro asked why there is not consideration of a commuter rail along that rail line. 224 225 David Laudicina said that there are future plans for this. 226 227 Andy Henry answered that yes, the commuter rail is in the CTP, but will not likely be in the MTP because of the 228 amount of funding it needs. Theoretically, it will go down through Raleigh and will stop in west Durham. 229 230 David Laudicina spoke about train limitations due to the single track in that area. 231 232 Andy Henry said that the details are being worked out. 233 234 David Laudicina said that having a train or 2 run in the morning and in the evening to extend it out for commuters 235 would be a good plan. 236 237 Andy Henry said that this is the beginning of project development in the long range plan. There will be an in -depth 238 analysis beyond the regional area models shown in this presentation. 239 240 Alex Castro said that there is a good case study in New Mexico where a couple of trains run from Albuquerue to the 241 capital, Santa Fe, and it is with just a few trains on which workers to the state capital. 242 243 Gary Saunders said that in Orange County, the rail lines are owned CSX which looked at its profile of freight trains 244 and were pleased that scheduling did not seem as difficult as first thought. 245 246 David Laudicina said that he thought that the rail is owned by North Carolina Railroad. 247 248 Andy Henry said that CSX leases to North Carolina Railroad but CSX has the right. 249 250 David Laudicina said that freight always wins. 251 252 Gary Saunders agreed and said that this is why CSX was looking into the dynamic between freight and passenger 253 trains. 254 255 David Laudicina and Alex Castro gave other examples of commuter trains being figured out alongside freight trains in 256 Philadelphia and in northern Virginia. 257