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Approved 11/15/17 309 a lot of transit service hours in them and mode share tops -out at a certain point, no one else is taking transit, even 310 though bus service is up high. 311 312 Heidi Perry asked if it was the case that the budget could not be used for incentives for people not to drive, or 313 leveraged with a public - private partnership. 314 315 Andy Henry said that some of the budget is used in this way. He said the aforementioned projects are classified as 316 more minor in comparison to widening of highways. There is a budget for long range planning for travel demand 317 management, a program coordinated by Triangle) Council of Governments and contributed to by local MPOs, 318 NCDOT, and GoTriangle helps coordinates with businesses and other partners. Additionally, there is a budget for 319 transit system management inclusive of improvements on intersections; and a budget for intelligent transportation 320 systems for smart traffic signals and such. 321 322 Alex Castro said that he noticed the absence in the presentation on the advancement of technology. Automotive 323 technology can be controlled. Major cities have high occupancy wherein use of the road is a privilege. A transponder 324 could lock your vehicle to go at the same speed. His point is that this technology is coming (Austin - Dallas is trying 325 this out). The idea that "what we plan may not be what we build" should be taken into account, like the widening of 326 the road projects matched with the innovations in technology may not be envisioned in the same way that they are 327 today. 328 329 Andy Henry said that the final chapter of the plan will talk about vehicles that communicate with each other, 330 autonomous vehicles, but this is not in the model because they have not been able to observe the behavior of these 331 vehicles. Plans updated every 4 years, so once they know more, the plan will be updated, but these advances still 332 seem too far out. There are many debates regarding how this will play out that Mr. Henry has been hearing, like the 333 idea that urban environments could be more dense with autonomous vehicles on the roads, or perhaps people will 334 live in rural environments and use the commute to do work while their car is driving into more urban environments. 335 Future models will incorporate ITS. 336 337 Alex Castro recommended that the MPO get involved with ITS - American to get into planning and the studying of 338 trends to get an idea of how this is moving and how that will impact our planning. 339 340 David Laudicina wondered if autonomous vehicles would really lead to give less traffic. 341 342 Heidi Perry said that if they were going at same speed they would travel more smoothly. 343 344 David Laudicina thought that connected vehicles would help on interstate and faster roads, though the vehicles could 345 be hacked. 346 347 Andy Henry said people still need to have a vehicle, it still has to come and pick up the passenger /owner, it will still 348 be on the road, maybe it will park farther away from downtown and parking needs will change. We will see overtime. 349 Mr. Henry thanked the Board for its time and attention to his presentation. 350 351 Abigaile advised the Chair to return to the review of the minutes. 352 353 Tom Altieri referred to Andy Henry's note that the BOCC would receive a similar presentation on October 3, 2017. 354 The BOCC will then have the opportunity to put together some comments and will send them to the MPO. Tonight's 355 meeting gives an opportunity for the OUTBoard to get any comments to the BOCC when it hears presentation. There 356 is also a meeting October 2, 2017 among 3 of our elected officials who are representatives on the MPO Board, 357 Commissioners Jacobs, and Rich, and Marcoplos (not officially a representative for the MPO) will also be joined by a 358 representative from the County Manager's Office, Theo Letman from OPT, and a few County planners as well to form 359 a work group. Since there is a lot to absorb with the MTP, this meeting will provide time for getting an early start on 360 looking at the table (the full segments to the table will be added to the materials). The OUTBoard can provide Ill