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Approved 11/15/17 361 comments to this work group for moving forward. The Chair of the OUTBoard, Heidi Perry, is unable to attend but 362 Abigaile Pittman will be attending. 363 364 Alex Castro said that Abigaile Pittman had provided to the Board this past June information on an MPO presentation 365 on managed motorways. He compared parts of that presentation to the case of Australia where they are controlling 366 motorways and how that is being developed. 367 368 Heidi Perry requested updates in the spreadsheet. 369 370 Tom Altieri said that any updates would be shared with the group. 371 372 Heidi Perry said that she wants mileage to be added and a column that says what benefit a project is bringing (i.e. 373 adding 2 lanes to an interstate for $30 million, what are you getting for it? If these changes save 5 minutes each day, 374 how does that translate and is it worth it ?). 375 376 Tom Altieri asked Andy Henry if Ms. Perry's requested updates could be broken out in the table. He noted that travel 377 time savings is run on the entire network but asked about the possibility for doing a breakout for individual factors. 378 379 Andy Henry replied that each project could not be broken out like this but that for some of them, a travel time index 380 could be updated with a cost per hour and delays; these calculations are for key corridors, the interstate. 381 382 Heidi Perry said that there could be an asterisk noting how these configurations include many factors. How many 383 minutes could be saved on a commute? She is skeptical that adding a lane could only temporarily reduce congestion 384 or does it make it easier to add to the problem. 385 386 Gary Saunders, Heidi Perry and David Laudicina discussed traffic on Friday nights and how bus drivers find various 387 ways of getting through traffic around the area and save /make -up time during routes. 388 389 Heidi Perry asked if anyone has any comments they want Tom Altieri to take to the BOCC and /or work group. 390 391 Alex Castro said that the BOCC and work group need to be vigilant in terms of technology and communications and 392 autonomous vehicles. Additionally, the modeling on population across generations should be considered; it is his 393 understanding that millennials prefer to live in urban areas and may not buy cars. He said that we need to see what 394 the future will be like, not employ a 1950s mentality to any of the issues at hand. 395 396 David Laudicina added that millennials preferences may change based on life circumstances as they get older. 397 398 Heidi Perry said that she would like to see a presentation on how the models in Mr. Henry's presentation are created. 399 400 Tom Altieri said that there are 2 models; Community Viz places the forecasted population and employment on the 401 ground, which feeds into the Triangle Regional Model. In the past, there have been representatives from the County 402 on the staff group that works with Community Viz but not with the group on the Triangle Regional Model at this time. 403 If there are any additional comments, please send comments to him directly or to Abigaile Pittman. 404 405 Heidi Perry went back to item 2 to approve minutes. She asked if there were any corrections. Hearing none, Ms. 406 Perry asked for a motion to approve the minutes. 407 408 Alex Castro moved to approve the minutes. Seconded by Art Menius. 409 410 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 411 412 AGENDA ITEM 5: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA (ACTION ITEMS)