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Minimum Problem Statements – Highway – 18 The roadway does not experience significant congestion, except for peak hours near the schools and at the Estes Drive Extension/North Greensboro Street intersection. This intersection will be improved— likely in the form of a roundabout—in 2018 (TIP # U-5846)—which will ease peak hour congestion at that end of the roadway segment. Bike lanes and sidewalks were installed in response to the last call for corridor improvements. Additionally, there is transit service along the entire corridor that serves downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill, and provides connection to other routes. Finally, Pathway Drive, just to the north of Hillsborough Road, was identified as a parallel route and takes a number of trips off of the roadway. Homestead Road (SR 1777) (Rogers Road (SR 1729) to NC 86 (Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard)) Homestead Road (SR 1777), from Rogers Road (SR 1729) to NC 86 (Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard), is currently a two-lane undivided minor thoroughfare road. Improvements are needed to adequately accommodate pedestrian and on-road bicycle traffic and increase safety. This section of Homestead Road currently has a 60-foot right-of-way, sidewalks at certain locations, and no bicycle lanes. The 2013 AADT is 7,200 vehicles per day (vpd); by 2040, the AADT is expected to be 13,600 vpd compared to a LOS D capacity of 11,600 vpd for the existing roadway. Currently, there are mostly residential units, three schools, and a couple of religious institutions along Homestead Road. There are plans for the construction of new residential, office, town/village center, and university developments near Homestead Road. The university development will be the north campus of UNC, which will create the need for the many other developments and a significant increase in traffic. With current and existing development along Homestead Road, a complete widening may not be feasible, but improvements to intersections and spot improvements are possible. The current and planned development around Homestead Road will generate increased bicycle, pedestrian, and transit traffic. The current pedestrian and bicycle facilities are discontinuous and inadequate for existing pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Many of the bus stops do not have any amenities and do not include bus pull-outs resulting in blocked traffic. The need for pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities will only increase with additional development around Homestead Road, especially the development of the Carolina North campus. In the Chapel Hill Pedestrian Facilities Plan, there are proposed sidewalks from High School Road (SR 1834) that will be built to connect with existing sidewalks that run from NC 86 to around Northern Park Drive. The implementation of improvements to transit, pedestrian, and bicycle facilities should assist in reducing congestion in this corridor, since much of the traffic at peak hours is associated with the local schools, and providing alternative modes of travel may help to shift some trips away from personal vehicles. Homestead Road (SR 1777) (Rogers Road (SR 1729) to Old NC 86 (SR 1009)) This segment of Homestead Road (SR 1777) is a windy, two-lane road through residential and agricultural areas. It is an area of high development pressure, with new subdivisions being built