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<br /> <br />7 <br />Nancy Baker: DOT would have to redo the whole road. You may be able to get a bridge in place before the whole <br />project. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: A girl was hit last year walking to school. <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: The weak point on our pedestrian bridge seems to be travel demand. Look at #32, there are two <br />schools within one mile of our pedestrian bridge. Two times two is four; however, within two miles, there are many <br />commercial businesses. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: We only have 21 days so we need to know how this was ranked. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: I was unaware of adding bicycle and pedestrian points until the priority list was presented at the TAC <br />meeting. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: You are saying they would not allow us bicycle points so there are no trails or sidewalks. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: No I didn’t calculate bicycle points because I considered this as a pedestrian project and didn’t know <br />at the time that points would be added together for corridors requesting both bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Since <br />bicycles would use the pedestrian bridge, it makes sense to calculate bicycle points. I can check with the Lead <br />Planning Agency about submitting a revised criteria sheet. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris: Do we have a bicycle trail from the bridge? <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: How many employees do they have to have to be a major employment center? There are probably <br />300 employees at those two schools. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: The project received points for the two schools. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: The DOT said we could not get sidewalks along Orange Grove Road until the whole road was redone <br />because the sidewalks have to be placed behind the ditches or curb. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: The schools or the County would have to obtain an agreement with the NCDOT to take responsibility <br />for maintenance of sidewalks. <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: The schools built sidewalks on their own property. <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: Which comes first the bridge or the sidewalk? <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: The bridge is very high but it’s hard to know what to do first. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: This has to be part of our comments. You are going to check on this? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: Yes. I will check with Ellen at the MPO about the street classifications they are using and the points <br />for travel demands and connectivity. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: The highway projects are next. <br /> <br />Jim Ray: What are the first two? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: TDM-Travel Demands Management programs that Durham and Chapel Hill have and ITS stands for <br />Intelligent Transportation Systems.