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Approved 9/27/08 3 Andy answered that it (Moderate Multimodal transportation system) will be closer to the preferred option. Sam also 105 noted that land use and funding will also be a factor. Andy noted that if one of the nodes really helped then the MPO 106 might go with that option and it would be the job of the MPO to convince the appropriate jurisdiction(s) to change the 107 land use. The base line land use option is based on the current land use policy and the other four land use scenarios 108 are different. 109 110 Sam asked if there is any one performance measure that weights the decision process. 111 112 Andy stated that there are nine performance measures and they never pick just one. It’s the balance of costs and 113 revenue and after that, some of the critical ones are the level of congestion, peak transit ridership, vehicle miles 114 traveled. 115 116 Paul asked about coordination of transit service between other planning districts. Does the process pull in data from 117 other counties? 118 119 Andy answered that the model includes data from outside the MPO planning boundaries. It would be up to the 120 transit provider(s) to determine whether or not to develop the service. There is no transit authority or system in 121 Chatham County. There is talk about additional park and ride service. He would have to look in detail at the transit 122 projects. They do work with Chatham County and surrounding Counties. 123 124 Paul asked about US 15-501 and if they are looking ahead at how it could end up with many stop lights due to 125 expansive growth in Chatham County. 126 127 Andy answered that an example of one the short-term issues of the controls would be the amount of driveways 128 allowed. 129 130 Andy talked about financial plan and the projected revenues and costs of each transportation network. He explained 131 the committed projects and pointed them out on the map. 132 133 Nancy asked about loop projects and if that means a loop around a municipality like a beltwa y? 134 135 Andy answered that the State and Federal funding is based on what they call the equity formula. NCDOT has a 136 formula based on equal share for each area, on population and on the percentage of area miles compared to the 137 number of miles in the state highway network. In addition, in North Carolina has a Highway Trust Fund designated 138 specifically in legislation that assigns funding to a specific list of roads to be upgraded. Loop funds refer to 139 improvements designated in that legislation. 140 141 Sam asked where the funding comes from for the intersection improvements. 142 143 Andy answered that it comes from money allocated by the equity formula, not from loop funding. 144 145 Sam asked when you say 2035, what does it really mean in what time frame? 146 147 Andy answered that is when the work should be completed. 148 149 Sam asked about the western bypass around Hillsborough and the Economic Development around the east of 150 Hillsborough just west of the Durham county line why the map doesn’t show plans for many improvements in those 151 locations. 152 153 Andy answered that it is not in the 2035 plan, Karen interjected that the Hillsborough Western Bypass is in the 2030 154 plan. For the eastern part of Orange County, all alternative transportation systems include express bus on US 70 155