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Approved 11/17/10 2 Amy Cole asked if the off road paths took into account use for walking to schools. Ms. Huntsinger responded the path 56 along NC 54 has some accessibility coming in and the long-term goal is to provide that connectivity into southwest 57 Durham. 58 59 Paul Guthrie asked if the full report looked at destination and initiation points and noted that the single largest 60 destination for the route from southern Orange County was Research Triangle Park (RTP) and that wasn’t factored into 61 the report as far as mass transit. He noted that if shuttle service is offered at the interchange it won’t be attractive 62 unless there is an alternative in both directions to speed up the transportation. 63 64 Jeff Charles advised that in the long term he thinks there will be many more motorized scooters that travel at a greater 65 speed that bicycles but cannot travel as fast as cars. They are intermediate between bicycles and cars and there is an 66 intrusion of these scooters into the bicycle lanes and therefore they need to be considered. He noted they are now 67 coming up with semi enclosed scooters to make them weather friendly and it is part of the future. 68 69 Nancy Baker asked Ms. Huntsinger if she would like the OUTBoard send her comments and Ms. Huntsinger 70 responded they are accepting comments until December 10, 2010 and they are always helpful. 71 72 Randy Marshall noted what happens at each end will have impacts as well. 73 74 Sam Lasris asked if there are any costs benefit analysis estimates of mitigation of congestion on short term versus mid 75 term versus long term, what would actually be gained in reduction of traffic congestion. Ms. Huntsinger didn’t think that 76 had been analyzed and documented in the study from the standpoint of deriving those costs. 77 78 Ms. Huntsinger noted required parking regulations for development and higher use of the land can occur if the ability to 79 offset some parking rather than having it provided on site, can be provided at a community parking facility. Also, cars 80 destined for UNC, hospital and main campus area, could park at a park and ride lot closer to I-40 and get on transit. 81 That would remove a lot of the auto traffic in the corridor. 82 83 Nancy Baker asked about an alternative to getting to and from Southpoint rather than I-40 and suggested a park and 84 ride to serve Southpoint. Ms. Huntsinger noted it is difficult to get travelers off the interstate once travelers are on it (to 85 a destination also on the interstate). 86 87 Paul Guthrie noted that the fastest way to reduce traffic on NC 54 is to run a light rail system right down the right-of-88 way of I-40 toward Research Triangle Park, and bring it all the way around to at least 15-501 and put parking facilities 89 in a station so people can be transported in and out by bus. The Board noted by consensus that RTP should be a 90 major consideration. Karen Lincoln noted the original study for rail anticipated using diesel multiple unit technology in 91 the existing rail corridors, which exist from Durham to RTP and Raleigh. 92 93 IV. Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions Input for County Commissioners’ Annual Planning 94 Retreat 95 96 Moved to November OUTBoard meeting. 97 98 V. Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) 99 100 Moved to November OUTBoard meeting. 101 102 VI. Draft 2011-2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) 103 104 Karen Lincoln advised that NCDOT will have some public comment workshops for the draft STIP and it is an 105 opportunity for the OUTBoard to make comments. NCDOT has not yet set the meeting dates and locations. The 106 DCHC MPO is meeting with NCDOT to discuss “one-on-one” its concerns/requests for change to the Draft State TIP 107 before developing the Metropolitan TIP. The OUTBoard will also have an opportunity to comment on the Draft MTIP. 108 109