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17 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Background – Jurisdiction and Issues 2 <br />• Shirt and long-term vision safety 3 <br />o Multimodal options 4 <br />o Community and Environment preservation 5 <br />o Economic viability 6 <br /> Inadequate pedestrian and bicycle treatments/facilities (safety & access) 7 <br /> Difficulty turning left to/from NC 54 (crashes & delays) 8 <br /> Reduce intersection delays & queues 9 <br /> 10 <br />Project Schedule (flow chart) 11 <br /> 12 <br />Public Comments 13 <br /> Reduce truck traffic 14 <br /> Widen (encourage development?) 15 <br /> Don’t widen (discourage development?) 16 <br /> Better lighting 17 <br /> Vehicles represent most of noted safety issues 18 <br /> More traffic signals 19 <br /> More passing and turn lanes 20 <br /> Enhance wayfinding 21 <br /> Park & Ride with transit service 22 <br /> More entries for the eastern half of the corridor 23 <br /> 24 <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked if “better lighting” could be clarified. 25 <br />Nishith Trivedi said there is very little lighting along the corridor, as well as wayfinding. 26 <br />He said improved lighting is recommended, so that people can see while driving at night. 27 <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked if DOT has a dark skies policy. 28 <br />Nishith Trivedi said he is not sure, but can research that information. 29 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said Orange County has restrictions on light pollution, but does 30 <br />not think DOT has the same ones. He said he would like to see Orange County standards 31 <br />followed, as increased lighting could be a huge change for the people who live nearby. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Potential Solutions 34 <br />• Intersection Configurations (signals, lanes, ped/bike crossings) 35 <br />o Conventional 36 <br />o Median U-turn 37 <br />o Superstreet 38 <br />o Quadrant 39 <br />o Roundabout 40 <br />• Cross-section improvements 41 <br />o # lanes & widths 42 <br />o Median type & width 43 <br />o Shoulder width 44 <br />o On/off-street bicycle facilities 45 <br />o Sidewalks, shared paths, sidepaths 46 <br /> 47 <br />Key Findings 48 <br /> 55-mph speeds, dropping to 45-mph in places 49 <br /> 1.5% average annual traffic growth 50