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Erik Broo: With a lot of the road, if you want to pass someone there are certain sections that the elevation is too 274 great and there is no line of sight. If we are looking to increase driver safety and pedestrian and bicycle safety, are 275 there other ways of going about grading or making line of sight better or creating passing zones. 276 277 Brantley Wells: If you are talking about changing grade you might as well triple those costs. 278 279 Heidi Perov: Well, a passing lane if it is a constant problem in one spot. They have passing lanes all over Alaska 280 and it allows the slow vehicles to continue at their pace and the trucks and motorhome then everyone goes around 281 them. I just think it too much to widen that entire area. 282 283 Art Menius: I agree and would go beyond that to say I oppose the widening. 284 285 Heidi Perov: I would go with you on that and say I oppose the widening the entire length of 54 and would prefer to 286 see the intersection improvements done first based on safety and congestion. Identifying areas where passing is 287 especially problematic with possible location of passing lanes. Do we want more cars on 54 and remember that cars 288 coming into Carrboro are going to be quickly brought down to 2 lanes and it is going to cause a problem. 289 290 David Laudicina: They are also going to UNC to work, that’s the problem. People can’t afford to live here so they 291 have to live outside and drive in every day to go to work. 292 293 Heidi Perov: So if they have to have that commute why don’t they have a bus so they can actually ride or listen to 294 music on their way to work. 295 296 Art Menius: The reality is this massive exchange of traffic in and out of Orange County, the breakdown of white 297 collar- blue collar - managerial is almost identical with people leaving and people coming in. 298 299 Heidi Perov: You can also say that part of the reason for this because we are concerned about how it affects air 300 quality and the climate. 301 302 AGENDA ITEM 5: INFORMATION ITEMS 303 AGENDA ITEM 5A: IDENTIFICATION OF SMALL, RURAL, AND/OR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS (ABIGAILE 304 PITTMAN) – Receive information and provide input to staff 305 306 Abigaile Pittman presented information on small transportation projects. 307 308 Abigaile Pittman: We are asking the OUTBoard to assist staff to develop a potential project list so when we get 309 requests we have this list that we can use. We want to have an ongoing process so we have greater input when 310 these funds become available. Typically we have a very short window of opportunity. 311 312 Consensus was to have bi-annual meetings with occasional reminders on the OUTBoard Agenda to email any 313 projects to staff who will keep a running list of projects. 314 315 AGENDA ITEM 6: STAFF UPDATES 316 AGENDA ITEM 6A: MPO/RPO AND NCDOT UPDATES (NISH TRIVEDI) – Receive information 317 318 Nish Trivedi reviewed the projects 319 320 *The next OUTBoard meeting is postponed one week to accommodate the member schedules for the 321 Thanksgiving Holiday and will take place Wednesday, November 28, 2018*. *There will be no OUTBoard 322 meeting in December* 323 324 AGENDA ITEM : ADJOURNMENT 325 OUTBoard meeting was adjourned 326 ____________________________________ Heidi Perry, Chair 14