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r- governments . The federal funds first go to the state in various allotments for different types of projects . The state then redistributes specified amount to the MPOs . The MPOs , in part, fund the individual transportation operations like TTA , and Chapel Hill Transit . Projects funded with these federal funds must be part of a local or regional plan such as the DCHC -MPO ' s 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan or the Thoroughfare Plan for Orange County. In consultation with all the organizational bodies involved, these projects are added to the State Transportation Improvement Program (TIP ) . The TIP serves as a six -year implementation program . All projects that receive any federal or state transportation funds must be listed in the TIP . We are currently working under the 2000 - 2006 plan . The next plan (2002 - 2008 ) is expected out this summer . There are several other documents that pertain to transportation planning in Orange County. The Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan includes a section on transportation . This section is the County ' s current and long-range transportation planning document . It has recently been revised and the revised version has received a recommendation of approval by the Planning Board . It will probably not be adopted by the BOCC until August . The document identifies the functional classification of County roads , which in turn , determines the degree of access an area will have to roads within the county network and to major highways in the area . By controlling this access , the County is able to better guide development and local land use . A Bicycle Transportation Plan was adopted in April 1999 . It is considered a companion document to the Land Use Element ' s Transportation section . The County ' s existing transportation documents have very little information about pedestrian issues . Although the Transportation Plan for the Town of Hillsborough briefly discusses a pedestrian and bicycle route network that links to the proposed County bicycle routes . Rail and bus planning is not addressed much in County documents . It is the DCHC -MPO and TTA whose documents address these regional considerations . The DCHC -MPO 2025 Long Range Plan serves as the major regional plan, and Phase III of TTA ' s Regional Transit Plan deals with the long - term identity of Orange County " s transit system . While these regional documents exist, there is still no unitary transportation policy document for all of Orange