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6 DRAFT 163 Lisa Berkley:They use Next Bus. 164 165 Heidi Perry: What is the software called? 166 167 Teleishia Holloway: It's called Eco Lane. 168 169 Brantley Wells: Is it automated or is it someone dialing? 170 171 Teleishia Holloway: It's actually someone dialing, but that is another module that can be added on. 172 173 Erik Broo: I can't get a bus from Chapel Hill or anywhere nearby to the airport. Is there a reason for that? Has there been 174 demand for people to get to the airport and not have to drive their car to parking? 175 176 Theo Letman: We have gone through years and years of transit planning and going to the airport was somehow left out of 177 the equation. 178 179 Heidi Perry: I've asked GoTriangle this question. They always say there's not enough demand and others say the airport 180 won't let them do it because they want all the people to pay for the parking decks they built. 181 182 Erik Broo: Has it been studied? Is there a demand for it? Even if you're paying the airport to be able to drop people off and 183 pick people up,that might be a valuable service. 184 185 Theo Letman: The transit plan is now going to have to be redone. This will be a wonderful question to be asked. You guys 186 are looking at transit services in the area but what about to the airport? 187 188 Lisa Berkley: Can you say anything about the decision-making process that takes place with the finalization of what projects 189 are going to go forward. What part is the County Commissioners,what part is GoTriangle regional planning? 190 191 Nish Trivedi: There are lots of different processes that are involved in the decision-making process and Orange County 192 plays a roll in each of them. This is the overall Orange County Transit Plan; it is for the overall county transit services. 193 Orange County has one, Durham County, and Wake County have their own separate transit plans. Previously Go Triangle 194 administered these plans, now each County is looking to take control of their own transit plan. There is another process 195 through the MPO that is more the state process which is the strategic prioritization of transportation (SPOT) and Orange 196 County identifies certain projects that are put forward for that process. There is GoTriangle which is a regional transit 197 provider and they have their own toolkit of processes for their brand. Orange County plays a role in each of these other 198 processes. I am not a transit planner but I know transit agencies have their own federal requirements for other processes 199 they are involved in. 200 201 Theo Letman: There are many plans and boards and committees and working groups that go into planning. Each county 202 going forward is going to be responsible for their own transit plan. 203 204 David Laudicina: There has to be collaboration between Durham and Wake. There was a ton of collaboration for the light 205 rail between Orange County and Durham County. 206 207 Nish Trivedi: And that collaboration happens at the MPO. The current adopted transit plans have gone before the MPO so 208 that they could be collaborated on together. Previously it was Go Triangle that did most of the work to collaborate these 209 transit plans together, now each County will have to collaborate on their own when doing these transit plans. 210 211 Lisa Berkley: Does Orange County have control over the pot of money that is accumulated through the Orange residents 212 paying and what is done with it? 213 214 Theo Letman: Yes, It is dispersed by an interlocal agreement with Chapel Hill, and all the city municipalities in Orange 215 County. That is done at the commissioner level and city council level. They have to render a decision. 216 4