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8 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 269 Nish: DCHC MPO is public, Staff Working Group is not, it is more within the agencies and officials. The MPO meetings are <br /> 270 public and you are welcomed to attend them and speak. One thing DCHC MPO is known for in the state is that it considers <br /> 271 Transit is an important component at every meeting, in both the TC and Board. <br /> 272 <br /> 273 AGENDA ITEM 4C: TRANSIT ADVISORY SERVICES(TAS)COMMENTS/QUESTIONS(THEO LETMAN)- <br /> 274 Theo Letman asked if any TAS members had any additional questions or comments <br /> 275 <br /> 276 AGENDA ITEM 5: REGULAR OUTBOARD AGENDA(ACTION ITEMS) <br /> 277 <br /> 278 AGENDA ITEM 6: STAFF REPORTS/UPDATES <br /> 279 <br /> 280 AGENDA ITEM 6A: ORANGE COUNTY'S PORTION OF TRIANGLE FREIGHT PLAN(NISH TRIVEDI) <br /> 281 Nish presented the Triangle Regional Freight Plan <br /> 282 <br /> 283 Heidi Perry: What does that refer to,the 2 million square feet of manufacturing industry? <br /> 284 <br /> 285 Nish Trivedi:Any distribution centers or anything that relates that freight is coming to or distributing along the state roads. <br /> 286 <br /> 287 Heidi Perry: Can you send those slides? <br /> 288 <br /> 289 Nish Trivedi: I can send you the slides and send you the link to the actual plan. <br /> 290 <br /> 291 AGENDA ITEM 613: TRIANGLE BIKE AND PED WORKSHOP,MARCH 29,2019(ABIGAILE PITTMAN) <br /> 292 <br /> 293 David Laudicina: What are protected bike lanes? <br /> 294 <br /> 295 Heidi Perry: More often it has some sort of physical barrier between the car and the bikes. <br /> 296 <br /> 297 David Laudicina: I didn't know if that meant security. Durham needs to be talking about security on their bike lanes. <br /> 298 <br /> 299 Heidi Perry: That's very different because the protected bike lanes usually run alongside a real lane. <br /> 300 <br /> 301 Randy Marshall: Would electric scooters fit into bike or ped since they're not mentioned. <br /> 302 <br /> 303 Heidi Perry: They're discussing that right now at the Legislature, but I think they will probably go on the road. It's probably <br /> 304 going to come down to municipalities being able to make decisions, but I think if they're allowed on sidewalks there will be <br /> 305 speed limits. <br /> 306 <br /> 307 Randy Marshall: They're becoming prolific and there's no mention of them anywhere in the either bike or ped presentation <br /> 308 that you're making, and it seems like somebody needs to take up the responsibility. <br /> 309 <br /> 310 Heidi Perry: I think there a lot of things besides just scooters coming out. In Chapel Hill, there are these electric <br /> 311 skateboards with only one wheel, and those are on the roads, but I didn't think everybody is waiting to see what restrictions <br /> 312 to state puts on them before the municipalities develop a plan. <br /> 313 <br /> 314 Ed Vaughn: Are you going to start putting bike lanes back in with the road projects? <br /> 315 <br /> 316 Nish Trivedi: The NDDOT Complete Street Policy Update is a process through a committee. The goal is to eventually have <br /> 317 design and road projects that include bike and ped. How that is going to be implemented is unknown yet. The 2.0 version is <br /> 318 a change to their policy. It is yet to be determined how they will include bike/ped into road projects. Complete Street is a <br /> 319 multimodal policy, not just bike/ped. Multimodal is freight,transit, bike/ped, and others. <br /> 320 <br /> 321 Heidi Perry: NCDOT has a thing called NCDOT Moves 2050 online and they're taking a survey on what you want to see in <br /> 322 the future. You will have the write in things like bus and bike because they don't seem to include those as options but there <br /> 6 <br />