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Attachment 2 <br /> 3 <br /> FY23 Orange Annual Transit Work Program Public Comments as of 5/17/22 <br /> There is no choice of 0 on number of cars available the household. Do better!! <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> Busses are great but safer bike lanes with barriers should be a top priority for our"Bicycle Friendly" town. <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> These improvements are all good and needed. Rural Orange county needs more services, especially to the senior center, <br /> shopping and medical appointments <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> A monorail system throughout the triangle is a must! Like what Houston has.The counties and state keep building <br /> condos,townhouses, chatham park etc. and you don't have the roadways to accommodate. Alleviation of roadway <br /> congestion should be on the top of the list! <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> There should be a category for number of bikes used for transportation. <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> We want to see high-speed commuter rail and dedicated bus lanes! We need buses that don't get delayed due to car <br /> traffic. Very excited to see the North-South Bus Rapid Transit project in Chapel Hill. More projects like this will make it <br /> possible to live car-free! <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> Very excited to see increased frequency of some of the key bus routes in town. A wonderful next step would be <br /> improving connectivity of routes, and updates to the bus shelters- many of the bus stops in Chapel Hill are not <br /> accessible for people with disabilities or other mobility...See More <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> Plan looks reasonable. I like that frequency is increasing on some routes, making public transit more practical. I think <br /> there is unmet need in the more rural areas to help people age in place. <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> Very pleased with what I see. Would love to see a rail component. No complaints.Just make sure you have enough <br /> people in place. Don't over promise. <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> I am excited about the Plan.The resources requested to move things forward look reasonable. <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> BRT and intercity connection routes are essential to making transit a more viable transportation option for more people. <br /> I'd love to see plans for how Chapel Hill/Carrboro can leverage connectivity with the upcoming Hillsborough Amtrak <br /> station -- I've long felt our area is inconveniently cut-off from the cross-state rail route. <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> A bicycle friendly path from the northern transition area into downtown carborro should be a high priority. Right now <br /> we're fairly disconnected unless you have a car <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> I see that a regional transit center for buses is being built in Durham, and a train station is being built in Hillsborough. It <br /> seems like there are no plans to add any kind of regional transit center in Chapel Hill that could be a nexus for buses etc. <br /> that go to other places in the Triangle. As it stands, buses such as the CRX stop at seemingly random places, and it is not <br /> easy to connect to those stops. Please PLEASE start planning some kind of regional bus transit center in Chapel Hill, <br /> either at 140 with corresponding bus connections to other parts of town, or more preferably downtown. It feels like the <br /> rest of the Triangle is growing up and Chapel Hill is being passed by. <br /> Also, there is not good way to get from North Chapel Hill to East Chapel Hill, or to Carrboro.As it stands, I would need to <br /> take a bus down MLK to downtown, and connect to another bus going where I want. We can only afford one car, so this <br /> is a real problem for us; only one member of the household can commute on any given day without having to spend far <br /> too long on the bus. One of us works near the Wegmans, and we have calculated that it takes an hour to get from MLK <br />