Agenda - 11-01-2022; 5-c - 2022 Orange County Transit Plan Update

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02 orang ecounty. in the educational services, and health care and social assistance sector (39.1%, 2018); followed by professional, INFO transit & land scientific,and management; and administrative and waste EXPRESS management services (12.9%, 2018). Integrating land use planning • transit planning contributes to Most of the county's jobs are in and around downtown growth . directing growth, Chapel Hill, UNC-CH campus, and along the US 15-501 • development t• locations corridor. There are also pockets of job density in shopping BUS STOP currently, or _ planned • provide centers like Meadowmont and the Mebane outlets. high-quality transit service and by Employment generators outside of downtown districts setting policy that promotes higher and campuses are typically "big box" retailers. Usually density development in transit served This surrounded by large parking lots,these locations are more difficult to serve by transit because in most cases, there "location-efficient" • synergies • is a long walk between on-street bus stops and the front helps goals ' "th ' use ' transportation entrance. In some cases, buses make a time-consuming including: deviation into these shopping centers to allow a shorter Walkability Transit-oriented walk, slowing service on these routes. Multimodal safety development Regionally,jobs are concentrated near higher education and IncreasedTraffic calming Decreased cost of ridership research facilities, particularly around the Duke Hospital campus, the UNC Chapel Hill campus, and Research More '' Accessibility ' goods Triangle Park(RTP).The largest regional jobs centers (Duke environmentallyfriendly ' services Hospital, UNC, and RTP) are characterized by office and patterns of growth - ' ility service (primarily health care)jobs. Decreased roadway Predictable growth and Smaller jobs centers often offer a higher proportion of congestion development retail jobs and may be key destinations for commuters with limited mobility options apart from transit. In Orange Most residents travel to work alone in a car, truck, or van. County, Eastgate, Patterson Place, downtown Chapel Hill, Some workers carpool but the share of carpooling workers has and downtown Carrboro have notable shares of retail jobs. decreased between 2010 and 2018(11.3%and 7.1%,respectively). Southpoint, South Square, and Brier Creek are retail-heavy Notably,there have been no changes over the last decade in the jobs centers located outside the county. share of workers using public transportation to reach work (7.1% in both 2010 and 2018). Travel Patterns There has been a small increase in the number of employees In Orange and Durham Counties, home-to-work commuter who walkto work(5.0%and 6.1% in 2010 and 2018, respectively) flows are characterized by strong pulls towards several key but no change in the share of residents cycling to work (1.8%). job centers including: There has been a more significant increase in the share of • North Durham to Duke/Downtown Durham employees working from home(6.3%and 9.1%in 2010 and 2018, • East Durham to Duke/Downtown Durham respectively), a figure that is likely to increase further given • Southpoint to Duke/Downtown Durham; continued technological innovations and the COVID-19 pandemic • Chapel Hill to Duke/Downtown Durham and quarantine. Mean travel time to work has increased by nearly • Carrboro to Chapel Hill one minute since 2010 (21.8 as compared to 22.9 minutes in • Hillsborough to Durham. 2018). Regional commuter flows are dominated by travel between Wake County and Research Triangle Park; between Wake Transit Need County and Duke/Downtown Durham; and between Wake A robust travel market (i.e., potential for high ridership) does not County and Chapel Hill.Relatively lighterflows exist between always reflect the greatest transit need. In fact, many residents Chatham County and Chapel Hill; Alamance County and who live in rural and geographically distant areas are often those Chapel Hill; Alamance and Duke/Downtown Durham; and who need transit the most but who are often the most difficult Alamance and Hillsborough. transit customers to serve.There is also a need to avoid placing