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11 <br /> I Slide#4 <br /> 2021 -2022 HIGHLIGHTS DH <br /> TRANSPORTATION PLANNING <br /> • Comprehensive Transportatlon Plan (CTP) <br /> Began work on an amendment to the CTP that would update the bicycle and pedestrian elements to be <br /> consistent With current local Iy adopted plans and to provide guidance to NCDOT on Inc Iuslon of complete <br /> streets elements for non-motorized and highway projects. <br /> Joint plan with NCDOT that guides transports#ion project development and reservation of future right of way. <br /> • Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) <br /> The DCHC MPO adopted the 2050 141TP on February 9,2022. <br /> - Federal long-range plan that balances revenues and costs- <br /> - Projects In the funding plan,Le.,Transportation Improvement Program,must be identlfled In the MTP <br /> • Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) <br /> The Trarnsportation improvement Program (TIP) is a ten-year fundingducumantfvr biwcycla, pedestrian, <br /> highway,rail,and public transportation projects. <br /> The MPO updated theTlP several times through the amendment process and also provided input to NCDOT <br /> on the draft FY2024-2033 STIP. <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Slide#5 <br /> 2021 -2022 HIGHLIGHTS DH <br /> CORRIDOR STUDIES <br /> • US 70 Corridor Study (Orange County) <br /> - Provide a framework for a safe, efflclent and equitable multlmodal transportation system that offers a choice <br /> between publictransportatlon,non-motorized,and automobile modes to seamlessly connect between different <br /> transportation optlons and serves development with appropriate transportatlon access_ VH B leads this study <br /> team_ <br /> US 70 Corridor Study (Durham County) <br /> Working with NCDOT on US 70 from the East End Connector to the Wake{Durham line to reduce congestion <br /> and provide safe_of iclent transit and bikelped facilltles_ Consultant STV leads this study team_ <br /> E1CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANNING <br /> Triangle Bikeway Study <br /> This completed study identified a multimodal corridor connecting Raleigh.Cary, Morrisville, Research Triangle <br /> Park, Durham,and Chapel Hill, The Triangle Bikeway Regional Advisory Committee of stakeholders meats <br /> regularly discuss how to move the bikeway forward_ Wake County and the Research Triangle Foundation <br /> committed funds for environmental Impact analysis and preliminary engineering on the Triangle Blkeway <br /> between Raleigh and RTP's west boundary. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Doug Plachcinski said that their signature project is the Triangle Bikeway Study and that <br /> 8 it is nearing completion. He said they will be presenting the report to the Town of Chapel Hill in <br /> 9 January. <br /> 10 <br />