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11 <br /> Slide #4 <br /> 1 DH <br /> TRANSPORTATION PLANNING <br /> • Comprehensive Transportation Plan i(ICTP) <br /> Began work on an amendment to the CTP that would update the bicycle and pedestrian elements to be <br /> consistent with current locally adopted plans and to provide guidance to NC DOT on Inc Iuslon of complete <br /> streets elements for non-motorized and highway projects. <br /> Joint plan with NC DOT that guides transportation project development and reservation of future right of way <br /> Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) <br /> The DCHC MPO adapted the 2050 MTP on February 9,2022. <br /> - Federal long-range plan that balances revenues and costs. <br /> - Projects in the funding plan, Le., Transportadon Improvement Program, MUSS be identlfled In the NITP. <br /> • Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) <br /> The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a ten-year funding docurnentfix bicycle, 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 FY202d-2033 STIR <br /> Slide #5 <br /> 2021 -2022 HIGHLIGHTS DW <br /> CORRIDOR STUDIES <br /> US 70 Corridor Study (Orange County) <br /> Prowde a framework fora safe, efflcwnt and equitable multlmodal transportation system that offers a chohee <br /> between public uansportatlon, non-motorized,and automobile modes to seamlessly connect between different <br /> transportation options and serves development with appropriate transportation access_ VHB leads this study <br /> team. <br /> • US 70 Corridor Study (Durham County) <br /> Working with Ni}DOT on US 70 from the East End Connector to the WakelDurham line to reduce congestion <br /> and provide sane_etf dent transkt and bikelped facdltles_ Consultant STV leads this study team. <br /> BICYCLE AN[) PE DPST IAN PLANNING <br /> Triangia Bikeway Studer <br /> This completed study identit9ed a rnultirmodtal corridor connecting RaWgh,Cary, MorrisvilIa. Research TriangIa <br /> Park, Durham.and Chapel Hill. The Triangle Bikeway Regional Advisory Committee of stakeholders meats <br /> regularly discuss how to move the bikeway forward. 1+IWaxe County and the Research Triangle Foundation <br /> cornmIned funds for environmental Impact analysis and preliminary engineering on the Triangle Bikeway <br /> between Raleigh and RTP's west boundary. <br /> Doug Plachcinski said that their signature project is the Triangle Bikeway Study and that <br /> it is nearing completion. He said they will be presenting the report to the Town of Chapel Hill in <br /> January. <br />