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Orange County Short Range Transit Plan, RFLOI No 367-005394 I Letter of Interest <br /> Orange County,NC/Orange County Public Transit <br /> 1. Nelson\Nygaard Recent Similar Projects <br /> Please find information on the roles or our key staff in these projects in Chapter 5. <br /> Wake and Durham Bus Plan and Short Range Transit Plans, Wake and Durham <br /> Counties, NC (2021-Ongoing) <br /> Contact: Jay Heikes,Senior Transportation Planner,919-314-8741,jheikes@gotriangle.org <br /> In 2017, Nelson\Nygaard was hired to develop Wake County'sfirst Bus Plan. Since then,we have been tasked with <br /> updating the plan to best define, confirm, or reevaluate bus investments for fiscal years 2024-2027 and to <br /> determine the programming of any bus service expansion investments in fiscal years 2028-2030—for both Wake <br /> and Durham Counties,as well as GoTriangle service in Orange County. This project includes the following tasks: <br /> ■ Regional service assessment <br /> ■ Service standards, measures, and targets <br /> ■ Project prioritization policy <br /> ■ Operating, capital, and financial model <br /> • Short Range Transit Plans for GoTriangle, GoDurham, GoCary, and GoRaleigh <br /> ■ Community engagement <br /> • Wake Bus Plan Update <br /> In 2023, our team has completed the Wake Bus Plan Update. We are working with Durham and Orange County <br /> stakeholders to update the GoDurham and GoTriangle Short Range Transit Plans. <br /> Wake BRT: Rapid Bus Extensions, Wake County, NC (2021-Ongoing) <br /> Contact: Shelby Powell,Deputy Director,919-996-4393,Shelby.Powell@campo-nc.us <br /> The voter-approved Wake Transit Plan laid the groundwork for expanding transit service throughout Wake <br /> County, NC. One of the key elements of the plan was to implement four different bus rapid transit(BRT)corridors <br /> radiating from downtown Raleigh. A Major Investment Study(MIS)and subsequent project development <br /> processes have helped define and move several corridors closer to construction and completion. <br /> This study analyzes how to best position the region for extending two of the original Wake BRT routes, including <br /> assessing the tradeoffs associated with each extension option and defining when such an extension is <br /> warranted. Nelson\Nygaard is leading the effort to develop a reasonable set of conceptual alternatives and <br /> define evaluation criteria and metrics that will lead to informed recommendations for future Rapid Bus and BRT <br /> investment. To get there,we've conducted an inclusive public engagement campaign that both educates the <br /> public about Rapid Bus and BRT and their significance to the region, as well as collects feedback about the <br /> community's vision and priorities. Our work has included analyzing the travel market, conducting a high-level <br /> environmental review, identifying and evaluating alignment alternatives,and recommending an alternative. We <br /> are working to finalize the operating, capital,and implementation plan of these corridors. <br /> Wave Transit Short Range Transit Plan, Wilmington, NC (2023-Ongoing, 2018, <br /> 2012) <br /> Contact: Jon Dodson,Deputy Director,910-202-2057,JDodson@wavetransit.com <br /> Wave Transit hired Nelson\Nygaard to conduct a Short-Range Transit Plan(SRTP)in 2012, 2018, and most <br /> recently in 2023. Each SRTP set the strategic direction for the transit system's development over the next five <br /> years in terms of an operating and capital improvement plan. The first plan(2012)provided a strategy to improve <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates,Inc.17 <br />