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47 Question: I see bike improvement and is that the road to Transportation Services? 48 Answer:Yes. There is Fairview Community Center and Park right there. 49 50 Question: Is the transit vision for this corridor a fixed route transit? 51 Answer: Yes, the majority is fixed route with demand response feeding it. As Transit Emphases Corridor or and 52 through Transit Oriented Development, additional fixed route services will increase transit access. Currently we 53 have the Orange-Alamance and in discussion with Mebane for the Mebane circulator. Question: Do we know the 54 ridership along the corridor? 55 Answer: Right now, it is poor and the ridership along Orange-Alamance is more of a deviated service since Covid. 56 It was also advised that since Go triangle just made changes to their ODX route(s). Transit recommendations 57 include new stops and improvements. Once those are all addressed, it shows a need for a widened road and the 58 plan recommends a four-lane divided for the corridor. 59 60 Question: Would that be similar to the typical widened section in NC 54? 61 Answer: NCDOT complete streets will only help pay for improvements such as sidewalks, bike, pedestrian, and 62 transit improvements through highway projects. 63 64 Question: Is there enough right of way to do it? 65 Answer: It's 120 feet of right of way which is already filed for US 70 (not 70 business). The DOT already has it. 66 There are parts of 70 that are only 100 feet. US 70 is also a federal highway. 67 68 There was discussion regarding speed cameras and revenue generation and higher rates of speeding and accidents 69 post Covid.The four-lane divided highway will end at Buckhorn and Mt.Willing Road. It was recommended to look 70 at the Efland access management plan regarding the residential zoning and a four-lane divided highway. Mebane 71 and 70 business are not recommended to be widened at this time. 72 73 Question: How do you put in a divided highway and keep the character of the community & preserve the 74 environment? There are studies that show the effective way to reduce congestion is to narrow the lanes, not 75 widen them, how will this work? 76 Answer: Road diet's such as narrowing lanes or replacing vehicle lanes with bike/ped. Work in urban 77 environments. The practice is challenging in rural areas due to constant increasing in commuting traffic. The 78 Existing Condition analysis showed that more and more people are using US 70 and less are using 1-85. 1-85/1-40 79 is mainly Burlington to Raleigh, not Mebane, Hillsborough to Durham and vice versa. 80 81 Question: Is this work/plan at the point where the MPOs and Towns have agreed? 82 Answer: We're looking for as many comments as possible so they can make any changes that need to be done 83 before it comes back to you in March for your action. Hillsborough and Mebane will take action first,than Orange 84 County. MPO action will defer to local jurisdictions. 85 86 Question: Has this been vetted by the MPOs at this point? 87 Answer: Both MPOs are part of the Core Technical Team and meet monthly on the project. 88 89 Question: When those improvements are done, is it required they make it ADA accessible for the bus stops, etc.? 90 Answer: Yes. When the State does a road improvement, if there is an associated transit component, it is required 91 to be ADA accessible. A comment was made that advised it depends on the scope of the change, for example, if 92 the State tears up the asphalt and puts it back, that will not trigger the need for an ADA improvement. If they 93 were to move the bus stop, then they would have to. There was a discussion of the nuance of when an 94 improvement is required vs. not.