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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNSIT TY <br /> APPENDIX Al REVIEW OF PAST PLANS <br /> Reviewing past plans and projects sets the stage for the existing ■ Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> conditions analysis by providing a baseline and history of Organization (DCHC MPO) Comprehensive Transportation <br /> projects, changes, and future visions. The project team reviewed Plan (2017) <br /> plans and projects relevant to transit in Orange County and the ■ City of Mebane Comprehensive Transportation Plan <br /> surrounding region, including transit plans, climate plans, funding (2021) <br /> studies, and multimodal transportation plans. The plans reviewed <br /> The review of each plan focused on both transit-based elements <br /> are listed below. <br /> such as routes, services, and corridors that have been identified <br /> ■ Orange County Transit Plan (2017) and Update (2022) for transit investments, along with higher level elements, such as <br /> ■ Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization funding and county-wide goals. A summary of each plan is as <br /> (BGMPO) Comprehensive Transportation Plan (2022) follows. <br /> ■ BGMPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (2020) <br /> ■ BGMPO Regional Transit Feasibility Study (2024) Orange County Transit Plan <br /> ■ Orange County Climate Action Plan (2023) Update (2022) <br /> ■ Connect 2050: The Research Triangle Region's <br /> Metropolitan Transportation Plan (2022) The Orange County Transit Plan Update (2022) allocates transit <br /> ■ Orange County's Complete Streets and Vision Zero tax district revenues for the next 20 years based on community <br /> needs, values, and priorities, and includes both previously <br /> Policies (2022) programmed and new projects. The Orange County transit tax is <br /> • Orange County Transportation Services Title VI Plan 1/2-cent sales tax that is also collected during vehicle rentals and <br /> (2022) registration. In 2022, revenues for this tax were nearly $9M. These <br /> ■ Orange County Transportation Services ADA Paratransit revenues go towards Orange County Public Transportation, <br /> Plan (2022) Chapel Hill Transit, and GoTriangle, along with funding <br /> ■ GoTriangle Short Range Transit Plan (2023) infrastructure-related transit improvements. <br /> ■ Chapel Hill Short Range Transit Plan (2020) The plan's goals and values include promoting greater quality of <br /> life through facilitating travel in the region, easing access to the <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 6-1 <br />