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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNSIT TNN <br /> Burlington-Graham MPO transit services in areas that either lack transit services today or <br /> would benefit from improvements to existing services. <br /> (BGMPO) Comprehensive <br /> Transportation Plan (2022) BGMPO Metropolitan <br /> BGMPO's Comprehensive Transportation Plan is the MPO's long- Transportation Plan 2045 (2020) <br /> range plan that identifies major transportation needs and The BGMPO Metropolitan Transportation Plan for 2045 is the <br /> solutions through 2050. The recommendations in this plan are not region's transportation plan, which consists of the cities and <br /> funded or fiscally constrained, unlike other regional towns of Burlington, Graham, Mebane, Elon, Gibsonville, Green <br /> comprehensive plans. The plan includes recommendations for Level, Haw River, Whitsett, Alamance, and the counties of <br /> transit infrastructure and service improvements for the Burlington, Alamance and parts of Guilford and Orange. This plan identifies <br /> Graham, and Mebane areas, with a few recommendations for the region's transportation needs over the next twenty years. <br /> Orange County. The relevant recommendations consist of: <br /> Relevant OCPT Findings: <br /> ■ A Mebane Connector, which would cover the City of The Alamance County Transportation Authority (ACTA) <br /> Mebane and connect to the proposed Mebane - <br /> recommended two fixed routes for Mebane: the Mebane <br /> Hillsborough Commuter Rail via the Downtown Mebane <br /> Circulator and the ACC to Mebane Connector.These both <br /> rail station. <br /> fall under the MTP 2045 Unfunded List, which was <br /> ■ A Mebane to Hillsborough Commuter Rail, which would compiled by transit agency staff and the Steering <br /> run for 13 miles from Downtown Mebane Station to Committee. These were both classified as 'Medium' <br /> Hillsborough and potentially beyond. regarding the funding feasibility in the 2020-2045 <br /> ■ Enhanced service on the Orange-Alamance Connector by timeframe. Both the Mebane Circulator and the ACC to <br /> increasing headways Mebane Connector would have an estimated capital cost <br /> ■ Improving and adding new park and rides in Orange for vehicles during the first 10 years of operations of <br /> County, Graham, and Mebane. $160,000, and each would have an annual operating cost <br /> Note that there are additional recommendations for Graham and of $48,863 and $48,878, respectively. <br /> Mebane that would not have any interaction with Orange County Refers to the recommendation of other plans for <br /> Public Transit that are not listed here. The fiscally unconstrained improved on-demand service hours and vehicles across <br /> recommendations here would provide greater connectivity and Orange County <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 6-4 <br />