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129 <br /> Transportation and Mobility frequent and severe,with a rise in fatalities <br /> and serious injuries. Crashes tend to occur <br /> at key intersections and along arterial <br /> Transportation is a critical element in roads but are also widespread across <br /> land use planning and is fundamental to the county. Implementing the County's <br /> community growth and development to Complete Streets and Vision Zero policies <br /> coordinate systems that support safety could help reduce the number of deadly <br /> for pedestrians and bicyclists, mobility, and injury-causing crashes. <br /> connectivity, public transportation,and <br /> road network connectivity. In terms of public transportation, Orange <br /> Orange County is covered by the County is served by several transit <br /> providers, including Orange County <br /> Burlington Graham Metropolitan Planning public Transportation, Chapel Hill Transit, <br /> Organization,the Durham Chapel GoTriangle,and Piedmont Authority for <br /> Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Regional Transportation (PART, Route <br /> Organization,and the Triangle Area Rural 4/Alamance Burlington Express 4).The <br /> Planning Organization. Demand-Response service (MOD), <br /> operated by Orange County Public <br /> Trends and Conditions Transportation, offers rides on request, <br /> Orange County has over 3,000 centerline similar to Lyft or Uber,and primarily serves <br /> miles of roads, including minor arterials, rural areas that do not have fixed-route <br /> major and minor collectors,and local roads. bus service. <br /> Nearly all of the county's roads fall under The Next Generation Transit Vision Map <br /> state jurisdiction, making collaboration outlines planned transit projects in the <br /> with the North Carolina Department of county through 2050, including express <br /> Transportation (NCDOT) essential for any bus improvements, Bus Rapid Transit <br /> desired improvements. (BRT) projects,and more. Many of these <br /> As of 2022, most roads in Orange County Projects are not yet funded.The ongoing <br /> carried fewer than 6,000 vehicles per U.S.70 Multimodal Corridor study could <br /> day,with many in the rural areas seeing bring additional transit options to Orange <br /> 21500 or fewer vehicles daily.The highest County. Notably,the North-South BRT <br /> traffic volumes were observed along major Project will enhance transit service in <br /> highways such as U.S. 54, U.S. 86,and U.S. Chapel Hill and beyond. <br /> 70. Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) is For freight, 1-40 and 1-85 are the county's <br /> a key factor in determining transportation primary freight routes,along with U.S. <br /> planning,funding, level of service, 15/501. Several Strategic Freight Corridors <br /> congestion,and is also critical for Traffic also run through the county, including NC <br /> Impact Analysis during local development 86, U.S.70, NC 54, NC 57, NC 49,and U.S. <br /> reviews. 15/501. Planned road investments will help <br /> While the majority of crashes occur strengthen the county's freight system, <br /> within municipalities,there are significant and the North Carolina Railroad also <br /> hotspots along the interstates and heavily transports freight through the county on a <br /> traveled highways. According to recent daily basis. <br /> analysis in the County's Transportation <br /> Multimodal Plan, rural hotspots for motor <br /> vehicle accidents are becoming more <br /> 126 PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT <br />