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Al-fACHMEN7 2 22 existing facility or if the bicycle/pedestrian facility on new location will take bike/pedestrian traffic off an existing pazallel road, Coordinate with National Highway System -Points aze awazded for this item if the project is part of the existing or future National Highway System (NHS) or an intermodal facility on an NHS route. Reduces LZse of Single Occupant Vehicles -Points are awazded for this carogecry if the project is abike, pedestrian, transit or High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) p j Conventional roadway projects do not qualify. Expm2ds Tr'anspor'tation Choices -Points aze awarded for roadway projedestrianProvide each of the following alternative modes: 1) transit; 2) bicycle; and, 3) p Addresses Air' Quality Concerns -Points azes andazd VMT formu a for thetd f~ ent reduction of vehicle miles traveled (VMT). travel modes will be used to calculate VMT reductions.. Has Minimal Impacts on the Natural Environment -Points aze awazded if the transportation project does not expand into or adversely affect documented environmentally sensitive azeas. Encourages Ecoaseaof tl~ project isaeconormic developmeent or redeve opmentpnm~ or secondary purp Adverse Impacts Do Not Disproportionately Affect Low Income Populations -Points are awarded if the project directly supports low-income groups or does not adversely affect low income groups in a disproportionate manner. This item is designed to penalize projects that may have negative impacts on low income azeas or federally recognized disadvantaged gn'oups. Trarasportatiora Lnprovenaent Program (TIP) Status -Points are awazded to projects based on the percentage of the total project cost tha or if theedro ect has postyeardsPatus in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), P J TIP.. Transit projects listed in the TIP as "unfunded" receive 10 points. 3. Projects receiving the same number of project criteria points aze ordered by generally giving priority to projects included in last year's Regional Priority List.. A lower priority is given to new project requests with the same number of criteria points, 4. When the resulting order of the projects with the same number of criteria points is inconsistent with the order of local priorities, the projects may be reordered. 5 The Draft Regional Priority List is created by drawing projects from each of the enhancement, highway, and transit category lists. Projects with the highest number of project criteria points are selected first -taking into consideration local priority rankings, geographical balance, and a mixture of project types, Page 34 DCNC MPO -Regional Priority List for FY 2007-2013 MTIP