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ATTACHMENT 2 8 Purpose and Goal The Durham-Chapel Hill-Casboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is committed to a balanced transportation system within the urban area and the region that facilitates safe and efficient movement of people and goods, This balanced transportation system will provide opportunities for greater use of alternative modes of transportation, including public transportation, bicycling, and pedestrian movement. Transportation Demand Management programs and land use policies that reduce use of single occupant vehicles and promote transportation choices axe also important elements of this regional transportation policy. the Trans ortadon Advisory In the past, the governing board of the DCHC MPO, P Committee, has stated a goal fox the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP): "Maintain and improve the quality of metropolitan azea transportation systems while striving to have a safe, efficient and balanced transportation system.. Balanced transportation promotes mobility, integration of land use, and min;mi~es negative impacts on the environment." The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a seven-year funding document foz highway, public transportation, bicycle, pedestrian, and rail projects. Projects must be in the TIP in order to receive State or federal funding, Every two years, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Caxrboro (DC;HC) Metropolitan Planning Orgamzadon (MPO) works with local citizens, govermnent officials, elected officials, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation to develop a Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) that is eventually adopted as part of the State Transportation Improvement Prograrn (STIP). To begin die TIP development process, the MPO develops a Regional Priority List to communicate the MPO's project priorities to the NCDOT. Development of Regional Priority List The development of the Regional Priority List has several principal steps: 1, The DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) will review the currently adopted methodology fox ranking transportation projects, and make changes, as desired, 2. Local governments and transit systems develop a list of local transportation priorities based on a comparison of local needs and the projects that axe akeady funded in the preceding Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).. 3 The MPO consolidates the local lists into a single regional list and uses the currently adopted methodology for ranking the projects in the regional list, 4, The MPO conducts a 21-day public involvement process that includes publishing the regional priority list (which has the projects ranked by the ranking methodology), conducting a public hearing (scheduled for August 10, 2005), and providing ample oppormnides for the public to provide comments.. 5. The TAC. makes the fmal changes to dhe Regional Priority List, and the List is officially provided to the NCDOT.