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93 ■ Are there more details about what incidents have occurred for either pedestrians or bicyclists on 94 Orange High School Road or Oakdale Drive? Stantec looks at safety and crash locations, and 95 TWTPO has a vision zero safety action plan for a portion of Orange County. Stantec will provide 96 the map. 97 M Were there specific criteria beyond the goals that guided and justified the recommendations? It 98 was explained that all county roads mustfollowthe North Carolina Department of Transportation 99 (NCDOT's) Complete Streets policy, so the team reviewed the state's requirements and design 100 guidance. They used NCDOT's activity estimation map to understand areas of high walking and 101 biking demands, and evaluated speeds, traffic volumes, crash history, and existing plans to 102 shape the recommendations. 103 0 Is the pipe pad crash tool still existing? How often does it update? Yes, and it's updated 104 frequently. 105 0 How do you decide between building a 10-foot shared-use path versus two 5-foot bike lanes? 106 Since bike lanes are not separated from traffic,the shared-use path provides a much higher level 107 of protection. It's the safest option for everyday users, cautious riders, and families who don't 108 feel comfortable biking next to vehicles. Cost, along with factors like speed and traffic volumes, 109 all help determine the recommended. 110 ■ Can we have upgrades to Irwin Road? 111 E What is the difference between US 70, US 70 Business, and US 70 Alt, and why do they appear 112 differently on the map? US 70 Alt is essentially the same roadway people commonly refer to as 113 US 70 Business,while US 70 refers to the main highway alignment.The map shows both because 114 they represent two separate project areas: one on US 70 Alt/Business and another on the main 115 US 70 corridor.The team will clarify the naming in revisions to avoid confusion. 116 ■ Where can we find Appendix A?This is where all the concept designs are for each project. The 117 plan is still in draft format, and we have not assembled them;the materials are ready. 118 M How is this integrated with the town of Hillsborough?Are they also doing a similar bike plan that 119 would feed into this?This plan focuses on the unincorporated parts of Hillsborough of Orange 120 County, but Hillsborough staff participated throughout the process through stakeholder 121 meetings and the project committee. Much of the recommended network connects to 122 Hillsborough because focus groups identified more infrastructure gaps there compared to other 123 areas. While the team coordinated closely with the town, this plan does not make 124 recommendations for Hillsborough's own internal planning efforts. 125 Why did we choose the 10 projects we have designs for?Are they the top priorities, and I would 126 like to know how NC86 would fit into this?We had a list of the top 20, and 8 are from that list.We 127 did not choose the concept development; we were told which ones to move forward with. The 128 priorities are not set,yet we are getting your feedback, but these were picked as a sampling of the 129 20.Theywere informed that Nish picked these before he left, so we are having to figure out some 130 of the parts, and we are getting feedback on these ten, and we'll take that feedback into account 131 as we figure out the whole prioritization. 132 133 134 AGENDA ITEM 6.STAFF REPORT/UPDATES/EVENTS 135 a. Fare Free Fixed Route Service 136 This is scheduled to go before the BOCC in December 2025. Orange County is looking at going fare-free 137 on all four of our fixed route services.That would save us some staff time on getting that paperwork 138 done for customers that might or might not qualify, and then would also eliminate the collection 139 equipment that we have to replace every several years,which is expensive and takes the vehicles out of 140 service to do.We are in the process of routing a contract that will change the software that we use for