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r3 Chapter 9: Transportation Element k'h c +~hc~pteY 9"~ Trans~arr~ci~~c~~r ~d~n't~nt 2 9.1. PURPOSE 3 This Transportation Element provides guidance and direction regarding future transportation 4 efforts in Orange County. The goals and objectives identified within this element serve as the 5 foundation for establishing future transportation policies and action strategies undertaken by 6 Orange County, its advisory boards, and staff. This specific process for developing a 7 transportation implementation strategy is outlined in Section 1.4: Administration and 8 Implementation Guidelines. 9 9.2. SUMM,4RY 10 Orange County's transportation system is often described as a network. The term network 11 describes a collection of destinations and edges COnnectlOnS. On the ground in a 12 transportation network, the destinations would be areas where people live and destinations 13 people have outside their homes, places like work, shopping centers, parks, government 14 offices, etc. edges Connections are the routes people take to travel between nodes; 15 between home and work, for instance. Destinations and edges COnneCtlOnS together can 16 be viewed as the physical structure of a transportation network. Another term, traffic, is used 17 to name the activity that takes place on the network. 18 Planning for a transportation system requires planning for destinations and edges 19 connections, as well as traffic. All three components are essential for a logical, robust 20 network. 21 22 Orange County's transportation network is comprised of a hierarchy of roads that moves 23 automobiles and provides access to land developments, railroad lines that allow freight and 24 commuter trains to move through the County, bicycle routes that provide access to points of 25 interest and recreational trails, and local sidewalks and pedestrian facilities that foster walking 26 in neighborhoods, downtowns, and at commercial and employment centers. 27 28 While the County, in partnership with the Towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and 29 Mebane, has been. along-standing proponent of a multi-modal transportation system, more 30 can be done to encourage non-automobile forms of transportation. New facilities and 31 improvements are needed to encourage amore efficient and effective transportation system 32 that achieves the County's goals of achieving long-term sustainability and maintaining Orange 33 County's distinctive community character. 34 TRANSPORTATIC?N__PLANNING 35 36 37 38 39 40 , 41 ~ , 42 , 43 44 Qi-avu~Co~y Co--v~v~e~uvi.~vve~'t~lavt. Public Hearing Draft 5-6-08 Page 9-1