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<br />° Chapter 9: Transportation .Element
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<br />1 The average drive time to work for Orange County residents is twenty-two
<br />2 minutes, representing a 19% increase since 1980;
<br />3 The percentage of workers who bike or walk. to work is higher in Orange
<br />4 County than the state, owing largely to the presence of the University of North
<br />5 Carolina-Chapel Hill campus;
<br />6 According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, 75% of state-
<br />~ maintained roads in Orange County are in the unincorporated areas; and
<br />g Based on a 2000 report, Orange County had 215 miles of unpaved roads
<br />9 that were not maintained by the state. This is one of the highest counts in
<br />10 the state.
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<br />12 More information on these key statistics is provided in the following charts and graphs.
<br />13 VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
<br />14 Automobile use in the County has been increasing since 1990. Figure 9-1 shows that
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<br />FIGURE 9-Tz HIST©RIC AND PROJECTED VEHICLE MILES and
<br />TRAVELED 1N ORANGE'COUNTY (1990-20T5) per
<br />capita
<br />vehicle
<br />miles
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<br /> Measured Projected Increase
<br /> 2000-
<br /> 1990 2000 2003 2007 2015 2015
<br />Rural'
<br />Interstate 745,550 1,417,590 1,414,490 1,673,667 2,155,278 52%
<br />Arterial 75,700 196,100 192,150 217,288 261,398 33%
<br />Collector 569,300 647,630 678,090 757,525 947,433 46%
<br />Local 111,300 148,980 167,670 175,512 238,130 60%
<br />Total. 1,501,850 2,410,300. 2,452,400 2,823,992 3,602,239 49°10
<br />Urban and small u rban
<br />Interstate 21,070 114.,320 109,200 132,904 172,555 51%
<br />Freeway 53,660 57,420 61,600 63,559 79,569 39%
<br />Arterial 558,040 754,080 445,200 867,498 1,083,826 44%
<br />Collector 35,890 41,500 388,590 46,245 57,894 40%
<br />Local 57,620 34,080 107,980 37,138 148,104 335%
<br />Total 726,280 1,001,400 1,112,570 1,147,344 1,541;948 54%
<br />Grand Total 2,228130 - 3;411,7Q0 3,564,970 , 3,971,336 5,144,187 51%
<br />Per Capita DVMT 23.7 28.9 30.2 29.9 31.3 8.3%
<br />Notes and Sources:
<br />' Road classifications are defined in the appendix.
<br />Note: Daily vehicle miles traveled (DVMT) represents vehicle use on public roads in Orange County by both
<br />residents and non-Orange County residents.
<br />Source: NCDOT, as compiled by the Orange County Commission for the Environment,
<br />"State of the Environment, 2004"
<br />Source: Appendix A: County Profile (Data) Element
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<br />projections predict that this trend will continue. See Figure 9-1 .
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