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~'hapte~ 9: '~~c~~s~aa~~a~lfi®n .E`~ement <br />,.,, <br />2 ® Long-Range Transportation Plan. The plan is a guide for major transportation <br />3 investments in the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br />4 Organization area. It is designed to support land use and air quality goals for <br />S the urban area, and is prepared in accordance with federal requirements. The <br />6 plan projects the amount and type of transportation demand over a 20-year <br />7 minimum period, and is upda$ed every four years fo <br />$ demonstrate compliance wigh air qualify standards. It <br />9 identifies priority highway, bus transit, rail transit, bicycle, and pedestrian <br />10 improvements needed to service future populations, and the projected costs of <br />11 these improvements. The ~®nq ,range Transportation l~/an iS <br />12 fiscally constrained and idenfifies viable anficipafed <br />13 funding sources for pro%ects proposed in the plan. <br />14 ¢- ' <br />15 > <br />16 <br />17 ' <br />18 <br />19 f Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program. <br />20 ~ ' ' <br />21 ~ .- - • <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />2s This program is a seven year documenf that is included in <br />26 the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program and <br />27 contains funding end scheduling information for bicycle,. <br />28 pedestrian, highway, rail, public transportation, and <br />29 enhancement projects Every two years, the Metropolitan <br />3o Planning organization develops a prioritized list of <br />31 pro%ectS to be considered for funding in the .biennial <br />32 update of the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement <br />33 Program Projects must come from adopted <br />34 transporfafion plans. <br />3 S t- <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 ~~ <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 ~ ' <br />63 <br />Oara~iCv-uvLty Co-vvi~~v~e,~.ev~~ve~~lcw~~ Public Hearing ©raft 5-6-08 Page 9-5 <br />