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~•••""°• ~'~a~~a~e~~ ~: ~`~~nsg~a~tca-i®~a .E'~eme~~f <br />~~,. ~. ,~• cost effective for <br />individuals and groups and maybe more <br />3 some transportation needs than the above named systems. <br />4 <br />s <br />6 • <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />to Orange County residents have opportunities to rideQshare through <br />11 various private transportation providers as well as through Tr-angle <br />12 Transit's van ool ro ram. TT also hosts a webs-te for Share the <br />13 Ride 1VC, a statewide ride share matching service for both local and <br />14 inter Cot-nty trips. . <br />is <br />16 grange County has an active bicycling community ghat Uses ®range <br />17 county roads for recreational riding, compet~t-ve tra-n-np, and <br />1s commuting grange County's ~-cycle T'ransporfatron flan -dentifies <br />19 maior routes for improvements to facil-tafe bicycle commutes. The <br />zo bicycle Transportation Plan is included en the reg-onal B7ChC Long <br />21 Range Transportation Flan ~Ithough there are currently no bicycle <br />22 lanes on Orange County roads outside mun-cipal-t-es, Orange County <br />23 has been able to obtain modest improvements for b-cycles, such as <br />24 two f®®t paved s.hou/lets on secondary roads, through ~'CDt~T <br />2s programs for resurfacing roads and spot safety pro-ects. A Sfate <br />26 Transportation Improvement Program pro-ect that w-1l -dentsfy popglar <br />27 cycling routes on an Orange County dike leap -s underway, anc~ <br />2s should be com leted b the end of 2008, hC®OT w-ll -nstall numbered <br />29 bike route signs as part of the overall development of the county bike <br />~o route system. <br />31 <br />32 There are no pedestrian trails outside of parks and greenways. <br />33 however, several plans outline a connected trail system throughout <br />34 the County through parks and environmentally sens-t-ve areas alone <br />3s floodplains from Chapel hill Road in ,Gorham. <br />36 <br />37 Amtrak passenger seivice traverses central Orange County through <br />3s the Town of hillsborocigh, but currently does not stop m Orange <br />39 County There is widespread cornmun-ty support for a passenger <br />4o train stop in Orange Gounty All local County -ur-sd~ct~ons, -n early <br />41 ZOOS, indicated their support for a train stat-on ~o be located m <br />42 1°lillsborough and the Town of 1-lillsborough requested ~lorth Carolina <br />69 <br />DF~aiCv~.w~ty Cc~~vehev~-r'>v~~T,c~.n. Public Hearing Draft 5-6-08 Page 9-1.Z <br />