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.0, <br /> Woint-MPO Major Regional Transit Investments for the 2035 MPOs' Long Range <br /> Transportation Plans <br /> oRecommendations, priorities and funding <br /> STAC Work <br /> +Goals and criteria <br /> •18 corridors within MPOs' study area <br /> oPopulation, employment and land use <br /> oTravel patterns, markets and demand <br /> •Transit technologies <br /> •Service concepts: circulating in-town, transit friendly neighborhoods and long-haul trips <br /> • Interdependence of land use and transit <br /> •:.Experience from other systems <br /> •Costs and funding <br /> Trip Density in 2035 (map) <br /> The STAC Plan <br /> Expanded Region-Wide Bus Network <br /> +Vastly Expanded Bus Network through Core Counties (Wake, Durham, Orange) <br /> +Commuter Express Extensions into Collar Counties <br /> • New Park/Ride Lots <br /> •Direct RDU Bus Service <br /> Why Expand Bus Service? <br /> • Provides Needed Service Quickly to Taxpayer, Visible ROI <br /> •Relief for Increasingly High-Priced Commutes <br /> +Connect New Towns and Counties to Transit Network <br /> Circulators <br /> +Serving Short Trips in High-Activity Centers <br /> +High-frequency bus service at first <br /> +Could be Streetcar, Bus Rapid Transit in future <br /> Why Develop Circulators? <br /> •Serve High Trip Volumes in Major Activity Centers <br /> +Complete "last mile" of regional trips <br /> +Support lower parking needs near key employment centers <br /> Rail Investments <br /> +Clean Diesel Trains <br /> • Light Rail <br /> Why Rail? <br /> +Provide superior mobility in corridors with highest travel intensity <br /> • Encourage private sector to develop denser, mixed-use, walkable communities around rail <br /> stops <br /> •Compete economically with other regions <br /> +Higher-density development enabled by presence of transit can reduce pressure to develop <br /> open space, fragment natural habitats <br /> Focusing Market Opportunities for Growth <br /> STAC Cost& Funding Options <br /> • Based on assumed project costs of approximately $2.2 billion (in 2007 dollars) <br />