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v" Chapter 9: Transportation EIement 65 <br />M""' " `"~ individuals and groups and maybe more cost effective for <br />3 some transportation needs than the above named systems <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 " <br />8 <br />1 o Orange County residents have opportunities to ride-share through <br />i i various private transportation providers as well as through Triangle <br />12 Transit's vanpool program. TT also hosts a website for Share the <br />13 Ride NC, a statewide ride share matching service for both local and <br />14 inter-county trips. <br />is <br />16 Orange County has an active bicycling community that uses Orange <br />17 county roads for recreational riding, competitive training, and <br />18 commuting. Orange County's Bicycle Transportation Plan identifies <br />19 maJor routes for improvements to facilitate bicycle commutes The <br />20 Bicycle Transportation Plan is included in the regional DCHC Lonq <br />21 Range Transportation Plan. Although there are currently no bicycle <br />22 lanes on Orange County roads outside municipalities, Orange County <br />23 has been able to obtain modest improvements for bicycles, such as <br />24 two-foot paved shoulders on secondary roads, through NCDOT <br />2s programs for resurfacin_q roads and spot safety projects A State <br />26 Transportation Improvement Program project that will identify popular <br />27 cyclin_q routes on an Orange County Bike Map is underway, and <br />28 should be completed by the end of 2008. NCDOT will install numbered <br />29 bike route signs as part of the overall development of the county bike <br />30 route system. <br />31 <br />32 There are no pedestrian trails outside_of parks and _greenwavs. <br />33 However, several plans outline a connected trail system throughout <br />34 the County through parks and environmentally sensitive areas along <br />3s floodplains from Chapel Hill Road in Durham. <br />36 <br />37 Amtrak passenger service traverses central Orange County through <br />38 the Town of Hillsborough, but currently does not stop in Orange <br />39 County. There is widespread community support for a passenger <br />40 train stop in Orange County All local County jurisdictions, in early <br />41 2008, indicated their support for a train station to be located in <br />42 Hillsborough and the Town of Hillsborough requested North Carolina <br />Ora.v~Catc~~y ~a~vYt~JV'e~u~.v-.~i~vt'ri 1,~xt'v Public Hearing Draft 5-6-08. Page 9-IX <br />