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Summary of Preferred Options(1) Section 1 -- Introduction <br />Preferred Option <br />Highway <br />Bus Transit <br />Fixed Guideway <br />Bus Transit <br />• HOV /HOT on I -40 (from Wake Co. <br />• <br />Local bus expansion <br />• No fixed guideway service <br />(from Bus Intensive Alternative) <br />to NC 86) <br />o Peak headways 10 -20 minutes <br />• Triangle Parkway (toll) <br />o Off -Peak headways 15 -30 minutes <br />• US 15 -501 freeway <br />• <br />Express bus expansion <br />• 7 Highway Trust Fund "loop" <br />• <br />Regional bus expansion (to outlying <br />projects (including East End <br />communities) <br />Connector) <br />• <br />Employment center circulators <br />Commuter Rail <br />• Same as above <br />• <br />Same with addition of bus feeder service • Commuter Rail — Hillsborough to <br />(from Moderate multi -modal <br />to commuter stations <br />Downtown Durham to RTP to <br />alternative) <br />Downtown Raleigh to Clayton <br />• Commuter Rail — Downtown Durham to <br />Carrboro via Carolina North <br />• Bus Rapid Transit — Downtown Durham <br />to UNC- Chapel Hill <br />STAG —DMU <br />• Same as above <br />• <br />Same with addition of bus feeder service <br />• Rail Transit -- Duke to Downtown <br />((from Fixed Guideway <br />to rail transit stations <br />Raleigh using Diesel Multiple Units <br />alternative) <br />(DMU) starting in 2019 <br />• Light Rail Transit — Duke to UNC - <br />Chapel Hill using electric rail cars <br />starting in 2025 <br />STAC — Electric <br />• Same as above ; <br />• <br />Same with addition of bus feeder service <br />• Light Rail Transit — UNC- Chapel Hill to <br />(New alternative —the only Preferred <br />to rail transit stations <br />Duke to Downtown Durham starting in <br />Option not evaluated as part the <br />2019, then to NCCU to RTP to <br />Alternatives Analysis <br />Downtown Raleigh using electric rail <br />cars starting in 2025 <br />ti) ) Sutne netprtu uenmuons: by v inO t = High Occupancy vehicle /toll; lanes that can only be used by vehicles that pay a toll or have at least a specified number of <br />passengers. Headway = minutes to wait before next bus arrives. Peak = period of highest travel, generally 7am -9am and 4pm -6pm. BRT = Bus Rapid Transit, which are <br />buses on a separate roadway. Fixed Guideway = transit vehicles on traveling on separate track or roadway. STAC = Special Transit Advisory Commission, which was a <br />regional commission that recommended major transit investments. Highway Trust Fund "loop' = Highway projects designated in state legislation to receive special <br />funding, in DCHC MPO these include: a) East End Connector; b) US 70 widening and freeway upgrade between Wake County and East End Connector; c) I -85 widening <br />in Durham County; d) all three section of the Northern Durham Parkway; and, e) North Roxboro Road widening. DMU = Diesel Multiple Unit; each car carries own <br />propulsion capacity and thus trains can be scaled more easily to meet demand. However, the DMUs are relatively large and heavy, and cannot be mixed on streets with <br />regular traffic. Electric = Using electric rail cars (often called light rail transit) that can be, to some extent, mixed on streets with regular traffic. Commuter Rail = <br />Locomotive passenger trains running on mainline rail tracks that have stations relatively far apart and typically only run during peak commute hours. <br />1 -4 <br />