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Orange County Bus
and
Rail Investment Plan
David King
January 5, 2012
Quick Background Special Transit Advisory Commission (STAC) – 2008
Joint MPO Long Range Transportation Plan – 2009
Passage of HB 148 Congestion Relief and 21st
Century Intermodal Transport Fund - 2009
County Bus and Rail Planning – 2010 to 2011
Durham County residents approve ½ cent sales
tax transit referendum - Nov. 2011
(60% YES- 40% no)
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Alternatives Analysis • Light Rail • Commuter Rail • Stations • Cost Estimates
Bus Planning
•new service • increased frequency • park and ride • amenities
Financial Model
• Balance of Bus & Rail • Settings for variables • Use of borrowing • Plan must be affordable!
The
Draft
Plan
Public Input
• 19 public workshops • 1,100 participants • 54, 000 visitors to website
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Elements of the
DRAFT Bus Plan
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1. LOCAL - Service Improvement CH, C UNC in the 15/ 501 corridor
2. REGIONAL – Carrboro- CH- Durham Express (Route 405)
3. REGIONAL – Mebane – Hillsborough – Durham Express
4. LOCAL – 54 Corridor Improvements (Orange and Durham Counties)
5. LOCAL – Support existing services
6. LOCAL – Chapel Hill – Carrboro – UNC Sunday Service 7. LOCAL - Hillsborough Circulator 8. LOCAL – Chapel Hill – Carrboro – UNC Saturday Service 9. REGIONAL – Route 800 – SW Durham (Southpoint) – Chapel Hill peak 10. RGP- Improve service in unincorporated Orange County 11. LOCAL – Extend evening service in Chapel Hill – Carrboro- UNC 12. REGIONAL – Carrboro – Chapel Hill- Durham Express (Route 405) – Saturday 13. REGIONAL – Chapel Hill – Regional Transit Center via Southpoint (Rte. 800) – Saturday 14. LOCAL – Hillsborough Circulator 15. REGIONAL – Hillsborough – Chapel Hill (Route 420) - peak
By Year 1
By Year 3
1 Bus = 3,150 bus hours
16. RGP – Improve service in unincorporated Orange County
17. REGIONAL EXP – Pittsboro – Chapel Hill Express
18. REGIONAL – Route 805 – RTC via SW Durham (Woodcroft) Chapel Hill
19. LOCAL – Improve peak hour bus frequency Chapel Hill Carrboro UNC
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By 2035
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Examples: Light Rail Transit (LRT)
Denver
Exclusive Running
Charlotte
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Denver
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Examples: High Level BRT
Bogota, Colombia
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Curitiba, Brazil
Guangzhou, China
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UNC Hospitals Mason Farm
Road Station - A3(d) LRT/BRT High
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Mason Farm Station
LRT/BRT High
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Hamilton Station
LRT/BRT High
Final station location to be
determined in PE/DEIS
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Alternative C1: Friday
Center Station (A)
LRT/BRT High
Alignment:
Friday Center – Meadowmont - Leigh Village
Alternative C1: Friday Center – Meadowmont Leigh Village
14 LRT/BRT High Bridge over NC 54 into
Meadowmont
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Alternative C1:
Meadowmont Station
LRT/BRT High
Alignment:
Friday Center – Meadowmont - Leigh
Village
Alternative C1:
Friday Center – Meadowmont - Leigh Village
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Alternative C2: Friday Center Station
(B) LRT/BRT High
Alignment: Friday Center-Woodmont-
NC 54 / George King Road-
Leigh Village
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Alternative C2: Woodmont
Station LRT/BRT High
Alignment: Friday Center-Woodmont-
NC 54 / George King Road-
Leigh Village
Woodmont (Hillmont) Station Concept
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Alternative C2: Friday Center-Woodmont-NC 54/ George King Road-
Leigh Village
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Leigh Village Station
LRT/BRT High
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Gateway Station
LRT/BRT High
DRAFT Orange Bus and Rail Investment Plan
Bus Investment
New bus hours by end of FIRST
year – 22,050 hrs
New bus hours by end of
THIRD year - 44,100 hrs
Total number of new bus
hours by 2035 – 50,400 hrs
MLK Busway Improvements
completed -2017
Potential Rail Dividend Bus
Hours – 30,000 to 45,000
Rail Investment
Opening year of Light Rail –
2025
LRT Capital Cost - $330 m
LRT Annual Operating Cost –
$3.2 m
* Sales Tax Growth Rate –
3.6 %
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Financial Resources available for
Transit
Local revenue in Bus and Rail Transit Investment Plan
½ sales tax
$7 vehicle registration fee
$3 increase in Triangle Transit vehicle registration fee
Rental car tax revenue
State participation - 25% assumed
Federal participation – 50% assumed
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Approval Process
DCHC MPO
Considers approval of Bus and Rail
Investment Plan
Triangle Transit Board of Trustees
Considers approval of Bus and Rail
Investment Plan
Orange County Commissions
Considers approval of Bus and Rail
Investment Plan
Authorizes referendum and selects date
* All municipalities within Orange County must
receive copy of Bus and Rail Investment Plan
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The people will have an
opportunity to vote on the
Plan by way of a public
referendum
Discussion and Questions
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