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Orange County · Orange Unified Transportation Board
Monday, September 30, 2024

Advisory board meeting Roads and transportationBudget and appropriationsSchools and educationTransit

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Orange County's transportation board was asked on 30 September 2024 to recommend two plans to the commissioners for October: a Short Range Transit Plan for 2025 to 2030 and an updated Safe Routes to School plan. The transit plan, by Nelson\Nygaard, splits the Hillsborough Circulator into two routes running every 45 minutes from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., adds a Mebane circulator, reorganizes on-demand service into four zones, and aligns the Orange-Chapel Hill Connector with GoTriangle Route 420. It projects a transit budget of about $3.8 million a year. The staff memo lists reinstating the Orange-Alamance Connector as a short-term step, while the plan itself proposes discontinuing it and bringing back a redesigned route in the long term.

The Safe Routes to School plan, by WSP, covers 13 schools within two miles of each, names NC 86, Orange Grove Road and Richmond Road as the most dangerous corridors, and ranks crosswalks, sidewalks, traffic calming and paths by need. It carries no cost estimates. Staff also report on NCDOT projects, among them the $236.5 million I-40 widening and the Hillsborough passenger rail station. Public comment is item 3, and emailed comments are read aloud.

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Agenda items (9)

Procedural · 4Discussion item · 2Staff or committee report · 2Minutes approval · 1
  1. 1 Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2 Consideration of Additions or Changes to Agenda
    Procedural
  3. 3 Public Comments
    Procedural
  4. 4 Minutes – August 19, 2024
    Minutes approval
  5. 5.a Short Range Transit Plan
    Discussion item Budget and appropriationsTransit
    Staff ask the board to recommend that the commissioners approve the 2025-2030 Short Range Transit Plan by Nelson\Nygaard. Short-term changes within the current budget: two Hillsborough Circulator routes every 45 minutes, a new Mebane circulator, four on-demand zones with phone booking, and the Orange-Chapel Hill Connector aligned with GoTriangle Route 420. The memo lists reinstating the Orange-Alamance Connector as short term; the plan proposes discontinuing it and restoring a redesigned route after 2031.
  6. 5.b 2024 Safe Routes to School Plan
    Discussion item Roads and transportationSchools and education
    Staff ask the board to recommend that the commissioners approve WSP's Safe Routes to School plan for 13 schools, each studied within a two-mile radius. It names NC 86, Orange Grove Road and Richmond Road as dangerous, ranks crossings, sidewalks, traffic calming and paths by need, and suggests programs such as a walking school bus. It includes no cost estimates.
  7. 6.a Staff Report – MPO, RPO, and NCDOT
    Staff or committee report Roads and transportation
    NCDOT Division 7 project tables as of August 2024, including the $236.5 million I-40 widening due in September 2025, the $132 million I-85 widening from Orange Grove Road to Sparger Road, the $49.2 million South Churton Street widening and the $7.2 million Hillsborough passenger rail station.
  8. 6.b Staff Report – County Bike/Ped Plan
    Staff or committee report Roads and transportation
  9. 7 Adjournment
    Procedural

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