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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 11-18-2008 - 7a1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Action Agenda Item No. ~ - Q SUBJECT: Report on Options for the Preferred Option and Draft Durham-Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 1. Table of Four (4) Transportation Options INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 2. Maps of Transportation Projects 3. 2035 LRTP Transportation Options Report (Under Separate Cover) Craig Benedict, 245-2592 PURPOSE: To receive a verbal report from the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Lead Planning Agency (LPA) regarding the options being considered for the Draft 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). BACKGROUND: Every four years the DCHC MPO updates the Long Range Transportation Plan. The 2035 LRTP will list the highway, transit, bicycle, and other transportation projects and services to be implemented from 2008 through the year 2035 to best meet the expected transportation demand in the region. The LRTP is fiscally constrained, and includes revenue sources to pay for the projects and services. Transportation projects and services must be in the LRTP in order to receive state and federal funding. The Board of Commissioners, at its meeting on September 22, 2008, received a presentation and endorsed comments regarding the Triangle Regional Model results/analysis for combinations of various transportation alternatives and land use alternatives being studied to assess the effect those scenarios would have on future traffic and congestion. The MPO staff reviewed comments received from the local jurisdictions and the public and has prepared four (4) transit options and one 1 option each for highway, bicycle, and other transportation modes for further study. The four (4) options look at each of the four (4) transit options paired with the projects proposed for the highway, bicycle, and other modes. Attachment 1 lists the four (4) options followed by maps of each transit option, the highway option, and the on-road and off-road bicycle/pedestrian options. 2 The full transportation options report also includes cost and traditional revenue forecasts for each of the four (4) options and revenue forecasts for two local revenue sources, '/2 cent sales tax and an extra $10 vehicle registration fee, based on comments submitted on the Alternatives Analysis. The full report can be downloaded under 2035 LRTP Options at www.dchcmpo.org . The MPO Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) and technical staff will evaluate the four (4) transportation options and consider public input to develop the Preferred Option which the TAC will adopt as the Draft 2035 LRTP. The TAC expects to approve the Draft 2035 LRTP in early December. The Draft 2035 LRTP will then go through an evaluation and public input process to ensure that the plan meets air quality conformity regulations. The LPA will present this information to the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) at its meeting on November 19, and the OUTBoard will develop recommended comments for Orange County to submit to the MPO TAC. The BOCC will consider endorsing the OUTBoard recommendation at its meeting on December 1. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this item, although implementation of many of the alternatives will require new local and state funding. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board receive the report on the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan Transportation Options. Summary of Preferred Options(I> Section 1 -- Introduction Preferred O tion Hi hwa Bus Transit Fixed Guidewa Bus Transit • HOV/HOT on I-40 (from Wake Co. ~ • Local bus expansion ~ • No fixed guideway service to NC 86) o Peak headways 10-20 minutes (from Bus Intensive Alternative) .Triangle Parkway (toll) o Off-Peak headways 15-30 minutes • US 15-501 freeway ~ • Express bus expansion • 7 Highway Trust Fund "loop" • Regional bus expansion (to outlying . projects (including East End communities) Connector) ~ • Employment center circulators Commuter Rail • Same as above ~ • Same with addition of bus feeder service ~ • Commuter Rail -Hillsborough to (from Moderate multi-modal to commuter stations Downtown Durham to RTP to Downtown Raleigh to Clayton alternative) ~ • Commuter Rail -Downtown Durham to Carrboro via Carolina North • Bus Rapid Transit -Downtown Durham to UNC-Chapel Hill. STAC -DMU • Same as above ~ • Same with addition of bus feeder service ~ • Rail Transit -- Duke to Downtown to rail transit stations Raleigh using Diesel Multiple Units ((from Fixed Guideway (DMU) starting in 2019 alternative) ~ • Light Rail Transit -Duke to UNC- Chapel Hill using electric rail cars startin in 2025 STAC - Electric • Same as above • Same with addition ofbus feeder service • Light Rail Transit- UNC-Chapel Hill to (New alternative -the only Preferred to rail transit stations Duke to Downtown Durham starting in Option not evaluated as part the 2019, then to NCCU to RTP to Alternatives Analysis Downtown Raleigh using electric rail cars starting in 2025 (1) Some helpfitl definitions: HOV/HOT =High Occupancy Vehicle/Toll; lanes that can only be used by vehicles that pay a toll or have at least a specified number of passengers. Headway =minutes to wait before next bus arrives. Peak =period of highest travel, generally lam-gam and 4pm-6pm. BRT =Bus Rapid Transit, which are buses on a separate roadway. Fixed Guideway =transit vehicles on traveling on separate track or roadway. STAC =Special Transit Advisory Commission, which was a regional commission that recommended major transit investments. Highway Trust Fund "loop" =Highway projects designated in state legislation to receive special 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 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 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 regular traffic. Electric =Using electric rail cars (often called light rail transit) that can be, to some extent, mixed on streets with regular traffic. 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