1. Orange County Bus
and
Rail Investment Plan
David King
January 5, 2012

2. 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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3. Bus Planning
•new service
• increased frequency
• park and ride
• amenities
Public Input
Financial Model
• 19 public workshops The
• • Balance of Bus & Rail
•
1,100 participants • Settings for variables
Draft
54, 000 visitors to website • Use of borrowing
Plan
• Plan must be affordable!
Alternatives Analysis
• Light Rail
• Commuter Rail
• Stations
• Cost Estimates 3

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5. Elements of the
DRAFT Bus Plan
1. LOCAL - Service Improvement CH, C UNC in the 15/ 501 corridor
2. REGIONAL – Carrboro- CH- Durham Express (Route 405)
By Year 1
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 By Year 3
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
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1 Bus = 3,150 bus hours

6. 16. RGP – Improve service in unincorporated Orange County
By 2035
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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8. Examples:
Light Rail Transit (LRT)
Charlotte Salt Lake City
Denver
Exclusive Running
Phoenix Denver
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9. Examples:
High Level BRT
Bogota, Colombia Curitiba, Brazil
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Guangzhou, China

10. UNC Hospitals
Mason Farm
Road
Station - A3(d)
LRT/BRT High
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11. Mason Farm
Station
LRT/BRT High
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12. Hamilton
Station
LRT/BRT High
Final station location to be
determined in PE/DEIS
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13. Alternative C1: Friday
Center Station (A)
LRT/BRT High
Alignment:
Friday Center – Meadowmont - Leigh Village
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14. Alternative C1:
Friday Center – Meadowmont
Leigh Village
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LRT/BRT High Bridge over NC 54 into
Meadowmont

15. Alternative C1:
Meadowmont Station
LRT/BRT High
Alignment:
Friday Center – Meadowmont - Leigh
Village
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16. Alternative C2:
Friday Center Station
(B)
LRT/BRT High
Alternative C1:
Friday Center – Meadowmont - Leigh Village
Alignment:
Friday Center-Woodmont-
NC 54 / George King Road-
Leigh Village
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17. Alternative C2:
Woodmont
Station
LRT/BRT High
Alignment:
Friday Center-Woodmont-
NC 54 / George King Road-
Leigh Village
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18. Alternative C2:
Friday Center-Woodmont-NC 54/ George King Road-
Leigh Village
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Woodmont (Hillmont) Station Concept

19. Leigh Village
Station
LRT/BRT High
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20. Gateway Station
LRT/BRT High
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21. DRAFT Orange Bus and Rail Investment Plan
Bus Investment Rail Investment
New bus hours by end of FIRST Opening year of Light Rail –
year – 22,050 hrs 2025
New bus hours by end of LRT Capital Cost - $330 m
THIRD year - 44,100 hrs LRT Annual Operating Cost –
Total number of new bus $3.2 m
hours by 2035 – 50,400 hrs
MLK Busway Improvements
completed -2017 * Sales Tax Growth Rate –
Potential Rail Dividend Bus 3.6 %
Hours – 30,000 to 45,000
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22. 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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23. Approval Process
DCHC MPO
The people will have an
Considers approval of Bus and Rail opportunity to vote on the
Investment Plan Plan by way of a public
Triangle Transit Board of Trustees referendum
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
for review
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24. Discussion and
Questions
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