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Report on the 2022 Orange County Transit Plan Update
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide the Town Council with a report on the 2022 Orange County Transit Plan (OCTP) Update during the public comment period and an opportunity to adopt a resolution of support. The plan is anticipated to be adopted in December 2022.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Tom Altieri, Orange County Comprehensive Planning Supervisor, 919-9-245-2579, taltieri@orangecountync.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov
INFORMATION: This agenda item is intended to provide the Town Council with report on the 2022 Orange County Transit Plan Update scheduled to be adopted in December of this year. The plan allocates County transit tax revenue with commitments for public transit through the next twenty years, including major investments in bus rapid transit, enhanced bus service and associated bus access improvement projects (bus shelters, sidewalks, etc.), and is linked to a cost-sharing agreement with Durham County for projects of mutual interest-such as regional transit that provides service to both jurisdictions.
The Council received a presentation on the draft plan on May 10, 2022. Agenda materials included links to previous Council agenda items relating to this update, the 2017 Orange County Transit Plan and associated background information (Town of Carrboro - Meeting of Town Council on 5/10/2022 at 7:00 PM (legistar.com)). (It should be noted that work on the update began in 2020, so early materials are referred to as the Orange County Transit Plan 2020.)
The updated plan will be adopted by Orange County, GoTriangle, and the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). The DCHC MPO Board received a report on the draft plan on October 12th. Materials from that meeting are provided: a staf...
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