Multimodal 54
Meeting 2 - June 30, 2016
hosted by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
Attendees:
GoTriangle: Patrick McDonough, Mary Kate Morookian
Chapel Hill Transit: Brian Litchfield, Nick Pittman, Mila Vega
Town of Chapel Hill: David Bonk, Kumar Neppalli
Town of Carrboro:James Thomas
City of Durham:Ellen Beckmann, Mohammad Islam
DCHC MPO: Felix Nwoko
NCDOT:RichardHancock, David Keilson
AECOM: Chris Werner, Mark Johnston
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce: Aaron Nelson
Regional Transportation Alliance:Joe Milazzo II
Discussion items
Recap of May 19 meeting
- Participants provided feedback on theMultimodal 54 initiative 2-pager. RTA staff agreed to revise the two-pager by the next meeting.
Presentations and reports provided
- The group discussed the June 20th NCDOT internal meeting on NC 54 corridor study (U-5774).
- The group learned that given current environmental, design, funding, right-of-way, and construction schedules and timelines, the earliest year that significant improvements that could emerge from the study and be open to the traveling public would be approximately 2028.
- Milazzo and McDonough summarized the TRB report on transit advantage (TCRP Synthesis 110).
- The group received an overview presentation on Synchronized Streets (flier, overview) in North Carolina.
- Milazzo provided an overview of the Keystone Parkway compact multimodal roundabout interchange design (image, map) used in Carmel, Indiana.
Potential data
- Re transit usage: transit providers agreed to compile information on transit usage, on-time performance, frequency, and hours/span of service.Geoff Greene from GoTriangle will review/compile transit travel time performance.
- Re overall data: group members noted that performance/changes over time would be useful. RTA staff will review and compile traffic count information over the past ten years.
- Re signal timing: Chapel Hill and Durham staff will review signal timing, delay, and travel time information to look for opportunities to improve performance
- Re signal coordination: Chapel Hill and Durham staff will look into signal coordination opportunities between the two systems.
- Themodeling: the group noted that both VISSIM and Transmodeler were or had been used for past and ongoing initiatives related to the corridor.
Next steps: The group agreed to meet again on August 8, 2016.
Multimodal 54 is a cooperative initiative of GoTriangle and the Regional Transportation Alliance to enhance the multimodal performance of the NC 54 corridor between I-40 in southwest Durham and US 15-501 in Chapel Hill