TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL - File #: [23-0155]

• File #: [23-0155]
• Version: 1
• Type: Discussion Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/7/2023
• In control: Town Council
• On agenda: 2/22/2023
• Final action: 2/22/2023
• Title: Consider a Resolution Endorsing Shaping Our Future: A Transportation and Land Use Initiative and Call a Legislative Hearing to Consider Updating the Town's Comprehensive Plan to Include Shaping Our Future: A Transportation and Land Use Initiative on April 19, 2023.
• Related files: [22-0668], [22-0308], [22-0417], [22-0861], [22-0914], [23-0097], [23-0126], [23-0106], [23-0038], [23-0326], [23-0409]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/22/2023	1	Town Council	adopted	Pass
2/22/2023	1	Town Council	adopted	Pass

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Consider a Resolution Endorsing Shaping Our Future: A Transportation and Land Use Initiative and Call a Legislative Hearing to Consider Updating the Town's Comprehensive Plan to Include Shaping Our Future: A Transportation and Land Use Initiative on April 19, 2023.
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Staff:
Department:
Caroline Dwyer, Transit Planning Manager
Transit
Matt Cecil, Transit Development Manager

Diedra McEntyre, Principal Planner
Planning

Overview: Chapel Hill Transit's (CHT) North-South Bus Rapid Transit (NSBRT) project leverages a significant federal investment to meet Council's Complete Community and Climate Action priorities. The NSBRT enjoys high levels of support, locally and regionally; is a key component of the region's transportation strategy and long-term vision; and plays a role in the University's transportation and sustainability plans. NSBRT is also much more than a transit investment; it is an investment in active transportation, safety, congestion mitigation, equity, environmental stewardship, smart growth, and economic development. Specifically, the project includes:

* A multi-use path (MUP) along most of the corridor
* Pedestrian safety improvements (including enhanced sidewalk connections to/from station areas and neighborhoods)
* Signal improvements; and
* Complete streets elements.

In 2020, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded CHT nearly $600,000 through the "Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning" grant program. CHT initiated Transit-Oriented Development Planning (TOD) planning for the NSBRT corridor in 2022, coordinating with a planned Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) update, at the request of Council. Shaping Our Future: A Transportation and Land Use Initiative is aligned with, and guided by, previous plans and Council policy directives including the recently adopted Complete Community framework. This initiative is a first step towards integrating best practices for more sustainable land use and development and...