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2 <br /> Regarding shared versus dedicates lanes, Mr. Lynch said that in the short - term we <br />have no choice but to have shared lanes. He noted that no parking structures are <br />available at this time. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cox said a new parking garage is proposed for 200 cars behind Albemarle <br />Hotel. He said he is leaning towards designated lane s and said a shared system does not <br />work. <br /> <br /> Mr. Bishop said you are not locked in when you use non - rail vehicles, noting that <br />you can stripe the lanes and see if it works. <br /> <br /> Ms. Richards said she worries about infrastructure required with a rail system, th e <br />imposing overhead systems, and the interruption of the visual character of the street. <br />With shared lanes she said you can put in the element of traffic light pre - emption or <br />queue jumping. <br /> <br /> Mr. Charles Petty, Acting Transit Manager, said buses can keep green lights green <br />for 12 seconds now. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cox said there is very little parking on the south side of West Main Street, <br />and asked if those were eliminated could you have a dedicated lane. He said this could <br />be accompanied by a traffic structure. <br /> <br />Concep t: Study the Efficiency of the Current Bus Routes to Determine if Other Solutions <br />Exist <br /> <br /> Ms. Mueller asked if the following assumptions are still valid: bus service will <br />serve all neighborhoods; reduced headways will enhance service and gain ridership; gaps <br />in existing services will be addressed; and recommendation to request $80,000 from <br />VDRPT to do a trips origins/destination study, to determine travel patterns as a basis for <br />implementing route structure improvements. <br /> <br /> Mr. Petty said funds will be ava ilable July 1 to do the origin/destination study. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cox asked if the assumption is that the study would look at a new trunk <br />system. <br /> <br /> Ms. Richards said we need to accomplish serving choice riders going places by <br />bus where they are not going now plus s erving current riders. She said we also need to <br />study where people are driving. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cox said we need to figure out how to get people to take a bus. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lynch said we should pull in where major employers are located and factor in <br />future development. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cox said we should also determine what is the right size bus and if the ones <br />we have are too big. <br /> <br /> Ms. Richards said she would not want to restrict the study to an "L" system even <br />though it may be the best. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lynch said synchronization should be i mproved. He said he agrees with all <br />the assumptions. <br /> <br /> Ms. Richards said if we are going to have a demonstration route on West Main <br />Street we need to have a way for people to go other places. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lynch said we have to have a backbone feeder system. <br /> <br /> Mr . Cox asked if the study will answer the question of whether an "L" and feeder <br />system will work, and Ms. Mueller said the first study will not but the second phase will. <br />