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The Interstate 85 Corridor travels through the Cabarrus Rowan MPO.

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TI NES 0 2.5 5 10 DR Miles Cabarrus -Rowan MPO Boundary

Transportation Elements - 19 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan The thoroughfares on the recommended map improvements for the corridor between Charlotte can be divided into five types of roads. They and Concord/Kannapolis. Auxiliary lanes should are freeways, expressways, boulevards, major be added to I-85 between I-485 and Speedway thoroughfares, and minor thoroughfares. All other Boulevard. The ramps at the NC 73 interchange streets are considered collector or local streets should be improved and widened. The Report also and can be included in small area plans by the CR suggests possible high occupancy vehicle lanes as MPO membership. far north into Cabarrus County as the US 29-601 interchange (Exit 58) as well as implementation Freeways and Expressways of ITS improvements and an integrated Regional The freeway and expressway system is intended Incident Management Program. The MPO was a for fast and efficient movement of large volumes funding partner in the Fast Lanes Study to assess of traffic in and around an urban area. Properly managed lanes in the Metrolina Region. I-85 from located freeways and expressways can help relieve Mecklenburg County to exit 68 in Rowan County overburdened radials and move traffic from one was carried into Phase III for consideration of suburb to another around the central core. managed lanes as part of this study.

There is only one controlled-access Interstate For a copy of the I-85 Sub-area Study Final Report highway in the area. Interstate 85 runs north and or the Fast Lanes Study, contact the MPO office at south through the center of the urban area and (704) 795-7528. the State connecting several of its urban areas. I-85 was recently widened to eight lanes through Boulevards and Major Thoroughfares the City of Charlotte and through northern The boulevards and major thoroughfares are the Rowan County. The remaining sections are under principle traffic carriers throughout the urban construction now including the remaining portion area. Their primary function is to carry traffic, but in southern Rowan. The projected traffic on I-85 they also may service abutting property. Too much for the design year warrants widening to at least property access, though, requires too many traffic eight lanes throughout the planning area. I-85 has signals. Too many traffic signals reduce the travel been the top priority in the MPO for several years. speed, capacity, and efficiency of a thoroughfare.

There are sixteen existing interchanges on I-85 Minor Thoroughfares through the planning area. It is recommended The minor thoroughfare system collects local traffic that Exit 68 at NC 152 be expanded to a full from the residential neighborhoods, commercial interchange to accommodate increased traffic and industrial districts, and collector streets and flows. A new interchange is also recommended at distributes it to the major thoroughfare system. Old Beatty Ford Road (I-3804) near Landis/China These streets also access abutting property more Grove to provide access to southeastern Rowan frequently than the major thoroughfare system. County. There is a five-mile stretch between the They cannot carry large volumes of traffic as well interchange at NC 152 and the one at Lane Street. as the major thoroughfares can. Industrial land uses are being planned along China Grove Road increasing the potential for truck and other vehicle traffic in the area. The new Appendix 5-1 shows the Adopted Cabarrus interchange is currently a funded project as NCDOT Rowan MPO Comprehensive Transportation is planning a safety project (W-5516) to realign Old Plan Highway Map and Table Beatty Ford Road including a new bridge over I-85.

A Sub-area Study Report of I-85 released in December 2000 recommended some additional

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 20 Bridge Replacements Bicycle and Pedestrian Elements A growing portion of the Metropolitan TIP is the bridge replacement projects. The following criteria Bicycle and pedestrian mobility is of particular are used to evaluate bridges when utilizing federal importance to the CR MPO. An element of the funds: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 and the subsequent Fixing • Sufficiency Rating must be less than 50 America’s Surface Transportation Act requires that • Bridge must be rated as either Structurally the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan be fully integrated Deficient or Functionally Obsolete within an urban area’s Transportation Plan. As a • Structure length must be longer than 20’ (clear result of federal requirements and strong local span) interest, the first comprehensive bicycle and • The candidate structure must not have been pedestrian plan for the MPO was completed in rehabilitated with federal funds within the February 2002. The Plan known as the Livable previous 10 years Community Blueprint encompassed all of Cabarrus County and the following municipalities within The criteria for state funds is much simpler and is the CR MPO area: Concord, Kannapolis, Landis, more based on need and current level of service Mt. Pleasant, China Grove, and Harrisburg. (The compared to desired level of service. There is also rest of Rowan County was not part of the MPO at an expectation to improve the overall rating of the time this Plan was initiated). Cabarrus County the bridges in the Division. For Division managed pursued an update to this Plan thru a countywide projects, both BD (federally funded) and state Greenway Master Plan that was completed in funded the Division gets a candidate list from the the fall of 2009 and Rowan County completed a Structures Management Unit that includes bridges countywide plan in the summer of 2015. that meet the federal guidelines. From this list the Division prioritizes replacement projects The purpose of the Livable Community Blueprint based on the needs throughout the Division. The (LCB) was to provide the CR MPO with a bicycle Division coordinates with bridge maintenance and pedestrian facilities inventory and method staff to determine problem/deficient bridges and for implementation of improvements over the then with roadway maintenance engineers to next decade. The Plan included a strong public determine any future widening needs. Next, the involvement element that produced 4,000 prioritized list is reviewed and approved by the surveys from a random sample. From these Structures Management Unit to be programmed surveys, “access to safe Bicycle and Pedestrian as a division-managed project. Transportation Routes” was identified as a high priority for residents. The study defined close For bridges listed as a B project in the STIP, the to 200 individual destinations that are desirable Division reviews the list of candidate bridges from to be linked by bicycle or pedestrian routes and the Structures Management Unit and prioritizes over 200 miles of on-road and off-road routes. the list based on the Division’s needs/desires. This The Plan was necessary to identify desirable list is then sent to the Structures Management bicycle and pedestrian projects within the urban Unit and Program Development Unit for them to area, which may be eligible for funding under evaluate the list to determine which bridges will the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement be programmed in the next TIP cycle. The Division Program or other State or Federal funding priorities are a key element to the decision-making programs. A total of $5,639,858 of bicycle and process for funding. pedestrian projects was highlighted by this study. This figure did not include land acquisition or Appendix 5-2 includes the Division 9 and 10 design and engineering costs. Bridge Replacement Schedules

Transportation Elements - 21 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Appendix 5-3 is the Inventory of the Livable The CR MPO developed and adopted criteria Community Blueprint for ranking bicycle and pedestrian projects in For additional information and a list of proposed 2004. This criteria is based on 8 measures that bicycle and pedestrian projects in the Planning range from percent of right-of-way owned to Area, please refer to the Livable Community amount of project design complete. Each of the 8 Blueprint, Carolina Thread Trail Master Plan and measures was given a point total based on level of NCDOT Statewide Bike Route Map. importance and relative rank. Points could range from 1 to 25 depending on the scored measure. The State TIP identifies two types of bicycle The purpose of this criteria and point totals was to projects: independent and incidental. highlight the projects that were most feasible and Independent or Enhancement projects are stand- generated the most utility within the community. alone bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Incidental Figure 5-1 projects are improvements tied to specific TIP Typical Cross Sections for Bike and Pedestrian road projects. Lanes

An example of an incidental project would be the NC 49 widening in the Town of Harrisburg where the Town requested that NCDOT build sidewalks as part of the widening project. With the adoption of the Strategic Transportation Initiative, NCDOT will be closely monitoring the state matching provision for non-highway capital projects. With that said, all independent bicycle and pedestrian projects will be scored and ranked locally with other modes under the Division Tier list of projects.

The current 2018-2026 Transportation Improvement Program identifies six independent With the last STIP, the CR MPO evaluated a total bicycle and pedestrian projects in the CR MPO. of 6 projects that were submitted to NCDOT for The projects are listed below: Appendix Bthe 2018-2026 STIP. The10 projectsNorth are Carolina as Complete follows: Streets Planning and Design Guidelines MPO Bicycle/Pedestrian List Table 5-1 Independent Projects 1. Baker Branch Greenway 2. Irish Buffalo Creek Greenway 3. N. Main Street Sidewalk TIP Number Project Description 4. Bethpage Road Sidewalk EB-5732 Sidewalk on both sides of Bruton Smith 5. Little Texas Road Sidewalk Blvd and Concord Mills Blvd including a 6. 3rd Street Greenway portion of Weddington Road EB-5902 Downtown pedestrian signal upgrades Appendix 5-4 includes the CR MPO Bicycle and EB-5903 Sidewalk on Union Street Pedestrian Priorities and the criteria used to EB-5619 Greenway near Catawba College rank these projects. EB-5813 Greenway known as the Landis Spur EB-5861 Greenway along US 29 to the Yadkin River Due to the non-attainment designation for Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, NCDOT has EB-5844 Sidewalk along Little Texas Road suballocated approximately $7 million to the EB-5821 Sidewalk along North Main Street in MPO for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Kannapolis Improvement (CMAQ) projects.

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 22 These funds are limited to projects that reduce Concrete sidewalks are required along major vehicle emissions and improve air quality, which and minor thoroughfares and frontage streets is consistent with most bicycle and pedestrian identified on the Cabarrus-Rowan Transportation projects. The CR MPO identified and endorsed Plan. The City of Salisbury and Town of Granite 16 bicycle or pedestrian projects that would be Quarry in Rowan County also require sidewalks funded through CMAQ program. These projects in all new development projects within their were included by NCDOT in the 2018-2026 STIP. planning jurisdiction.

Appendix 5-5 includes the CR MPO CMAQ Bicycle and Pedestrian Project Proposals

In addition, there are local initiatives to improve bicycle and pedestrian connectivity. The City of Concord maintains a Pedestrian Improvement Program (PIP) that is funded through the 2 cent property tax levied by the City for transportation projects. The PIP serves as a direct way to build and leverage additional public and private funds for pedestrian improvements in new and existing development. Several CR MPO jurisdictions including the City of Concord are also beginning to use their development review authority to promote more pedestrian-friendly development. In Cabarrus County, the Unified Development Ordinance has integrated sidewalk requirements into its local development regulations. The Kannapolis Pedestrian Loop. Photo by Wilmer Melton

Bridge replacement project with new sidewalk - Raging Ridge Road at Stallings Road in Harrisburg.

Transportation Elements - 23 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Freight and Rail Transportation Element Figure 5-2 - Strategic Freight Network in CRMPO

Regional Strategic Freight Network A key element of Freight Planning is the identification of the regional Strategic Freight Network (SFN). By definition, a SFN is a system of infrastructure critical to the successful movement of freight. For the Freight Plan, this SFN serves as the network around which the region currently moves freight and plans to continue to support safe, efficient movement of freight into the forecast plan years. Many recommendations related to infrastructure improvements are limited to the SFN. With consideration of limited resources for infrastructure projects, the Freight Plan focuses on this network identified as critical to the CR Source: NCDOT and SCDOT MPO and Greater Charlotte Region. Figure 5-3 - Strategic Freight Network - Roadways

Illustrated in Figure 5-2 and Figure 5-3, the CR MPO SFN encompasses all modes of freight moving transportation. In partnership with the Coordinating Committee, the following criteria were used to finalize the roadway and other modal components of the SFN:

Highways • Those on the National Multimodal Freight System (NMFS) and/or all Interstates • Those designated as truck routes by NCDOT • Approved Intermodal Connectors on the National Highway System • Those identified by planning agencies as critical to local freight movement Source: NCDOT and SCDOT

Railroads following data on suggested facilities for inclusion • All active freight railroads in the state level CUFC/CRFC designations. Figure • All active intermodal rail terminals 5-4 illustrates the SFN within the CRMPO region (roadways only) broken out by urban and rural land Aviation use designation, based on 2010 Census Urban and • All commercial service airports Rural classification data. These roadway segments are provided for consideration in the state designated Critical Rural and Urban Freight Corridors multimodal critical rural and urban freight corridors According to the latest available guidance from yet to be determined. USDOT, Fast Act Section 1116 [Critical Urban Freight Corridor (CUFC) and Critical Rural Freight Corridor Further detail on the CUFCs and CRFCs are included in (CRFC) Guidance] and based on coordination the Final Plan, Table 5-4. with the state DOTs, the Freight Plan presents the

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 24 Figure 5-4 - Strategic Freight Network - Roadways Figure 5-5 - Regional Truck Average Daily Truck and Urban Area Clusters in CR MPO Region Volumes (2012)

Source: 2010 Census Urban and Rural classification data, Source: NCDOT and SCDOT NCDOT and SCDOT Figure 5-6 - Regional Truck Bottlenecks in CR MPO Existing Conditions in the Cabarrus Rowan MPO The existing conditions analysis provided a compilation of data on the transportation infrastructure system for the Greater Charlotte Bi-State region. Highlights, by mode, are provided at a regional level with additional detail for the CRMPO region.

Trucking The interstates carry the bulk of the region’s daily truck traffic as shown in Figure 5-5. I-85 and I-77 constitute the most critical freight corridors throughout the region. Other roadways that play a critical role in the movement of truck freight are I-485, US 74, US 321, NC 160 (near the Charlotte-Douglas airport), and SC 9 through Chester and Lancaster, SC. Delay, safety, and access issues raise costs for shippers, Source: American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), October 2015 carriers, manufacturers and consumers alike. Figure 5-6 shows the only truck related bottlenecks Structurally deficient bridges require significant identified within the freight transportation system in maintenance, rehabilitation or replacement and the CRMPO is in the corridor of US 29 near I-85. In are unable to carry certain freight loads. For these addition to this segment of the SFN within the CRMPO reasons, they can serve as constraints to the freight currently defined as bottlenecks, some segments also highway network and are therefore important to present some challenges for the trucking of goods in include in freight network analyses. Figure 5-7 terms of bridge conditions and safety. Functionally illustrates the 19 functionally obsolete and seven obsolete bridges are bridges that no longer meet structurally deficient bridges in the CRMPO Region. the current standards, such as narrow lanes or low These existing conditions of highway performance, load-carrying capacity. These bridges have not been safety and bridge conditions are important to identify designed for the current loads/trucks that currently as they can limit the mobility of freight-carrying traverse the freight highway system. vehicles, particularly if they are carrying oversize or overweight cargo.

Transportation Elements - 25 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Figure 5-7 - Structurally Deficient and Figure 5-9 - Greater Charlotte Regional Rail Network Functionally Obsolete Bridges in CR MPO

Source: NCDOT and SCDOT Source: National Transportation Atlas Database, 2015

Figure 5-8 illustrates commercial vehicle crash For NS, the Main Line operating through Kannapolis, hotspots from 2009 to 2013. Corridors with slightly Charlotte and Gastonia serving the Charlotte-Douglas higher than medium densities of crashes involving International Airport’s Intermodal Yard is one of the commercial vehicles include I-85, as well near the busier corridors along the east coast. The CSXT SE interchange of I-85 and US 70 and US 52. Line connects to the Port of Wilmington and Hamlet Yard. Figure 5-10 shows the regional Class I rail annual Figure 5-8 - Commercial Vehicle Crash Hotspots volumes. (2009 - 2013) Figure 5-10 - Regional Class I Annual Rail Freight Volumes (2014)

Rail Within the greater Charlotte Region there are a number of key railroad corridors and facilities. Both Source: NCDOT NS and CSXT have key rail corridors and intermodal yards. Figure 5-9 illustrates the Greater Charlotte Grains, Coal and chemicals make up the bulk of the regional rail network which includes the CR MPO regional rail tonnage (Figure 5-11). Over 5 percent of area. all freight moves by rail in the region.

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 26 Figure 5-11 - Regional Rail Freight Top Commodities Figure 5-12 - Greater Charlotte Regional Public (By Weight) Airports

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Source: FaF4, NCDOT and WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff Concord Regional commercial airport and the Rowan County Regional general aviation airport serve CR Within the CRMPO, NS and ACWR are the principal MPO. Similar to railroads, intermodal connectivity rail facilities providing access to the larger network should be maintained and supported, consistent with of railroads. Local planners need to consider this the recommendations of the Freight Plan. for land use planning around the alignment, and transportation planners must consider the access Figure 5-13 - Regional Air Cargo Top Commodities limitations and safety concerns near these rail (By Value) freight corridors.

Air Cargo There are two commercial service airports and twelve general aviation airports located in the Greater Charlotte Region. The two commercial service airports are Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT) and Concord Regional. CLT handles virtually all air cargo in the Greater Charlotte Region. Figure 5-12 illustrates the airports in the Greater Charlotte Region.

Though small in volume, airborne freight has by far the highest value per ton of any mode. Typical commodities include goods from the pharmaceutical, automotive, and high-tech manufacturing sectors as well as the consumer parcel delivery services, as illustrated in Figure 5-13. Moving goods by air is Source: FaF4 expensive and the industry responds to the forces of supply and demand. This is not unique to the region but an industry wide trend.

Transportation Elements - 27 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Passenger Rail Element train. The Carolinian makes one daily trip each way between Charlotte and New York City by way Existing Passenger Service of Kannapolis and Salisbury. The Carolinian uses The State of North Carolina, which sponsors two Amtrak equipment and is Amtrak-maintained. Amtrak-operated passenger trains in the CR MPO area, provides passenger service: The Piedmont Both Depots in Kannapolis and Salisbury serve and the Carolinian. The Amtrak Silver Crescent as focal points of the downtowns and central line also travels throught the CR MPO area with business districts. The Kannapolis Depot has stops at Kannapolis and Salisbury. undergone improvements to become a first class hub for passenger rail. The Rider Transit Map 5-2 shows existing rail lines System also maintains a bus stop at this Depot providing daily bus service Monday thru Sunday. The Piedmont makes two daily round trips The Salisbury Depot has become a tourist and between Raleigh and Charlotte by way of business attraction as a staple in the redeveloped Kannapolis and Salisbury. The State owns the downtown area. Salisbury Transit also provides equipment for the Piedmont and contracts with local bus service in close proximity to the Depot Amtrak for maintenance and operations of the on a regular schedule Monday thru Saturday.

Map 5-2 - Existing Amtrak Service in North Carolina

Passenger Train Service in North Carolina

to Washington, DC to Washington, DC and New York NC Amtrak Connector – PART Route 5 and New York High Point –– Winston-Salem (PART-Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation Shuttle)

Piedmont – Trains 73, 74, 75, 76 Burlington Raleigh –– Charlotte (Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Burlington, Winston-Salem Durham Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, Kannapolis, Charlotte) Greensboro High Point Raleigh Rocky Mount Carolinian – Trains 79, 80 Cary Charlotte –– New York (NC stops include Rocky Mount, Wilson Wilson, Selma, Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Burlington, Salisbury Selma Greenville Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, Kannapolis, Charlotte) Goldsboro Kannapolis Kinston Gastonia Charlotte Southern Pines New Fayetteville Bern to Atlanta Hamlet Havelock and New Orleans Morehead Jacksonville City to Columbia, Crescent – Trains 19, 20 Savannah and Florida New York –– New Orleans (North Carolina stops include Greensboro, to Charleston, Wilmington High Point, Salisbury, Charlotte, Gastonia) Savannah and Florida Amtrak Thruway Bus Service Eastern NC to Wilson Amtrak Station Silver Star – Trains 91, 92 (NC Stops include Greenville, New Bern, New York –– Florida Havelock, Morehead City, Goldsboro, (North Carolina stops include Rocky Mount, Kinston, Jacksonville, Wilmington) Silver Meteor – Trains 97, 98 Raleigh, Cary, Southern Pines, Hamlet) New York –– Florida (North Carolina stops include Rocky Mount, Fayetteville) Palmetto – Trains 89, 90 New York –– Savannah (North Carolina stops include Rocky Mount, Wilson, Selma, Fayetteville)

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 28 Piedmont High-Speed Corridor • That municipalities be encouraged to The NCDOT Rail Division, in conjunction with the implement crossing consolidation projects; North Carolina Railroad and Norfolk Southern, has and plans to improve the busy (freight and passenger) • The Department (NCDOT) will make every Raleigh to Charlotte rail corridor to reduce travel effort to provide grade-separated alternatives time for both freight and passenger trains. The to enhanced warning or traffic control devices goal was to implement two-hour passenger (four-quadrant gates, median barriers, longer service between the two major cities by 2010. gate arms, and intelligent signal systems) as a In September 1997, a detailed evaluation of part of the widening of existing highway/rail the Piedmont High-Speed Corridor (PHSC) was at-grade crossings. presented in the Piedmont High-Speed Corridor Rail Study Status Report. The NCDOT Division 9 TIP Priority List included the The PHSC is a 477-mile federally designated high- following grade separation projects: speed rail corridor running from Washington, • Kimball Road D.C. through Richmond, VA; Raleigh; Greensboro; • Peeler Road Kannapolis; and on to Charlotte, NC. The report • Klumac Road indicated that the potential for ridership and • Long Ferry Road revenue along the PHSC would be greater than any other illustrative high-speed route in the Three of these projects were funded in the STIP: United States. Kimball Road, Peeler Road, and Klumac Road through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Because of the studies, this corridor has been Act (ARRA), but the other one remained unfunded designated as one of eight national rail corridors at the present time. The City of Kannapolis currently identified for improvements to high- has also given priority to a grade separation at speed status under TEA-21. This effort has led to Rogers Lake Road, scheduled for construction in the adoption of a NCDOT resolution to protect the FY 2020, as well as at 22nd Street, scheduled for integrity of the PHSC. The approved resolution construction in FY 2026. A new grade separation endorses the concept of providing better was scheduled for construction as part of the I-85 separation between vehicle and train movements widening project at Winecoff School Road. The at existing and proposed crossings of the rail City of Kannapolis has long lobbied NCDOT for corridor. Additionally, traffic separation studies this project. Replacement of additional at-grade have been performed by NCDOT within individual crossings with grade separated structures will be jurisdictions in the Urban Area. These studies evaluated and considered through the planning have identified which crossings need to be closed and engineering process. or improved. The purpose of these closings is to assist in reducing train travel time to two hours between Raleigh and Charlotte. The resolution lists the following directives:

• That any new intersection of the Federally- Designated High-Speed Rail Corridor be grade-separated and supports the closure of redundant and/or unsafe highway/rail at- grade crossings on this route; Amtrak stops at Kannapolis and Salisbury Stations in the CR MPO

Transportation Elements - 29 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Potential NC Commuter Rail Service operated by a private service provider, which includes The NCDOT Rail Division in January 1999 conducted all maintenance and operations and associated a study that addressed the need for commuter rail personnel, of RIDER. In 2010 the Rider Transit Center service. The purpose of the study was to identify opened, located at 3600 S. Ridge Avenue in Concord. potential rail commuter corridors throughout This is the main transfer hub and operations center for the State that would serve a sizeable suburban RIDER operations. population with a substantial central city. The seven routes operate on sixty (60) minute Future commuter/passenger rail planning in the headways and meet each hour at the central RIDER Urban Area may include the Northeast Blue Line hub located in Concord in the AM and late PM, and Extension which would be a part of the Charlotte seventy-five (75) minute headways in the afternoon. Transit System. The Blue Line Extension would The system operates with a $1.25 fare and also offers be a major “spine” of the entire light rail system. a reduce fare of $.60 to seniors, students, Medicare Running from northeast to southwest in the card holders and disabled citizens. The Charlotte Area CR MPO area, this line and extension begins in Transit System Northeast Blue Line Light Rail Transit downtown Charlotte and continues parallel to US System is scheduled for March 2018 and RIDER is Highway 29 towards Concord and terminates on planning on connecting to the Blue Line Extension with the campus of UNCC. The extension could cross a new, 7 day a week, all day regional express service as I-485 one day and continue past the Lowes Motor previously mentioned. Speedway and potentially to the Concord Mills Mall. In the interim, Rider Transit has plans for Map 5-3 shows the existing Rider Transit Routes an express bus route to the end of the Blue Line Extension that will begin in March 2018. Map 5-3 - Existing CK Rider Transit Routes For a copy of the commuter rail study and additional information regarding the Rail Improvement Program, contact the NCDOT Rail Division at (919) 733-4713, or visit their web-site at www.bytrain. org.

Public Transportation Element

Concord/Kannapolis Area Transit The cities of Concord and Kannapolis began a new fixed route transit service in April of 2004. The RIDER Transit System is a joint partnership between the two cities, FTA and NC DOT. The Concord Kannapolis Transit Commission (CKTC) manages the system. Two elected officials from each municipality serve on the Commission while each Mayor rotates annually as the CKTC Chairman. RIDER operates seven routes each weekday from 5 AM to 8:30 PM, and Saturdays & Sundays (added Fall 2013) from 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM. Ridership data indicates an average 1,323 trips per weekday, 863 on Saturdays, and 614 on Sundays. Total ridership for FY 16 was 412,914. The service is

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 30 Salisbury Transit p.m. on Saturdays. From early August through Salisbury City Council governs the Salisbury Transit mid-May, two weekend express bus routes provide System. Since the 1970’s, the City has provided service from 3:20 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. on Fridays transit service in the cities of Salisbury, Spencer, and Saturdays, and from 9:55 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. on and East Spencer. The Salisbury Transit Department Sundays. The base fare is $1.00, with a half fare of is responsible for all transit services in the City. The $0.50 for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, City provides the fixed-route bus transit service and Medicare card holders. and enters into a contract with Rowan County to provide ADA complementary paratransit service. The City contracts with the Rowan County Transit The ADA complementary paratransit service Service to operate the City’s ADA complementary is operated, and buses are maintained, by MV paratransit service on the same days and hours Transit, a private contractor. The transit service as the City’s fixed route service. The fare for this area population is approximately 35,415 persons. service is $2.00. The City operates a fleet of six FTA-funded vehicles for its fixed route service. The City’s fixed-route bus service has three local All of these vehicles were obtained with Section routes and two express routes. Each of three local 5311 funds thru NCDOT. The ADA complementary routes departs and arrives at a transfer site in paratransit service is operated with county funded downtown Salisbury. Service is provided 6:00 a.m. vans and cut-a-way vehicles. to 7:04 p.m. Monday thru Friday; 9:30 a.m. to 3:20

Map 5-4 - Existing Salisbury Transit Routes

Transportation Elements - 31 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Map 5-5 - Existing Rowan Express Route

• We connect to Amtrak in both Kannapolis & Salisbury • In Kannapolis, we connect to the CK Rider Bus System • In Salisbury, we connect to the Salisbury Bus System

The City operates from a single maintenance and centers, out-of-County medical trips, and an administration facility at 300 West Franklin Street. agreement with the City of Salisbury to provide This facility was funded with FTA assistance through ADA Para-transit services. NCDOT. The downtown transfer site consists of three bus shelters with amenities that were also The rural general public service is called RITA, funded with Section 5311 funds. The transfer site which stands for Rowan Individual Transportation is used as a connection point for Rowan Express Assistance. RITA operates in a demand/response South. mode using grants that subsidizing services for seniors, disabled, and rural general public Annual Fixed- ADA passengers. The majority of RITA trips are in county Operating Route Complementary with the exception of South Rowan residents who Statistic Service Paratransit often have medical and personal business in the Service adjacent towns of Kannapolis and Concord in Unlinked Passengers Cabarrus County. RITA services are rationed to the 146,418 7,066 amount of funding that is available for each fiscal Revenue Hours 10,920 4,730 year. Each area of the county has access to RITA one day per week.

RTS also provides out-of-county Medical trips when Rowan Transit the need is verified by a physician. Medicaid is the The Rowan Transit System (RTS) was established in first payer source and for other passengers there is January of 1988 for the purposes of consolidating an option to use Elderly & Disabled Transportation human services vehicles under one administrative Program funding from the NC General Assembly. unit that manages the entire fleet. The RTS mission addresses a variety of public transportation RTS has an Advisory Committee appointed by the services that are targeted to: human service Board of Commissioners. User agencies include agencies, rural general public passengers, dialysis

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 32 the Department of Social Service, Health the 2016-2017 Budget year, CCTS provided 91,021 Department, Parks and Recreation, City of trips. Salisbury Transit, The Adult Day Care Center, Mental Health Agency, Vocational Opportunities, Even as CCTS experiences increased demand for County Manager and Finance Director. The County services from the community, it has developed Finance Director serves as the Treasure. a service model that effectively and efficiently services the needs of those in Cabarrus County Since the establishment of RTS, Rowan County who require point-to-point transportation has conducted an RFP every five years to employ services. CCTS has now reached a juncture in its a private transportation management company. growth that necessitates the agency begin looking The basis of their employment is on a rate per at more conducive service types to continue mile charge with a built in adjustment to account to respond to demand and maximize available for variable prices in wholesale fuel. The current resources. CCTS was awarded the Federal 5310 contract is continuing with MV Transportation Inc. Grant through the City of Concord in October effective October 1, 2017. The base rate at the 2016. CCTS is now a Large Urban System and will time of this report is $1.897 per mile. The base begin receiving Federal Section 5307 Funds. wholesale fuel rate is $3.25 per gallon. [County obtains a rebate of state & federal taxes] For every Cabarrus County Transportation Services is nickel increment above or below the fuel cost, the governed by the Cabarrus County Board of rate per mile is adjusted by $0.05 per gallon. Commissioners with a Transportation Advisory Board consisting of representatives of local RTS has an active fleet of 28 vehicles traveling governments, social service agencies, schools and approximately 740,000 miles per year providing the general public. approximately 90,514 trips per year. Public Transportation Operations/Planning Cabarrus County Transportation Activities CCTS has been serving the residents of Cabarrus With the release of the 2010 Census data, Rider County since 1988 by interfacing with large Transit was moved into the status of a Large Urban number of core agencies to provide both public Transit System and is now a direct recipient of and human service transportation. Individual 5307 and 5339 funds from FTA. Up to 80% of bus agencies work with CCTS to certify clients who and bus facility capital projects, FTA capital and require trips to various appointments. transit-planning studies are funded with Section 5307 funds, along with a 10% State match (when Over the years CCTS has seen a tremendous available) and a 10%-20% local government match. increase in demand for it services, DSS, Aging, and Up to 75% of 5307 Federal funds can be used to Cabarrus Vocational Opportunities all just a few of cover the net cost of urban public transportation the agencies that partner with CCTS to meet the services for systems operating less than 50 needs of their clients. vehicles at peak service (Rider currently operates 7; 8 in 2018). The State provides assistance for In 2004, Cabarrus County took steps to bring the operation of services through the State transportation services in-house by becoming a Maintenance Assistance Program (SMAP), which Community Transportation Provider. This was the is allocated on the basis of number of passengers, first step in realizing its goal to provide solutions number of service hours, amount of fares and for the overall transportation system in Cabarrus local government support and an equity share. County. In the years since this transition, Cabarrus The City of Concord and the City of Kannapolis County Transportation Services (CCTS) has seen a are the current funding partners for the necessary demand for its services increase in many areas. In local match for each grant.

Transportation Elements - 33 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan The City of Concord provides local funds to arrangement with NCDOT. The respective County support the operation of commuter service Commissioners are the governing bodies for these (Concord Express) during the peak hours, which systems. operates between Concord and Charlotte. This service began on February 1, 1999. Passengers Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities Grant are charged $4.40 for each trip, which results in City of Concord a farebox recovery of about 20% of the total cost. The City of Concord is the designated recipient The initial service was funded with a grant from for these funds and apportions to the 4 urban the Public Transportation Division of the NCDOT systems in the UZA based on a mutually agreed and the cities of Concord and Charlotte. That grant upon formula/agreement. The funds address is now expired and the net costs are split between urban capital needs in the UZA for the 4 transit Concord and Charlotte, each paying 50% of the systems. Local matching funds are provided by the net operating costs. The Concord Express service respective local government entity. includes the Big Lots Shopping Center in Concord, and Charlotte Motor Speedway on the northern Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility Urban Grant segment and WT Harris Blvd and downtown City of Concord Charlotte on the southern terminus. The service These funds are targeted for urban senior is run by Charlotte Area Transit Service, which transportation and individuals with disabilities provides 4 trips in the morning peak period and 4 transportation that exceed the ADA requirements. trips in the afternoon/early evening. The route is The City of Concord is the designated recipient for primarily along US 29 with a few non-park & ride these funds and administers this program through stops along the Charlotte portion of the route. a competitive grant selections process. Ridership peaked in 2008 with 106,688 trips and is currently averaging around 30,000 trips per year. Section 5303 Transit Planning Grant This service will cease operations when the new City of Concord Rider Express service to the CATS Blue Line Light These funds are used for transit administration Rail Extension begins in March of 2018. This new and planning for the RIDER system. The local service will run 7 days a week, matching the local match is shared between the City of Concord and service schedule of RIDER’s other local bus routes. the City of Kannapolis.

Public Transportation Funding Programs in the Section 5307 Transit Funds Urban Area City of Salisbury In 2015, The City became a direct recipient of FTA Section 5307 Urbanized Funds Section 5307 funds. Prior to that time, the City City of Concord, City of Salisbury, Rowan received Section 5311 funds through the North County, and Cabarrus County Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The City of Concord is the designated recipient Capital items are funded at 80 percent, operation for these funds and apportions to the 4 urban items at 50 percent. The State provides assistance systems in the UZA based on a mutually agreed for operations through the State Maintenance upon formula/agreement. Based on the approved Assistance Program (SMAP), which is allocated Interlocal Agreement, Concord and Kannapolis on the basis of number of passengers, number share in the payment of the local match to of service hours, amount of fares and local manage and operate the RIDER Transit System. government match. Salisbury Transit also provides The Concord Kannapolis Transit Commission ADA Paratransit service. The service is provided (CKTC) is the governing body for RIDER operations. by Rowan Transit System which contracts with The City of Salisbury is a direct recipient of Section MV Contract Transportation, Inc. to operate the 5307 funds. Rowan County and Cabarrus County service. also receive Section 5307 funds through an

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 34 Section 5303 Transit Planning Grant reimbursement of Administrative costs and 90% City of Salisbury reimbursement on Capital, Facility, and Technology These funds are used for transit administration and budgets. RTS does not receive any CTP operating planning. The local match is provided by Salisbury. funds since we employ a private transportation management company to run the system. In FY’18 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality RTS was awarded $182,232 in the Administrative Improvement Funds Budget and $295,500 in the Capital Budget by the Cabarrus-Rowan MPO NC Board of Transportation. The Cabarrus-Rowan MPO is scheduled to receive at least $1 million per year from NCDOT for RTS also submits an annual application for Rural projects that improve traffic congestion and air Operating Assistance Program funds often referred quality. Transit services/expansions qualify for to as the ROAP application. In FY’18 the NC Board this program. With this allocation, the Cabarrus- of Transportation awarded the following grants: Rowan MPO has funded for the following 4 projects since 2004: Elderly & Disabled Transportation $103,830 Program (EDTAP) • Express peak hour transit service between Employment Transportation Assistance $32,880 downtown Kannapolis and downtown Rural General Public Program (RGP) $85,467 Salisbury with stops in south Rowan. Service will be operated by the Rowan Transit System. • Free transit service during Ozone Action Days EDTAP and Work First require no local matching. in Salisbury The RGP funds require a 10% local match which is • Saturday and Sunday service for the Rider bus derived from passenger fares and County match. system in Concord and Kannapolis • Free transit service on the Rider bus system Rowan Transit submitted a Demonstration Grant during the Race Weeks at Charlotte Motor for FY’18 in support of the Rowan Express and Speedway was awarded $130,000. A 50% match is required for this grant which comes from local agreements These projects represented over 14 percent of with municipalities and Employee Transportation the total allocation during the initial years of the Assistance funds. Other operating revenue for RTS CMAQ allocation. Each CMAQ Transit project has is derived from the various human service agencies boosted transit ridership for each of 2 fixed route that budget money to purchase transportation for systems and 2 county providers. The MPO hopes their clients. to continue these types of CMAQ initiatives with future allocations to the CR MPO. Cabarrus County Transportation Funding Cabarrus County Transit System submits an Rowan Transit Funding annual Community Transportation Program Rowan Transit System submits an annual (CTP) application to the NC Public Transportation Community Transportation Program (CTP) Division. The CTP funding incorporates the Federal application to the NC Public Transportation Section 5310 and 5311 programs and the State Division. The CTP funding incorporates the Federal Rural Capital Program into a single application Section 5310 and 5311 programs and the State package. The Official applicant agency is the Rural Capital Program into a single application Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. CCTS package. The Official applicant agency is the submits an annual application for Rural Operating Rowan County Board of Commissioners. Assistance Program funds often referred to as the ROAP application. In FY’18 the NC Board of The annual CTP application requests 85% Transportation awarded the following grants:

Transportation Elements - 35 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Elderly & Disabled Transportation Transit Center with an express bus that will run $98,650 Program (EDTAP) throughout the day rather than just peak hour Work First Employment Transportation service. Ultimately, future transportation plans $41,683 Assistance must be multimodal in this corridor to address the Rural General Public Program (RGP) growing demand for commuter travel between $68,524 the CR MPO and the rest of the Metrolina Region including the Charlotte-Douglas Airport. EDTAP and Work First require no local matching. The RGP funds require a 10% local match which is Aviation Element derived from passenger fares and County match. The Concord Regional Airport (CRA), owned by Future Urban Service Studies the City of Concord, is ranked as the 5th busiest The Charlotte Regional Alliance for Transportation airport in North Carolina. In 2016 the operations (CRAFT) has been formed by the regional MPO at the airport totaled 62,038 of which 2,039 agencies. CRAFT was created by resolution by all were air carrier operations and 6,704 were air four TAC bodies and includes the four MPOs in taxi operations and 42,034 were classified as the Metrolina region: Cabarrus/Rowan, Gaston/ transient aircraft operations. Concord Regional Lincoln/Cleveland, Charlotte (Mecklenburg/ is a FAA certified Part 139 Class I airport with Union/Iredell), and the Rock Hill-Ft. Mill (SC) Urban Index C firefighting and rescue capability. The Area. CRAFT’s role is to enhance communication Concord Regional Airport is an important local among local and regional entities, promote development tool for economic expansion and awareness of regional concerns, and to provide an has an estimated annualized economic impact educational forum in the Charlotte metropolitan on the Cabarrus County economy of over $160 bi-state region that addresses significant common million. issues. Map 5-7 shows the Concord Regional Airport

One goal of CRAFT is to evaluate mobility The CRA is home to several corporations, NASCAR options throughout the metro region and into racing teams and 170 privately owned aircraft. South Carolina. The initiative may also consider The main entrance is located on Derita Road. The expanding upon the existing Charlotte Area CRA is primarily accessed from Exit 49 and 52 off Transit System (CATS). The City of Concord and I-85 at Poplar Tent Road or Concord Mills Blvd. CATS currently provide express AM/PM peak Land development and economic growth around bus service between uptown Charlotte and the CRA consists of industrial, commercial, and the Concord/Kannapolis area. In addition, the motorsports related organizations. Airport Cabarrus-Rowan MPO was a partner in a regional revenue is generated by the renting of hangar study to evaluate HOV/HOT lanes on I-85, which space, office space, ramp space, ground services, would make express bus service more competitive pilot supplies, the sale of aviation fuel, and by from a time standpoint with the single occupant fees and from landings, services, and parking. vehicle. This study known as the Fast Lanes Study was completed in 2009 and the City of Charlotte has progressed into 2 additional phases of the study that includes federal funding through the FHWA Value Pricing Program. In addition to bus service, the extension of the CATS Northeast Rail Line will shape cross commuting behavior in Cabarrus and Mecklenburg Counties. The City of Concord has completed discussions with CATS to tie the Blue Line Extension at UNCC to the CK Rider

Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Transportation Elements - 36 Map 5-6 - Concord Regional Airport Master Plan

In 2013 CRA received an FAA Part 139 Class I CRA has made numerous airfield improvements, Airport Operating Certificate and was reclassified including lengthening and strengthening the from a general aviation airport to a Non-Hub runway to accommodate larger aircraft and in Primary Commercial Airport that allows scheduled facilities that expand the airport’s capacity. In airlines to service the airport. In December 2013, 2018, the airport will update its Master Plan Allegiant Airlines began scheduled passenger and begin a new round of airfield improvements service with twice weekly service to the Orlando including a runway and taxiway overlay and fuel Sanford International Airport with 166 passenger storage tank area expansion. MD-80 aircraft. That service proved to be sustainable and in 2015-2016 the City of Concord, Because of its close proximity to I-85, I-485, NCDOT, and FAA made infrastructure investments Charlotte Motor Speedway at Concord, Charlotte in airline passenger facilities that included a large Metro area, and the North Carolina Research aircraft parking apron, 32,000 square foot two Campus, CRA remains attractive to corporations gate terminal building, entrance roadway, and a in the area. The MPO Transportation Plan includes 700 space parking garage. Allegiant has utilized the widening of Derita Road to accommodate these new facilities and expanded their service at the current and future growth of the CR MPO CRA to around 20 weekly flights to five non-stop area. Upon the completion of the widening of destinations with 177 passenger Airbus A-320 Derita Road (TIP# U-4910), the street network aircraft. These flights continue to average over should improve access and mobility around the 85% of capacity. CRA facility.

The airport is still utilized by many general The Mid-Carolina Regional Airport (MCRA) aviation users including private aircraft owners, is a general aviation airport that has served corporations, and flight schools. NASCAR race Piedmont North Carolina since November 1930. teams continue to be important airport users. The Airport, located near Salisbury on Airport Many teams now regularly use commercial charter Loop Road is conveniently located adjacent to services out of CRA to shuttle their crews to race U.S. Highway 29 South and just 2 miles from and testing events around the country. Interstate 85 (Peach Orchard Road, Exit 72).

Transportation Elements - 37 Cabarrus Rowan MPO 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan The Airport lies just 25 miles north of the Concord been recently resurfaced with new markings Regional Airport and just 15 miles south of the painted and center line reflectors installed. Davidson County Airport (driving distance). Rowan County operates the Airport with Map 5-7 shows the Mid-Carolina Regional Airport revenues generated from leasing hangars, tie- down spaces, ground services, sale of fuel, and The MCRA is home to over 100 based aircraft, other airport related services. including the corporate flight operations for Food Lion and Shoe Show. There are more than The current widening project of Interstate 85 in 16,000 General Aviation local aircraft operations Rowan County to eight lanes will provide easier per year, 4,000 Military operations per year, and accessibility from surrounding communities to 3,000 Transient operations per year. The North the MCRA, including the Greensboro/Winston- Carolina Highway Patrol Flight Operations as well Salem/High Point and Charlotte Metro regions. as the North Carolina Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility are based at the Airport. Private Transport The Airport is in close proximity to the NC Research There are approximately sixteen (16) taxicab Campus in Kannapolis. companies operating in the MPO planning area. These privately owned companies provide on- The Airport provides a primary paved runway of demand and client based transportation services. 5,500 feet x 100 feet with lighted parallel taxiway Various fares are charged on a per mile basis. as well as a complete Instrumental Landing System Local governing boards oversee and regulate (ILS) to runway 20. The runway and taxiway have certain fees and service areas on a license basis.

Map 5-7 - Mid-Carolina Regional Airport Master Plan

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