Morrisville Public Transportation Study

Needs Assessment

Conclusion The Town of Morrisville is a rapidly growing community within the larger Research Triangle region. The concentration of jobs within the Town attracts people living in the surrounding cities and towns to travel to Morrisville to work. Meanwhile, in 2015, over 90% of working Morrisville residents worked outside of the Town 2 . Within Morrisville, a lot of activity occurs at commercial and business centers, and many of the more frequently made trips are made between places close to each other. These could be trips people make to grab lunch in the middle of the workday, or errands being made for the home. Fewer trips occur closer to the community’s center. However, future investment along NC 54, Church Street, and Town Hall Drive may change this. Many trips are being made between the residential communities to the west and the business and industrial parks to the east. However, these businesses are generally spread out across the eastern side of the Town, which poses challenges to potential public transportation service. Today, the following places generate the largest travel flows:  Perimeter Park area  Commercial Center at Davis Drive and Morrisville Carpenter Road  Park West Village  McCrimmon Corners and the residential neighborhoods around Breckenridge In the future, the following areas may generate more trips:  Central Morrisville and developments along Aviation Parkway  Developments along McCrimmon Parkway  Wake Tech Research Triangle Park Campus  North of NC 540 around Lower Shiloh Way

2 Census Bureau, OntheMap 2017

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