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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 2, 2010 Action Agenda Item No. 7-Q SUBJECT: Report of Orange Public Transportation Vital Statistics and Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) Transit Vital Signs DEPARTMENT: Aging/Transportation PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: A- Orange Public Transportation Vital Signs (Total Transit System) Jerry Passmore 245-2010 B- ROAP Transit Vital Signs AI Terry 245-2002 PURPOSE: To provide the Board of County Commissioners with athree-year comparison report of the operational efficiencies of Orange Public Transportation. BACKGROUND: Orange Public Transportation provides transit services to Orange County residents outside the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transit area. In doing so, Orange Public Transportation utilizes funds from the N. C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the N. C. Division of Aging, Orange County, and revenues collected. The two attached reports, Total System Transit Vital Signs (Attachment A) and ROAP (Rural Operating Assistance Program) Transit Vital Signs (Attachment B) provide information of how the funds were expensed. The Total System Transit Vital Signs report provides statistical data for the operation of the entire transit service, and the ROAP Transit Vital Signs provides statistical data for three major NCDOT funded programs: (1) Elderly/Disabled Transit Assistance (EDTAP); (2) Rural General Public (RGP); and (3)Employment-Work First Transition. Highlights: The Total System Vital Signs report shows a decrease of 13.86% in ridership from 2008 to 2009. However, this statistic is misleading. If the ridership statistic (23,919 rides) of Chapel Hill Transit which took over the rural Orange peak hours of route 420 in 2009 is included, there was an increase in demand for rides of 2.6% in rural Orange. (refer to section 142 of Attachment A and Rural General Public section of Attachment B).