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2 <br />need to: (1) get to jobs within the urbanized areas of <br />Orange County and the Triangle region, (2) get to the new <br />Skills Development Center and County Human Services Center <br />in Chapel Hill and (3) make better use of the Triangle <br />Transit Authority's Tri-A-Ride Program, Vanpools and <br />Buspools. <br />Specifically, Orange County would request TTA's support for <br />the following: <br />(1) Increase the frequency of the public North-South route <br />(Hillsborough to Chapel Hill/Carrboro) with the <br />addition of a 7 am south bound route and a 5:25 pm <br />north bound route. Stop offs and pick ups would be <br />downtown, UNC Hospitals, the Skills Development Center <br />and Carrboro. Request TTA funds for $12,000 to cover <br />OPT operational expenses or TTA to offer this. service. <br />(2) Establish a new public East-West route (Mebane-Efland- <br />Hillsborough-Durham) as identified in the Orange County <br />TDP (Transportation Development Plan). Request TTA <br />funds for $12,000 or request TTA to offer this service. <br />(3) Promote the greater utilization of the TTA's ridesharing <br />and Vanpool program in rural Orange. Request TTA to <br />install public information signs along Highways NC 86, <br />NC 57, NC 54 and US 70 and increase their advertisement. <br />(4) Designate with the BOCC approval additional park-ride <br />lots in rural Orange County for promoting ridesharing. <br />(5) Provide funds to employ a Mobility Manager. Duties <br />would include arranging individualized job transportation <br />plans for Work First clients and others .plus developing <br />creative non-traditional transportation strategies such as <br />school. bus use, vehicle donations, volunteer drivers, <br />employer carpooling. Request TTA funds for $33,340. <br />RSCO1rIIKSNDATION: Manager recommends the board to request TTA's support <br />for all five Employment/work First initiatives. <br />FN:tt80304a.Doc <br />