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Year 1 — 20,500 hours <br /> - Enhanced service in the US 15/501 corridor <br /> o Expend existing Chapel Hill Transit routes <br /> o Expand hours of service <br /> - Enhanced service on Triangle Transit Route 405 <br /> o Increase peak-hour service frequency <br /> - New Mebane-Hillsborough-Durham Express <br /> - Enhanced service in NC 54 corridor <br /> o Expand existing routes within the corridor <br /> - Existing service support <br /> Year 3 —44,000 hours <br /> - Expanded Hillsborough Circulator Route service <br /> o Enhanced peak-hour service <br /> o New Saturday service <br /> - New and enhanced weekend & evening service in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, & UNC <br /> o New Sunday service <br /> o Enhanced Saturday service <br /> o Enhanced evening service <br /> - Enhanced rural service <br /> - Enhanced service on Triangle Transit Route 800 <br /> o Increase peak-hour frequency <br /> o Expand Saturday hours of service <br /> - Enhanced service on Triangle Transit Route 405 <br /> o Expand Saturday hours of service <br /> - Enhanced service on Triangle Transit Route 420 <br /> o Increase peak-hour frequency <br /> Year 4 and beyond 50,400 bus hours <br /> - Enhanced rural service <br /> o Continue service expansion <br /> - Enhanced service on Pittsboro-Chapel Hill Express <br /> o Increase peak-hour frequency <br /> - Enhanced service on Triangle Transit Route 800 <br /> o Continue peak-hour frequency increase <br /> - Enhanced weekday service in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, & UNC <br /> o Increase peak-hour frequency <br /> Chair Pelissier asked for information that is important to the financial plan and the <br /> principles of the cost share proposal with Durham County and bus rapid transit. <br /> Patrick McDonough said that this is a multi-county investment and there are benefits <br /> and costs on both sides of the County. The question is what would be an equitable distribution <br /> for both entities to pay for the infrastructure. A lot of transportation officials and County staff <br /> got together and assessed this. There is a pretty even split on the ridership. The compromise <br /> was that Orange County would pay for the investment that was in Orange County or within the <br /> 13 <br />