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Additional Hillsborough to Chapel Hill/Carrboro routes There is a need to provide hourly transit service between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill. This service will provide social, educational. Medical and employment transportation between the three cities. Currently, Hillsborough and northern Orange county residents do not have transit solutions if they wish to visit Chapel Hi1UCarrboro for the above mentioned reasons. Also, current medical routes to these areas could be incorporated into the public route, which would reduce single or minimal passenger transports. The eight additional routes to Chapel Hill/Carrboro would be 6:00, 7:00, 11:00,1:00, 4:00, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 Monday through Friday. Route originates in Hillsborough with stops at Whitted Building, Whitted Forest, North Hills Shopping Center, Hillsborough Visitor Center, Wal-Mart, Coachwood/Gateway Apartments. Stops designed for Chapel Hill North Shopping Center, University Mall, Franklin Street/Columbia Street, UNC Medical Hospital, Carrboro Century Center. Established Hillsborough Inter-City route Currently there are no established routes connecting Hillsborough city limits residents with mass transit options. This route would be a feeder route to other OPT routes and link the Hillsborough community through general public transportation. Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) is the regional transit service that provides a commuter route from Hillsborough to Duke Medical Center. By establishing this route OPT would act as .a feeder service to TTA end increase both systems ridership. • Orange Public Transportation would provide this service Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 5:30 pm. There will be seven trips through city limits per day. The stops would include Whitted Building, Village Dinner, Hillsborough Business Center, Wal-Mart, Coachwood/Gateway Apartments, Food Lion, Employment Security Commission, SportsPlex, Hillsborough Visitor Center, North Hills Shopping Center, Abundant Life Church, Chavis and Parker Funeral Home, Lloyd's Quick Stop, Hester/Whitted/Day, Whitted Forest. Additional rnid-day Hillsboroueh.to Duke Medical Center Transportation service Currently TTA is providing commuter transportation from Hillsborough to Duke during the early morning and.late afternoon hours. Orange Public Transportation will enhance this service by providing mid-day transportation service of this same route, which would change the complexity of a commuter route to a public route. This addition to TTA's route would benefit riders with social, educational, employment and medical needs. The addition would require OPT to establish three trips from Hillsborough to Duke during the middle of each day,. Monday through Friday These services would serve as "feeder" routes, deviated fixed routes, employment/commuter routes, and serve as support to demand responsive routes. All established routes will incorporate existing routes to enhance the service levels of all OPT routes. Continuous communication with regional and local transit systems will ensure efficiency and effectiveness of routes.