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Page 3 <br /> 21 <br /> June 13, 2011 <br /> All commuter rail costs are paid by Durham County. None are shared with Orange. <br /> Combining the existing bus hours with the new bus hours proposed in the <br /> model, what will be the proportion of the bus investment and the rail <br /> investment in Orange County and in Durham County, and then the two <br /> counties combined? <br /> When combining existing bus and planned expanded bus services from 2012 to 2035, and <br /> then counting up the total investment in bus and rail in terms of dollars, here are the <br /> proportions of investment by mode in each county and combined: <br /> Orange County: <br /> 42% RAIL <br /> 56%BUS <br /> 2% DEBT <br /> Durham County: <br /> 68%RAIL <br /> 28% BUS <br /> 5% DEBT <br /> Combined Durham-Orange: <br /> 60%RAIL <br /> 36%BUS <br /> 4% DEBT <br /> Triangle Transit staff believe it is important to emphasize that Orange and Durham <br /> County, while having much in common, also have many differences in terms of <br /> geography, population size, and the goals of each transit system. The differences in the <br /> percentages reflect the policy differences in the two counties in regarding priority for <br /> transit as a proportion of community spending both looking back into the past and <br /> forward into the future. We believe that differences in percentages from county to county <br /> are not a cause for concern, but a reflection of each county's leadership seeking to reach <br /> its goals for transit in a way that is appropriate to their community. <br /> How many bus hours will be provided in Orange County and how many <br /> are provided in Durham County? <br /> The bus hours in each county plan are as follows: <br /> Orange County: 22,050 bus hours by end of year 1 of the plan 44,100 bus hours by end <br /> of year 3 of the plan 50,400 bus hours by end of the plan(2035) <br />