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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, 8~ 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 amulti-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 />