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ATTACHMENT A <br />QUESTIONS REGARDING <br />ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN (OCTP) <br />ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS (AA) and <br />LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE (LPA) <br />RIDERSHIP <br />1. How many riders from Orange County are projected to board in Orange County <br />and alight to destinations in Orange County? <br />2. Of the projected 1540 bus transfers (i.e. boarders) to LRT at UNC Hospitals, <br />what is their projected destination? If destinations are attracted to employment <br />zones and the vast majority of employment zones are along the proposed LRT <br />route in the 15-501 corridor, would it be a logical travel pattern for riders to take <br />the bus to and transfer at Gateway LRT station which is more direct, less time <br />consuming, and less expensive? <br />3. Is the decrease in park and ride spaces at Leigh Village from 3,000 originally, to <br />1,000, and now to 500 spaces in the NC 54 Corridor Study addressed in the AA <br />as it could affect ridership volumes? What are the consequences in ridership? <br />4. The ridership forecasts (Table D-2 of AA) for boarding (via walk access) in <br />Orange County at: <br />UNC 630 <br />Mason Farm 340 <br />Hamilton 220 <br />Friday Center 70 <br />Meadowmont 110 <br />TOTAL RIDERS 1370 <br />These numbers appear high since most populations in UNC are students who <br />would not be leaving Orange County via LRT for employment. <br />Is there any other insight on these numbers? <br />3 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />