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Bus Service Enhancements <br />7 <br />• Enhanced rural transit service in unincorporated Orange County <br />Maintain existing services <br />Revenues from the County vehicle registration fee of $7.00 as identified in the <br />plan (see page 21) will be used to support existing bus service <br />Continue weekday hourly service on the in -town Hillsborough circulator <br />❖ Routes provided by Chapel Hill Transit, may or may not, be included in the plan. <br />Chapel Hill Transit and its partners will determine which of the improvements will <br />be included after further public involvement and analysis. <br />Year six and beyond following successful sales tax referendum <br />An additional 6,300 new bus service hours will be provided between year six of the <br />plan implementation through the end of the program (year 2035) bringing the total to <br />40,950 total new bus hours. <br />Improvements include: <br />Increase frequency in peak hours <br />Increased peak hour service on Pittsboro — Chapel Hill Express <br />Increased peak hour service on the existing Triangle Transit Route 800 <br />between Research Triangle Park and Chapel Hill <br />• Increased peak hour service in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and UNC <br />Service Enhancements <br />Continued enhancements to rural transit service in unincorporated Orange <br />County <br />5/23/2012 - Page 1 7 <br />