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11 <br />6. Discussion of what type / purpose of bus system in rural / central Orange <br />County <br />• Commuter Market <br />• Local Services (Aging / DSS / Health / ADA) <br />• Cross - county route to include Durham City / Duke involvement for land - <br />use and transit and long term consideration of commuter rail. <br />7. Need to simplify what the OCBRIP is providing; <br />What do `bus hours equate to'? <br />Example: 347650 Bus hours in first 5 years <br />Less 87000 Bus hours to support existing service <br />26,650 <br />37500 Equates to 1 bus 14 hours 'a day 250 days <br />8 Approximate new buses for service <br />8. What areas should new buses serve in Rural Central Orange County: <br />• Move forward with outreach program, <br />• East -West Mebane- Efland- Hillsborough- Durham Express, <br />• Based on years of cooperative planning with Mebane and <br />Hillsborough and more recently City of Durham, <br />• A major element of the OCBRIP'for rural /central Orange County <br />voters, <br />• Serves lower income transit dependent populations, social justice. <br />9. Light Rail Transit (LRT) application of August 2012: <br />• Application to be `restructured' as asked by Federal Transit Agency <br />(FTA) New Starts Program (resubmit under new federal rules MAP21 <br />vs. old SAFETEA -LU) (New application submittal timeline ?) <br />• What will be the expense of ongoing LRT application development <br />before formal commitment from Federal and State agencies? <br />plain status of <br />• State Fun <br />• Federal F <br />11. Need visual,tim <br />a <br />of LRT project schedule <br />12. Hillsborough Amtrak Status <br />• Need is established <br />• Norfolk Southern Review may add costs <br />• Phase I Short Term vs. Long Term Facilities <br />