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17 <br />Chatham County has a relatively low population density overall, although it does have pockets of higher <br />density in 91er City, Rttsboro, and northeast Chatham. CTN's fixed routes connect these three areas of <br />higher - density population, as well as providing a connection to nearby Chapel Hill. <br />Population (2010) <br />63,505 (10% urbanized area, 24% urban duster, 66% rural) <br />Land Area (2010) <br />682 square miles <br />Average Fopulation Density (2010) <br />93 persons per sq.mi. <br />CTN Historical Operating Statistics <br />Survey and Workshop Outcomes <br />The stakeholder workshop for Chatham and Orange Countieswas held on April 26, 2013 at the Orange <br />County SDuthern Human 9=rvicesCenter in Chapel Hill. Alist of attendees can be found in AppendixA. <br />In the first exercise of the workshop, the part id pants were asked to brainstorm a list of needswithin this <br />two - county region. The group identified the following thirty -three needs: <br />• Door -to -door service <br />• F;bturn tripsfor medical emergency <br />• F;L-eval uat i on of routes serving Senior Center <br />• Expansion of general transportation service <br />• Expanded service in northern Orange/ rural areas <br />• Collaboration with medical services <br />• Addressing food deserts <br />• Trips need to serve county service centers <br />• Funding partnerships (e.g medical) <br />• More even i ng/ weekend/ morni ng servi ce <br />Triangle Area WO Locally Coordinated Human Service Transportation Ran 11 <br />2010 <br />2011 <br />2012 <br />%change'10 -12 <br />Total Service M iles <br />478,140 <br />598,304 <br />639,502 <br />+33.7% <br />Total Service Hours <br />18,456 <br />23,634 <br />24,992 <br />+35.4% <br />Total Passenger Trips <br />44,400 <br />54,343 <br />62,396 <br />+40.5% <br />Passengers per Hour <br />2.41 <br />2.30 <br />2.50 <br />+3.7% <br />Passengers per M i I e <br />0.093 <br />0.091 <br />0.098 <br />+5.3% <br />Non - Contract Trips per Non -urban Population <br />0.41 <br />0.40 <br />0.57 <br />+39.0% <br />Cost per Mile <br />$1.64 <br />$1.93 <br />$1.79 <br />+9.1% <br />Cost per Hour <br />$42.48 <br />$48.78 <br />$45.91 <br />+8.1% <br />Cost per Trip <br />$17.66 <br />$21.21 <br />$18.39 <br />+4.1% <br />9absidy per Trip <br />$7.37 <br />$9.66 <br />$5.40 <br />-26.7% <br />Federal Funding <br />$172,170 <br />$313,015 <br />$221,847 <br />+28.9% <br />State Funding <br />$155,267 <br />$211,757 <br />$115,219 <br />-25.8% <br />Local Contract Funding <br />$353,726 <br />$533,474 <br />$694,987 <br />+96.5% <br />Other Local Funding <br />$88,930 <br />$84,488 <br />$91,702 <br />+3.1% <br />Fares <br />$13,915 <br />$10,089 <br />$23,642 <br />+69.9% <br />Survey and Workshop Outcomes <br />The stakeholder workshop for Chatham and Orange Countieswas held on April 26, 2013 at the Orange <br />County SDuthern Human 9=rvicesCenter in Chapel Hill. Alist of attendees can be found in AppendixA. <br />In the first exercise of the workshop, the part id pants were asked to brainstorm a list of needswithin this <br />two - county region. The group identified the following thirty -three needs: <br />• Door -to -door service <br />• F;bturn tripsfor medical emergency <br />• F;L-eval uat i on of routes serving Senior Center <br />• Expansion of general transportation service <br />• Expanded service in northern Orange/ rural areas <br />• Collaboration with medical services <br />• Addressing food deserts <br />• Trips need to serve county service centers <br />• Funding partnerships (e.g medical) <br />• More even i ng/ weekend/ morni ng servi ce <br />Triangle Area WO Locally Coordinated Human Service Transportation Ran 11 <br />