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i • Inventory of Current Service Orange Public Transportation (OPT) is a county agency that provides a mixture of fixed -route and demand - response servicewithin Orange County. OPTworkswith Triangle Transit and Chapel Hill Transit to provide the Fbute 420 bus connecting Hillsborough and Chapel Hill (operated by Triangle Transit), and also has Hillsborough Orculator route. OFF operates a midday route connecting Hillsborough and Chapel Hill /Carrboro, to supplement the peak -hour service provided by Triangle Transit. OPTalso operates a deviated fixed route in the Efland and Cedar Grove sections of northwestern Orange County. The following list provides an inventory of OPTsvehide fleet as reported in the 2011 National Transit Database: • Two 6 -seat 1999 minivans (not ADA equipped) • One 18 -seat 2001 cutaway van • One 14 -seat 2001 cutaway van (not ADA equipped) • One 24 -seat 2002 cutaway van (not ADA equi pped) • One 10 -seat 2002 cutaway van • One 18 -seat 2003 cutaway van • Two 10 -seat 2003 cutaway vans • One 24 -seat 2004 cutaway van (not ADA equi pped) • One 18 -seat 2005 cutaway van • Two 18 -seat 2009 cutaway vans • Five 22 -seat 2009 cutaway vans • One 20 -seat 2010 cutaway van This provides a total of 19 vans, of which 14 are equipped with wheelchair lifts. In 2012, OPT reported having 13'/2full- time - equivalent employees, of which 2 were administrative and 11 ' /2were drivers. In- county demand response service and medical trip services are provided on weekdays. The `420' route operates every half hour during peak periods (operated by Triangle Transit) and the Hillsborough Orculator operates in a loop eight times a day. OPT carried 116,483 passengers in 2012, which is over 450 passengers per day. 5 %of OPTstripswere paid through Medicaid and 16 0/owere paid through other types of contract services. 79 %of tripswere non - contract trips. Triangle Area FFO Locally Coordinated Human SBrvice Transportation Ran 43