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74 <br />Other: There does not seem to be any public transportation out where I live. 1 (2 %) <br />Other: I don't qualify for the types of public transportation that are currently <br />available. I would use publ i c t ransportat i on if it was available and convenient <br />for me. 1 (2 %) <br />Other: I have to drop my son off at preschool before going to work. It's <br />theoretically possibly by transit but would take a lot of time and energy. 1 (2 %) <br />Other: I live in the county, only 3 milesfrom my town worksite, but there is no <br />transportation available to me. I would have to drive several miles in the other <br />direction to use a park- and -ride, and then have to change buses, and it would <br />take about an hour. 1 (2 %) <br />Question 5. Do you have any other comments on public transportation in your community that may be of <br />help in developing this plan? <br />not at the present time <br />Need to coordinate better between service providers and expand rural services beyond only medical <br />related, i.e. cover food deserts. <br />Chatham County lost most all industrial jobs but Lee and Durham Counties are showing growth. <br />Unfortunately, residents lads transportation to get to the other counties early morning and bads home <br />evenings so they can work thisjobs. <br />Chatham County is in dire need of "real" public transporation that is available to everyone and that goes <br />places that people need to go. Public transportation needs to be reliable, affordable, and accessible by <br />everyone regardless of age/ insurance status/ language, etc. I know of some familieswho are paying <br />people $20 for a trip within 91er City to shop at Walmart. The need is real. <br />We do have some numbers of food deserts and transportation deserts (where houses have no car) from <br />the American Communities 9arvey. Transportation has health consequences! I'll be coming from Orange <br />County Health Department to add that voice to the table. Thanks for hosting us. <br />SBe above. But there should be early transportation from, and later, early evening transportation back, <br />to Chatham County. People would use transit that was realistically scheduled. I never understood the <br />scheduling of the Pboro to CH bus. Also, why isthere no transit from Pboro to 91er City? <br />I grew up in a. Louis and the bus route wasALLover not just one or two counties. <br />http: / /www.metrostlouis.org/ Default.aspx Check out that website and see the wide range the bus <br />travels PLUSthere is the train .... its goes all the way to Illinois. The train is ran by electric. <br />If local service providerswere provided with away of tracking their dients' transportation needs over <br />the course of a period of time then they might be better equipped to answer these sorts of questions. <br />For most of them this meeting will come as a surprise. <br />We need public transportation competition. <br />Triangle Area FFO Locally Coordinated Human SBrvice Transportation Ran 68 <br />