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• Weekday: CM, CW, D, F and J (later evening service will operate year around on these routes and additional trips were added to the F) • Later evening service on the CM, CW, D and J are not new trips, prior to August these trips were provided -9 months out of the year when UNC was in-session. They are now available year around. The weekday NU and weekend U and NU are not included in the year around service. • Weekend: CM, CW and JN (CM and CW will operate as separate routes and an additional AM trip was added to the JN). OC Bus and Rail Investment Plan FY2015 • The Chapel Hill Transit Partners agreed to utilize Orange County Bus and Rail Investment funds in FY15 to: • implement service improvements, such as evening/nighttime and weekend service, that would provide improved access to jobs with nontraditional work hours • expand access to retail, medical, recreational and education destinations in Chapel Hill and Carrboro for lower-income and transit dependent residents • Identified areas of interest include better serving the Rogers Road community and other lower-income populations. • meet peak-hour service demands (e.g. overcrowding, lack of service, etc.) • cover cost of existing services • Staff suggestions include: • Peak Hour Service: A, RU, U, NS, J, and CW • Evening: CM and CW • Weekend: Extend Service on Existing Routes to 6:30 pm Brian Litchfield referred to the Goals of the Study slide and said there are buses that are serving stops every 4 minutes and exceeding capacity. He said there need to be ways to accommodate more passengers. He said any delay can cause the buses to stack up. Commissioner McKee said Brian Litchfield mentioned the need for additional bus services, and he asked if any additional money from the sales tax is coming to Chapel Hill Transit for new or existing service. Brian Litchfield said most of the sales tax is going to Triangle Transit for the rail project. Commissioner McKee said there are additional monies coming in that are above what was anticipated. He asked if anyone is getting any of this money for additional bus services. Brian said Chapel Hill Transit expects to receive $1.1 million from Triangle Transit this year. He said he would have to ask them where this is coming from. Commissioner McKee said the light rail should have gone up 15-501 where there were more opportunities for Orange County to develop and re-develop. Council Member Harrison said there is almost no transit on 15-501 and it does not work as well as MLK for bus transit. He said it has to work for bus transit before it can work for light rail. Commissioner Pelissier referred to Commissioner McKee's earlier question and said nothing has been allocated from the additional revenues yet. She said new services cannot be started until reserves are built up and there is a stable revenue source. She said when a