Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
20 <br />1 Final approval of the route will be made by the Triangle Transit Board of Trustees <br />2 <br />3 Implementation Timeline <br />4 • Phase 1 (Hillsborough- Durham): August 2014, pending agreements with property <br />5 owners at the North Hills (former Maxway) shopping center and ABC Board <br />6 • Phase 2 (extension to Mebane and Efland): 2015, pending agreement with property <br />7 owner in Mebane for Park - and -Ride lot <br />8 Phase 3 (new Park - and -Ride lots in Hillsborough and Mebane): 2016, pending <br />9 construction of new Park - and -Ride lots <br />10 <br />11 Service Characteristics <br />12 • Service span: Monday- Friday, 6 -9am and 4 -7pm <br />13 • Service frequency: Once every 60 minutes <br />14 Stops served: <br />15 Phase 1: North Hills (former Maxway) shopping center Park - and -Ride in Hillsborough, <br />16 Duke /VA Hospital, Durham Station. <br />17 Phase 2: Add Mebane Park - and -Ride at an existing lot (location TBD), Efland- Cheeks <br />18 Community Center (secondary direction only) and downtown Mebane bus stop. <br />19 Phase 3: Replace short -term Park - and -Ride lots in Mebane and Hillsborough with new lots <br />20 on currently unimproved property. <br />21 <br />22 Route ODX map <br />23 General Survey Responses (pie chart) <br />24 General Survey Responses (bar graph) <br />25 Duke Survey Responses (bar graph) <br />26 Hillsborough P &R preferences (map) <br />27 Mebane P &R preferences (map) <br />28 Serving Efland in Secondary Direction (bar graph) <br />29 <br />30 Orange- Durham Express Decision making Timeline <br />31 • Public outreach period: May 8 -30 <br />32 • Triangle Transit Operations & Finance Committee: June 3 <br />33 • Approval by Triangle Transit Board of Trustees: June 25 <br />34 • Implement Phase 1 (Hillsborough- Durham), pending agreements with property owners: <br />35 August 18 <br />36 <br />37 Erik Landfried said this specific route is part of a larger program, and it would be <br />38 complemented by the OPT services and vice versa. <br />39 He said the Orange Durham Express Route would have split funding, with half coming <br />40 from Orange County revenues and half coming from Durham County revenues. <br />41 Erik Landfried referred to the implementation timeline and said the goal in phase 3 <br />42 would be to create a transit hub in Hillsborough to be a connection point for many of the <br />43 services to be discussed tonight. <br />44 He said Piedmont Area Regional Transit (PART) is the partner to the west, and they <br />45 have a grant to build a park and ride lot in Mebane. He said PART is working with town staff in <br />46 Mebane to identify potential locations for that lot. <br />47 Commissioner Rich asked if Triangle Transit would negotiate to buy the lots. <br />48 Erik Landfried said yes, for the one in Hillsborough; but the Mebane lot will be done by <br />49 PART through their federal grant. <br />50 Erik Landfried reviewed the Route ODX map visual. <br />