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26 <br /> 1 • Introduced 2013 <br /> 2 • 1,690 annual service hours <br /> 3 o Offsetting increased cost of existing service <br /> 4 o Financing new buses <br /> 5 <br /> 6 OPT Expansion Public Outreach Results <br /> 7 • 31 of 35 survey respondents support proposed services <br /> 8 • 4 of 35 respondents do not support proposed services <br /> 9 o Proposed U.S. 70 midday service is inadequate; service needs to be increased. <br /> 10 o Need additional stops along Route 420 4 Eubanks park-and-ride, Hideaway <br /> 11 Estates <br /> 12 o Concern over existing low level of ridership and whether expansion is really <br /> 13 necessary. <br /> 14 o Mebane is too far away for people to live who work in Durham and Chapel Hill. <br /> 15 • Common Comment Themes from May/June Outreach: <br /> 16 o Support for increased service connection between Mebane and Hillsborough, <br /> 17 Hillsborough and Chapel Hill, and Cedar Grove and Hillsborough. <br /> 18 o Support for increased service providing access from low-income rural areas to <br /> 19 Hillsborough for jobs and social programs. <br /> 20 o Consider Bingham Township for service. <br /> 21 o Mixed responses to concept of fares; some support and some don't <br /> 22 • Common Themes From Prior Outreach: <br /> 23 o Access to employment <br /> 24 o Rural residents' access to social services <br /> 25 o More emphasis on elderly/senior transportation <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Five —Year Bus Service Expansion Recommendations Map — Option 1 (MAP) <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Five —Year Bus Service Expansion Recommendations Map — Option 2 (MAP) <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Differences in Options #1 and #2 (CHART) <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Mix-and-Match: Option #3? (CHART) <br /> 34 <br /> 35 If Additional $$ is Made Available For Bus Service From: <br /> 36 Better sales tax/vehicle registration fee revenue projections than anticipated <br /> 37 OCBRIP updates are making adjustments to revenues and will come before BOCC later <br /> 38 this year <br /> 39 AND/OR <br /> 40 Federal and State Grants for Transit Operating Assistance <br /> 41 THEN <br /> 42 Unfunded Service Concepts Can Be Implemented in Priority Order Depending on Amount of <br /> 43 Additional Revenue <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Ranked Unfunded Concepts —Options #1 and #2 (CHART) <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Other OPT Expansion Program Notes <br /> 48 • Bus Capital Availability <br /> 49 o Program dependent on timing of bus acquisition and Federal grant source used <br /> 50 for purchase <br />