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ATTACHMENT A: Staff - Recommended Bus Service Expansion Program Summary - Option #1 <br />Option #1 - OPT 5 -Year Bus Service Expansion Recommendation Notes <br />1) Northeastern and Northwestern County Zonal Routes — Route would tentatively come online early 2015, <br />would be one (1) day per week on a Tuesday or Thursday running up to five (5) hours per day with one (1)- <br />to two (2) -hour headways during off -peak periods, and would run a fixed -route or deviated fixed -route <br />schedule. The results of additional public outreach conducted in August 2014 indicated a demand among <br />rural residents for a more certain fixed -route schedule as opposed to a demand - response method. The route <br />would connect residents in northern Orange County to destinations and additional transit connections in <br />Mebane and Hillsborough. The service would involve a nominal fare for general public riders with the <br />possibility of vouchers issued to low- income riders who qualify for other services with the Department of <br />Social Services. <br />2) Later Senior Center Service — Route would tentatively come online in early 2015, would be a daily weekday <br />service running approximately three (3) hours per day (two, up to 1.5 -hour run time structured routes), and <br />would run a deviated fixed route or point- deviated demand response schedule. The route would provide later <br />service from Orange County senior centers (with an emphasis on the Central Orange Senior Center) beyond <br />times the service is currently provided. The service would be fare -free. Orange County Planning and <br />Inspections and Department on Aging staff have secured grant funding to cover this service for FY 2016 <br />from another source and will continue to pursue the same grant funding for this service in subsequent years. <br />3) US 70 Midday Service — Route would tentatively come online January 2015, would be a daily weekday <br />fixed -route service running approximately five (5) hours per day during off -peak periods with two (2) -hour <br />headways per direction and a total one (1) -hour directional run time. The route would connect <br />Mebane /Buckhorn and Efland with destinations and additional transit connections in Hillsborough and <br />Durham (Duke/VA Hospital). The service would involve a nominal fare if OPT is able to position itself to <br />accept fare cards used by Triangle Transit customers with the possibility of vouchers issued to low- income <br />riders who qualify for other services with the Department of Social Services. This service is being designed <br />to correspond with and complement Triangle Transit's proposed peak period Orange- Durham Express <br />(ODX) service. <br />4) Efland - Hillsborough Commuter Loop — When Phase II of Triangle Transit's Orange- Durham Express <br />commences in early 2015, OPT will run an Efland- Hillsborough commuter loop to provide peak - period and <br />peak- direction service from Efland to link into the Triangle Transit Orange- Durham Express service in <br />Hillsborough. After providing the short Efland to Hillsborough run, the route would then be run to provide an <br />employment commuting- oriented, pre - Hillsborough Circulator service to connect transit - dependent <br />residential origins in northern Hillsborough to service sector employment destinations in southern <br />Hillsborough before heading back to Efland to provide the next Efland to Hillsborough commuter link service <br />run. The service would involve a nominal fare if OPT is able to position itself to accept fare cards used by <br />Triangle Transit customers with the possibility of vouchers issued to low- income riders who qualify for other <br />services with the Department of Social Services. <br />5) Route 420 Expansion — Route would tentatively come online in early 2015, would be a daily weekday <br />service running up to an additional six (6) hours per day (three [3] hours each northbound and southbound) <br />with one (1) -hour headways, and would run a fixed -route schedule. This is in addition to the existing three <br />(3) service hours per day currently run by the midday Route 420; the full service schedule would involve a <br />total of nine (9) midday service hours. This assumes a one (1) -hour run time each way. The existing Route <br />420 would be expanded to connect Cedar Grove with destinations and additional transit connections in <br />Hillsborough and would continue on to destinations and additional transit connections in Chapel Hill. The <br />service would involve a nominal fare if OPT is able to position itself to accept fare cards used by Triangle <br />Transit customers with the possibility of vouchers issued to low- income riders who qualify for other services <br />with the Department of Social Services. <br />6) Hillsborough Circulator with Additional Noon Hour Service — Route would begin using OPT OCBRIP funding <br />July 2015 and would continue the existing Hillsborough Circulator service with an additional hour added for <br />12pm -1 pm. The service would involve a nominal fare if OPT is able to position itself to accept fare cards <br />used by Triangle Transit customers with the possibility of vouchers issued to low- income riders who qualify <br />for other services with the Department of Social Services. <br />