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12 <br />OPT during year one and increasing to a total of 7,500 additional bus <br />hours thereafter. The BOCC will consider program specifics at its October <br />21 meeting, which to date include: <br />• Expanded dial -a -ride, rural general public demand response <br />service <br />• Expanded senior center transportation <br />• Initiation of a midday (10am -3pm) local fixed -route service <br />connecting Mebane, Efland, Hillsborough and Durham <br />• Extension of the existing Route 420 midday service (currently <br />connecting Hillsborough and Chapel Hill) to Cedar Grove with <br />more frequent service; and <br />• Continuation of the existing Hillsborough Circulator service and <br />expansion to an additional hour of service. <br />Carrboro — The BRIP includes a new regional bus service from White Cross to <br />Carrboro to Chapel Hill Express as an "Unfunded Future Priority After Year <br />2020 ". This service is divided into the following two phases: Phase I — A new <br />express route serving Alamance County /Carrboro /Chapel Hill (via NC -54) at an <br />hourly frequency; and Phase 11 - A new express route serving Alamance <br />County /Carrboro /Chapel Hill (via NC -54) at a 30- minute frequency. A site for a <br />park and ride lot would need to be identified and developed in the White Cross <br />area before this new service could be implemented. The Piedmont Authority for <br />Regional Transportation (PART) presently provides weekday service from <br />Alamance County to UNC Hospital via NC -54, which may present an opportunity <br />to coordinate on a park and ride lot as well as the services it provides with those <br />of the other transit providers, Orange Public Transit and Chapel Hill <br />Transit. Although presently an unfunded priority, in the event that sales tax <br />revenues exceed estimates, additional funds could be made available to increase <br />bus service and meet unfunded priorities. <br />Additional background documents such as the adopted OCPRIP can be found <br />via the following link, listed under Transportation Documents: <br />http: / /www.co. orange. nc .us /planning /transportation.asp <br />