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important thing that could be done to improve transportation services. The responses are summarized <br /> below. <br /> Geographical Areas of the County <br /> Some of the comments received with regard to the areas of the county viewed as needing <br /> additional client transportation services included those listed below. The agencies which made the <br /> comments are shown in parentheses. <br /> • There needs to be service between the rural areas, like Mebane,Efland,etc. and Hillsborough, <br /> and between these areas and Chapel Hill, where public services are located. For job <br /> accessibility, linkage to Durham and RTP would be beneficial. (Orange County Partnership <br /> for Young Children). <br /> • Need bus service between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, and service from Hillsborough to <br /> RTP and Durham. (Durham Technical Community College). <br /> • Need more transportation services in Rural areas: Efland, Cedar Grove, Little River, and <br /> White Cross/Orange Grove. (Orange County Recreation and Parks). <br /> • Need more services in Cedar Grove, Efland, and Perry Hills. (Orange County <br /> Housing/Community Development Department). <br /> • There are children who live outside the target area for our center, Cedar Grove Day Care <br /> Center and OCIM, whom we have not been able to accept because we do not have the <br /> resources to reach them. (Wake County Opportunities, Inc.) <br /> • Need more client transportation services operated in Northern Orange County- Cedar Grove, <br /> Caldwell, etc. (Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action, Inc.) <br /> • From outlying areas (Mebane, Efland, etc.) into Chapel Hill for work. (Orange Enterprises, <br /> Inc.) <br /> • Mebane, Efland, northern Orange County -- transportation between sites in Chapel Hill and <br /> Carrboro. (Orange County Health Department). <br /> • Need more services operated in Little River, Eno, Bingham, (to Durham). (Orange County <br /> Department on Aging - OPT). <br /> As seen,the common areas identified as being in need of additional transportation services include <br /> the North and Northwestern sectors of Orange County, particularly in Efland, Cedar Grove, Mebane, and <br /> -23- <br />