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4 <br /> RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE <br /> This chapter presents the service improvements recommended for the OPT Transportation system. <br /> Based on the discussions of the Orange County TDP Steering Committee and OPT,the alternatives chosen <br /> for full development in the 1995 Transportation Development Plan call for an additional scheduled general <br /> public service from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough and the creation of a general public demand-responsive <br /> service in the Hillsborough area. This chapter presents a detailed description of the recommended plan, <br /> including route structuring, capital replacement, and a timetable for implementation. <br /> SERVICE DESIGN CHANGES <br /> Additional Scheduled General Public Service from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough <br /> This additional scheduled service(see Figure 4-1)would build upon the current Orange Enterprise <br /> route, offering a schedule to permit full day work trips in either Chapel Hill or Hillsborough. This new <br /> service would open up the current Orange Enterprise route to the general public. Therefore, the Orange <br /> Enterprise route which leaves Hillsborough for Chapel Hill at 6:45 a.m.would allow any persons working <br /> in the Chapel Hill area to be in Chapel Hill by 7:30 a.m. The vehicle would then pick up the Orange <br /> Enterprises southern route riders, plus general public riders, and travel back to Hillsborough in time to <br /> be at Hillsborough at 8:00 a.m. In the afternoon, the return route would be run from Orange Enterprises <br /> in Hillsborough to Chapel Hill, dropping of Orange Enterprise riders which departs at 3:00 p.m. Upon <br /> arrival, the bus would hold in Chapel Hill long enough to allow the 7:30 a.m. travelers to work a full day, <br /> departing Chapel Hill northbound at 4:30 p.m. If there is southbound work trip ridership from <br /> Hillsborough to Chapel Hill, the bus would depart Hillsborough at 5:00 p.m., arriving at Chapel Hill at <br /> 5:30 p.m., and returning back to Hillsborough with a last trip arriving at 6:00 p.m. <br /> -41- <br />