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11 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADA PARATRANSIT PLAN <br />ADA paratransit service may also be affected by a pattern of no -shows in which ADA - <br />eligible registrants abuse the service by making reservations but not appearing to make use <br />of the service. To avert the detrimental effects of this behavior on the effectiveness and <br />efficiency of the service, OPT has adopted an ADA paratransit service no -show policy <br />(Exhibit 7). <br />Description of Proposed Complementary Paratransit Service: <br />As previously noted, in spring 2015, OPT will begin providing additional fixed -route and <br />deviated fixed -route services throughout Orange County that will expand the general public <br />fixed -route or deviated fixed -route service provided by a total of approximately 6,560 <br />service /revenue hours per year. With the addition of the fixed -route service, complementary <br />paratransit service is federally mandated by the ADA. For the additional deviated fixed <br />routes, curb -to -curb service will be provided for general public, non -ADA- eligible patrons as <br />well as ADA - eligible registrants for those requesting a deviation. The fare for a requested <br />deviation for both will be twice the general public fare as for those persons accessing the <br />deviated fixed -route service at the fixed stop locations. <br />Table 1 summarizes these services and the proposed ADA service type associated with <br />each. Exhibit 8 depicts the locations of these service corridors and the 3/4 -mile buffer <br />surrounding the corridors within which OPT will be responsible for providing ADA paratransit <br />service. Exhibit 9 depicts the areas of ADA paratransit service responsibility by timeframe <br />based on the service times indicated for each route in Table 1. <br />Table 1: Summary of New /Expanded and Existing Fixed -Route Services Beginning <br />Spring 2015 <br />Service /Route <br />Service Days <br />Service Times <br />ADA Service Type <br />Fare <br />Combination of <br />Orange - Alamance Connector <br />Monday- Friday <br />10:00am- 3:00pm <br />separate dial -a -ride <br />service and fixed -route <br />$2 general <br />public /$4 ADA <br />deviation <br />6:00am- 9:00am <br />Combination of <br />Efland - Hillsborough Commuter <br />Monday- Friday <br />and <br />separate dial -a -ride <br />$2 general <br />Loop <br />4:OOpm- 7:OOpm <br />service and fixed -route <br />public /$4 ADA <br />deviation <br />Combination of <br />Cedar Grove - Hillsborough- <br />Monday- Friday <br />10:00am- 3:00pm <br />separate dial -a -ride <br />$2 general <br />Chapel Hill Shuttle <br />service and fixed -route <br />public /$4 ADA <br />deviation <br />Combination of <br />No fare for general <br />Hillsborough Circulator <br />Monday- Friday <br />8:00am- 5:00pm <br />separate dial -a -ride <br />service and fixed -route <br />public or ADA <br />deviation <br />passengers <br />The additional fixed -route services are scheduled to begin May 1, 2015. Once the new <br />services commence, the same method of ADA paratransit service currently provided as <br />0 <br />