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n. <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADA PARATRANSIT PLAN <br />The other fixed route, the Hillsborough to Chapel Hill shuttle ( "Route 420 Midday "), serves <br />major origins and destinations in and between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill Monday <br />through Friday during the hours 10:00am- 11:25am and 1:OOpm- 2:25pm. The 10:00am- <br />11:25am and 1:OOpm- 2:25pm time periods each involve the operation of one (1) wheelchair <br />accessible vehicle (equipped with an electric wheelchair lift) that is 100% accessible to and <br />usable by persons with disabilities traveling from Hillsborough to Chapel Hill and back. The <br />fare for this service is $2.00 each way for the general public, $1 each way for persons with <br />disabilities, and free for persons 60 years of age or older. A schedule of stop locations and <br />service times for the Hillsborough to Chapel Hill shuttle is provided as Exhibit 3. <br />Description of Current Paratransit Services: <br />OPT currently provides the following transportation services that involve the provision of <br />ADA - compliant paratransit service: <br />Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance. <br />Service is provided to persons 60 years of age or older and to persons of any age with a <br />disability using EDTAP funding appropriated to Orange County by the State. These funds <br />are supplemented by a local match and additional general County operating funds <br />appropriated by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) annually. The <br />service is provided to medical appointments primarily located within Orange and Durham <br />Counties and involves a fare of $3.00 each way for all patrons. This service is provided on a <br />demand - responsive, point deviation basis in which advance reservations for pick -ups and <br />drop -offs are made at least two (2) business days in advance and routes are structured to <br />efficiently collect clients for a shared ride to medical - related destinations. The service <br />currently involves the provision of door -to -door assistance by vehicle operators for persons <br />who lack the independent ability to access the vehicle from the street, and the vehicles used <br />to provide the service are 100% accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. The <br />vehicles are equipped with electric wheelchair lifts. <br />Medicaid Transportation: <br />Through agreement with the Orange County Department of Social Services, OPT provides <br />door -to -door transportation to medical appointments for persons enrolled in Medicaid. <br />These services are funded through a billing arrangement between OPT and the Department <br />of Social Services and are provided on a demand - responsive, point deviation basis in which <br />advance reservations for pick -ups and drop -offs are made at least two (2) business days in <br />advance. Pick -ups and drop -offs for Medicaid clients are intermingled with those for EDTAP <br />clients, and routes are structured to efficiently collect clients for a shared ride to Medicaid - <br />funded, medical - related destinations. The service currently involves the provision of door -to- <br />door assistance by vehicle operators for persons who lack the independent ability to access <br />the vehicle from the street, and the vehicles used to provide the service are 100% <br />accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. The vehicles are equipped with <br />electric wheelchair lifts. <br />4 <br />