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124 <br /> Technical Memorandum #1: Inventory of Current <br /> Organizational Direction and Service Delivery <br /> south of I-85 and north of Oakdale Drive. This area has relatively high numbers of <br /> youth and persons living below the poverty level, as well as moderate numbers of <br /> elderly persons and persons with disabilities. The new Hillsborough Circulator Bus <br /> serves this southern part of Hillsborough, though residents do not have direct access to <br /> Triangle Transit Route 420 and must transfer from the Hillsborough Circulator Bus at <br /> Durham Tech's Orange County Campus. <br /> TDIP <br /> In contrast to the TDI, the TDIP determines relative transit need based on the <br /> percentage of the population in each block group that falls within one or more of the <br /> transit-dependence categories. The TDIP does not consider population density when <br /> determining potential transit needs, and therefore highlights transit needs outside of the <br /> urbanized areas. Shown in Figure 1-2, the results of the TDIP analysis indicated higher <br /> relative transit needs in Hillsborough as well as in rural locations at the outskirts of the <br /> County. The highest relative needs based on percentage of transit-dependent <br /> populations were located in central Hillsborough, in a western stretch along the <br /> Interstate 40 corridor near Mebane, and in the northwestern corner of the County. <br /> While central Hillsborough is served by the new Hillsborough Circulator Bus and <br /> Triangle Transit Route 420, the rural sections are served through demand response <br /> transit. <br /> Population Density by Age Group <br /> A concern with both the TDI and TDIP analyses is that combining poverty <br /> measures, youth and senior age populations in one index may obscure significant <br /> differences between the large university student population and other population <br /> groups that may also be transit dependents but have different needs, such as low- <br /> income seniors. Because the TDI/TRIP methodology is a ranking of a single index, it is <br /> difficult to break it apart to show the impact of the individual factors. However, it is <br /> possible to display the underlying data separately to look for possible differences, so <br /> Figure 1-3 presents a map of the population density of young adults, 18-24 years of age <br /> (presumably this includes most of the student population), and Figure 14 presents a <br /> map of the population density of senior adults, 65 and over. There are differences, as it <br /> becomes clear that much of the young adult population is in much higher density areas <br /> in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. These same areas also have a moderate density of seniors, <br /> so both groups are present. Hillsborough shows a higher density of seniors than young <br /> adults (but even the senior density is low, between 100 and 250 persons per square <br /> mile). The northeast/east of Chapel Hill has only a moderate density of young adults, <br /> but a higher density of seniors. These differences may suggest different service types <br /> are required, though in areas populated by both groups it may be that the overall <br /> population density is really the determinant of the appropriate service types. <br /> OPT/CHT CTSP KFH <br /> and Consolidation Plan 1-13 <br />