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Study Purpose <br /> * Determine the appropriate organizational structure for Orange Public Transportation <br /> (OPT) <br /> * Identify and evaluate near-term service improvements <br /> Current Conditions <br /> * Advisory and Governance Structure <br /> * Vehicle Fleet <br /> * Facilities <br /> * Technology <br /> * Description of Current Services <br /> * Service Supplied, Ridership and Performance <br /> * Operating and Administrative Costs <br /> * Capital Costs <br /> * Funding and Revenues <br /> * Cost Allocation <br /> Current Services-Fixed Route <br /> * Hillsborough Circulator <br /> * Hillsborough to Chapel Hill Route 420 Mid-Day Route <br /> • Near-term expansion of nine daily service hours, more frequency and extension <br /> to Cedar Grove (in rural area) <br /> • Expansion requires use of two buses <br /> * GoTriangle: <br /> • Route 420 peak services <br /> • Orange-Durham Express (ODX ) <br /> Current Services—Demand Response <br /> * ADA paratransit services (for fixed-route areas and schedules) <br /> * Other demand-response <br /> • Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance <br /> • Rural General Public <br /> * Specialized/Dedicated <br /> • Department of Social Services/Medicaid <br /> • Department of Social Services/Employment Transportation Assistance <br /> • Department on Aging/Senior Center Transportation <br /> • Orange Enterprises/Residential Services, Inc. <br /> • Parks and Recreation/Sportsplex <br /> Vehicle Fleet <br /> * 19 Light Transit Vehicles (LTVs) and Vans <br /> * Current operations require 8-10 vehicles at peak, VU shows nine needed at peak <br /> * Five vehicles currently out of service, two of them in disposal process <br /> * 12 vehicles currently eligible for replacement in 2015, 4 more in 2016, and one in 2017 <br /> * Two new vehicles entering service, five more due later this summer, adds up to seven <br /> eligible vehicles currently in service being replaced <br />