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Public Transportation Bus Service in Durham is provided by Duke Power Company. Around 6500 passengers ride the bus each day. The bus serves the major employers in the central city including Duke Medical Center, General Telephone, North Carolina Central Univer- sity, Liggett and Meyers, Durham County General Hospital, and Downtown Durham. Bus routes also serve the major shopping centers, and many residential areas. Although the level and area of service provided is limited, expansion of bus service in Durham is not anticipated in the foreseeable future. Chapel Hill Transit provides public transit services to the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The transit system carries approximately 11,000 passengers per day, accounting for 8 to 10 percent of all trips made in Chapel Hill. Transit ridership is anticipated to continue to have modest increases as Chapel Hill Transit increases service to newly developed areas. The anticipated development of a system of park and ride lots will also contribute to expanded ridership. Bus service provides a significant alternative to the private automobile in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. and results in a reduction in traffic volumes and parking demand around the Campus. Mode Split/Public Transportation: Trips by other travel modes represent a significant proportion of all trips taken in the Chapel Hill area. These trips represent those individuals that walk, ride bicycles, carpool or use some form of public transportation. A base percentage of all trips generated by land use type have been assigned to an alternate mode of transportation. In the base year, 1985, this assignment was determined by data collected from a variety of surveys and information included in the 1983 Thoroughfare Plan. Minimal increases in bike/walk mode split were used in the Year 2000 and 2010 projections. Because most new residential construction in Chapel Hill is currently anticipated to occur at the periphery of Town, there is less likelihood that significant numbers of these future residents will be able to walk or ride a bicycle to employment centers in the University/Town Center area. The percentage of individuals using pubic transportation was projected to increase in those areas anticipated to be developed in land use patterns and densities favoring public transit use. Because many individuals working in Chapel Hill will live elsewhere in the region and some of those living in the Town will work elsewhere, public transportation cannot be as effective as it might be in reducing overall traffic generation. 4.6