Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
44 <br /> Orange County Transit Plan April 25, 2017 <br /> • Midday service on express Route CRX between Chapel Hill ENNEfflimumm <br /> and Raleigh <br /> • Added midday trips on Route 805 between Woodcroft <br /> and Chapel Hill. Additional bus service can be provided starting in 2029, when <br /> the D-O LRT Project is expected to begin operation.The D-O LRT <br /> GoTriangle's planning efforts since implementation of the service will replace several existing high-frequency bus routes <br /> original Plan have resulted in a change in priorities which are in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, GoTriangle Routes <br /> reflected in this updated Plan in Section 0. In addition, 400 and 405, and Chapel Hill Transit Routes FCX and S. The <br /> GoTriangle is beginning a new short-range planning effort service hours that will no longer be dedicated to these routes <br /> which will redefine the list of future regional service priorities. are known as the "rail dividend" — these unneeded service <br /> hours can be redirected to meet other Orange County transit <br /> priorities. <br /> The original Plan did not include any priorities for future As described in the Transit Operating Plan for the D-O LRT <br /> Hillsborough or rural services to be operated by OPT. However, Project, GoTriangle projects an estimated 30,000-45,000 rail <br /> over the last five years,OPT has developed with approval of the dividend service hours may available in Orange County (with <br /> Board of County Commissioners a bus expansion program to additional rail dividend service hours available in Durham <br /> include an additional 6,464 hours. County for service in Durham County). Decisions on how to <br /> make use of these rail dividend hours, as well as how other bus <br /> services should be modified to take advantage of the D-O LRT <br /> 9 system,will be made by GoTriangle, GoDurham, and Chapel Hill <br /> Transit Partners working together as the opening date of the <br /> D-O LRT Project draws near. <br /> Final Page 20 of 65 <br />