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26 <br /> Orange County Transit Plan April 25, 2017 <br /> The projects and services to be funded under this Plan, • An intercity (Amtrak) train station in Hillsborough, linking <br /> regardless of whether they rely in part or in total on the Tax northern Orange County to destinations throughout <br /> District Revenues, are: North Carolina, and along the East Coast with fast <br /> • New hours of bus service in both urban and rural Orange passenger rail service <br /> County above and beyond the bus service that was • A bus rapid transit (BRT) project that provides more <br /> available in 2013, as well as and financial support for the efficient and effective transit through the congested <br /> existing system, providing connections to destinations core of Chapel Hill, UNC, and UNC Medical Center <br /> throughout the county and in Alamance, Durham, and <br /> Wake Counties. In total, over 34,000 hours of bus service Through these investments, there is an opportunity to develop <br /> are funded in this Plan an exceptional public transportation system in Orange County, <br /> improving the travel options and local economy for those who <br /> • A light rail transit (LRT) project that will provide 50,000 live in, work in, or visit Orange County, and transform the way <br /> annual hours of high-quality, efficient, and reliable rail people get around their community. <br /> service between Chapel Hill and Durham, with the goal Significant progress has been made in delivering the <br /> of improving regional mobility, accelerating economic investments from the 2012 Plan, though some milestones have <br /> growth, and encouraging the growth of transit-oriented been reached more slowly than originally projected. Section 2 <br /> development.When light rail service begins, it will free up describes the status of all projects and services implemented <br /> thousands of existing bus hours where rail service can or advanced since the levying of the transit taxes in 2013. <br /> replace trips served by buses today. GoTriangle, Chapel <br /> Hill Transit, and GoDurham will work together to deploy The most significant differences between the 2012 Plan and <br /> these "rail dividend" hours to connect neighborhoods this 2017 Plan are driven by the funding assumptions. Changes <br /> throughout the counties to light rail stations and other to state and federal transportation funding laws and policies <br /> bus routes have greatly affected revenues available to implement projects <br /> and services.This is true for bus purchases and bus facilities, as <br /> • A set of bus capital projects to improve the transit well as for the major capital investments in the Durham-Orange <br /> LRT Project and the North-South BRT project.These changes to <br /> passenger's experience, including new and improved bus state and federal funding assumptions are explained in more <br /> stops with amenities such as benches and shelters and detail in Section 3. <br /> access improvements such as sidewalks and trails <br /> Final Page 2 of 65 <br />