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TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Orange County must have a Transportation Development CMP) in place to qualify for funds administered by the Public Transportation Division of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The plan must be approved by the County Commissioners and updated every four years. The last TDP, adopted in July 1986, has expired and an update is now due. Ecosometrics, Incorporated was chosen to prepare this TDP update for Fiscal Years 1991 -1994 under contract with the County and the NCDOT. A Steering Committee made up of human service agency representatives, planning agencies, CAT representatives, and other local government officials was formed to guide the TDP study. All agencies providing or purchasing client transportation were surveyed regarding their current services, unmet needs, and future plans requiring transportation. STUDY PRIORff1ES EXPRESSED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE • Continue to seek to meet the needs of the elderly and handicapped, with a priority on medical trips and for social service agency clients. • Develop expanded services to persons in training programs and in placed employment situations. Transportation for employment opportunities is a real need, but may be difficult to address with fixed route services. • Provide services to persons living in the County outside Chapel Hill who are not part of the limited agency client population. Current CAT services are available only to the general public on a limited basis. Such service is needed without restriction on trip purpose to meet general mobility needs. • Provide regular out -of- county medical trips, probably to Duke Hospital. • Meet mobility needs of expanding populations of elderly and disabled person for medical trips, to nutrition sites, for employment, to shopping for food and necessities, for social and recreational purposes, and to other personal business needs.