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Public Transportation <br /> <br />Summary <br /> <br />As a basis, the 2045 MTP adopts the transit services as approved in the county plans: <br /> Durham County Transit Plan, originally approved in 2011 and updated April 28, 2017. <br />The detailed plan is available at http://ourtransitfuture.com/plans/durham/ <br /> Orange County Transit Plan, originally approved in 2012 and updated April 28, 2017. <br />The detailed plan is available at http://ourtransitfuture.com/plans/orange/ <br /> <br />The plans include major projects such as Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (D-O LRT) and Wake- <br />Durham Commuter Rail (CRT), but do not include specific programmed bus facility or service <br />projects beyond 2023. The bus services operating in the DCHC MPO in 2045 reflect the MPO’s <br />best predictions of transit services operating at that time. <br /> <br />The 2045 MTP makes two notable transit investments that exceed the county transit plans: <br /> The Wake-Durham Commuter Rail Transit (CRT) is extended from West Durham to <br />Hillsborough in the 2045 timeframe; and, <br /> The Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (LRT) is extended from Chapel Hill to downtown <br />Carrboro. <br /> <br />Durham County Services <br /> <br />The program of projects and services in the Durham County Transit Plan include the following: <br /> <br /> Bus Services <br />Already Implemented Additional Bus Service (including new routes, increases in <br />frequency, etc.) <br /> GoTriangle, 7,640 annual service hours <br /> GoDurham, 24,350 annual service hours <br /> <br />Planned Additional Bus Service <br /> GoTriangle, 6,260 annual service hours <br /> Durham County Access, 7,896 annual demand responsive trips <br /> <br />The Durham County Transit Plan also supports the increased cost of existing GoDurham <br />service – e.g., the increased cost of providing service that GoDurham provided before <br />the transit plan was implemented. About 9,000 existing annual service hours are <br />assisted with Durham County Transit Plan funds. <br /> <br />An anticipated 15,000 – 27,500 additional bus service hours may be available following <br />implementation of D-O LRT. These “rail dividend hours” reflect bus service currently <br />Page 22 <br />Technical Committee 10/25/2017 Item 5 39