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<br />The Orange County Transit Plan also supports the increased cost of existing Orange <br />Public Transit and Chapel Hill Transit services – e.g., the increased cost of providing <br />Orange Public Transit and Chapel Hill Transit service that was provided before the <br />transit plan was implemented. About 9,000 existing annual service hours are assisted <br />with Orange County Transit Plan funds. <br /> <br />An anticipated 30,000 – 45,000 additional bus service hours may be available following <br />implementation of D-O LRT. These “rail dividend hours” reflect bus service currently <br />operating in the D-O LRT corridor that could be redirected to meet other Orange County <br />transit priorities. <br /> <br /> Bus Capital Projects <br />The purchase of new vehicles (and subsequent replacement) to support the service <br />funded by the Orange County Transit Plan. <br /> <br />Bus facility improvements to facilitate transit access and improve the customer <br />experience, including new park-and-ride lots, improved transit amenities, and access <br />improvements (e.g. new sidewalks) to bus stops. <br /> <br /> Hillsborough Train Station – 2020 completion date <br />The station will be served by two Amtrak passenger routes. <br /> <br /> North-South Bus Rapid Transit (N-S BRT) – 2023 estimated completion date <br />Bus rapid transit service using a mix of dedicated and mixed-traffic lanes between the <br />Eubanks Road and Southern Village park-and-ride facilities, with direct service to UNC <br />Hospitals. <br /> <br /> Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (D-O LRT) – 2028 estimated completion date <br />Light rail transit service between UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central <br />University (NCCU) in Durham, providing 50,000 hours of transit service. Project includes <br />bicycle, pedestrian and bus infrastructure improvements along the alignment. <br /> <br /> Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Extension (D-O LRT) – 2045 est. completion date <br />Light rail transit will be extended from the UNC Hospitals station to a station near Main <br />Street in Carrboro. The route, along S Columbia St and W Cameron Ave, is a conceptual <br />placeholder until further study can be completed. This extension is not in the Orange <br />County Transit Plan. It will be financed in the last decade of the 2045 MTP by assuming <br />that legislative restrictions that currently restrict funding that can be used for transit will <br />be repealed. <br /> <br /> Wake-Durham Commuter Rail Extension (CRT) – 2045 estimated completion date <br />Commuter rail service will be extended from West Durham to Hillsborough, with a <br />station at NC 10/US 70 area and S Churton St/US 70 Business. This extension is not in <br />Page 24 <br />Technical Committee 10/25/2017 Item 5 41