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operating in the D -O LRT corridor that could be redirected to meet other Durham <br />County transit priorities. <br />■ Bus Capital Projects <br />The purchase of new vehicles (and subsequent replacement) to support the service <br />funded by the Durham County Transit Plan. <br />Bus facility improvements to facilitate transit access and improve the customer <br />experience, including new park- and -ride lots, stop improvements and other capital <br />investments along transit emphasis corridors, new transit centers, and stop <br />improvements. <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 />■ Wake- Durham Commuter Rail (CRT) — 2035 estimated completion date <br />Commuter rail service linking Durham, RTP, Cary, Raleigh and Garner. The service will be <br />funded in coordination with Wake County. <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 />the Durham County Transit Plan. It will be financed in the last decade of the 2045 MTP <br />by assuming that legislative restrictions that currently restrict funding that can be used <br />for transit will be repealed. <br />Orange County Services <br />The program of projects and services in the Orange County Transit Plan include the following: <br />■ Bus Services <br />Already Implemented Additional Bus Service (including new routes, increases in <br />frequency, etc.) <br />• Orange Public Transit, 4,500 annual service hours <br />• GoTriangle, 6,708 annual service hours <br />• Chapel Hill Transit, 6,427 annual service hours <br />Planned Additional Bus Service <br />• Orange Public Transit, 2,387 annual service hours <br />• GoTriangle, 1,492 annual service hours <br />• Chapel Hill Transit, 6,392 annual service hours <br />93 <br />