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<br />SECTION 4: FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN <br />FINAL REPORT 3 <br />EXHIBIT 4-1: CURRENT VEHICLE INVENTORY <br />Fleet <br />Number VIN Vehicle <br />Type Capacity <br />seats/wc Lift <br />Equipped Model <br />Year Mileage <br />29 93701 Minivan 7 No 1999 62,883 <br />30 94253 Minivan 7 No 1999 62,380 <br />31 19649 Minibus 14/2 Yes 2000 61,675 <br />32 55066 Van 14 No 2001 50,922 <br />33 26669 Van 10/3 Yes 2001 5,268 <br />Since this fleet roster was prepared, OPT has acquired six replacement vehicles. <br />The replaced vehicles have been shown in italic and red font in the above exhibit. <br />Based upon a randomly selected week (September 29, 2003), the average daily <br />vehicles used are 19 vehicles, with a peak vehicle use of 15 vehicles. Daily vehicles <br />are higher than the peak pullout partly due to the use of the minivans in the evening <br />for an after school program. The minivans are also the only four-wheel drive <br />vehicles in the fleet and receive specialized use <br />In addition to the 15 peak vehicles in service, OPT loans out two vehicles - one to <br />Cedar Grove Daycare and one to Children's Learning Center. These two agencies <br />supply their own drivers, who are part of OPT's drug screening pool. OPT bills these <br />agencies only for them ileage of the vehicles. NC DOT officials are concerned about <br />this practice since it is essentially a charter service. Instead of the current <br />arrangement, OPT should give the agencies some retired vehicles that are no longer <br />part of the OPT fleet <br />Not including the two loaned vehicles, OPT has a spare ratio of 107 percent; which is <br />quite high, The typical industry practice is to maintain a spare ratio around 20 <br />percent, although fleets with fewer than 50 vehicles may have a higher ratio. At the <br />20 percent ratio and a peak pullout of 15 vehicles, OPT would need 3 spares, for a <br />total fleet of 18 vehicles. <br />A further consideration for OPT is the mix of vehicles used. Peak minibus pullout <br />was 11 vehicles, and peak van pullout was 7 vehicles To provide this flexibility and <br />a 20 percent spare ratio for the subfleets, OPT needs 2 spare minibuses and 1 spare <br />van, The total fleet size should be 13 minibuses and 8 vans, or 21 total vehicles in <br />the fleet, plus the two loaned vehicles. Overall spare ratio would be 40 percent, <br />which is high, but still acceptable for the fleet size. <br />The minivans are the only four-wheel drive vehicles in the fleet. OPT uses these <br />vehicles sporadically during normal times, but during periods of inclement weather, <br />these are the only vehicles that can operate. These vehicles have proved to be life <br />savers for dialysis patients since they are the only vehicles in the county system that <br />continued to operate during the recent ice storms and periods of flooding During <br />non-inclement weather times, these vehicles can serve as supervisory vehicles for <br />use in monitoring the service quality. <br />Orange County 4-2 <br />COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN