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<br />4.2.2. VEHICLE ACQUISITION SCHEDULE <br />SECTION 4: FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN <br />FINAL REPORT 2l( <br />Guidelines exist for the useful life of vehicles For vans, NCDOT considers the <br />useful life to be 100,000 miles, while the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) uses <br />the guideline of 100,000 miles or 4 years For minibuses of the type used by OPT, <br />NCDOT standards have a 130,000 mile lifespan, while FTA guidelines use 150,000 <br />miles or 5 years. Orange County follows the NCDOT criteria for replacing vehicles, <br />Under these guidelines, many of the vehicles in OPT's fleet are past their useful life <br />and should be disposed The following vehicles are recommended for immediate <br />disposal based upon NCDOT guidelines of age, mileage, and whether they have a <br />wheelchair lift: <br />Already replaced <br />o Van 6. age and mileage <br />o Van 16: age, mileage, no lift <br />o Van 18: age, mileage, no lift <br />o Van 25: age, mileage, no lift <br />o Van 26: age, mileage, no lift <br />o Van 27: age, mileage, no lift <br />Awaiting replacement/retirement <br />o Minibus 8: age and mileage <br />o Van 9? age, mileage, no lift <br />o Van 10. age and mileage <br />o Minibus 13: age and mileage <br />o Van 14: age and mileage <br />o Van 21: age and mileage <br />Additionally, vehicles 1, 5, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30 already meet the retirement criteria <br />based upon age, and will need to be replaced as soon as their mileage meets <br />NCDOT's thresholds. Including these 7 vehicles with the 12 vehicles already <br />meeting the criteria, 19 of OPT's 33 vehicles are nearing or past their useful lifespan. <br />Additional vehicles will need to be procured soon. <br />The following list details the recommended retirements and replacements. <br />• Year 1 (FY 2005): (0 vehicles to be replaced,) <br />The minivans should be heavily used during FY 2005 to have them approach <br />the retirement mileage of 100,000 miles by FY 2006; these minivans already <br />meet the retirement criteria based upon age, but they should still have some <br />good mileage in them. <br />Retire the following vans (no replacement). <br />10, 12, 14, 21 <br />One additional van should be retired in FY 2006 to bring the van fleet in line <br />with the desired fleet size <br />Orange County 4-3 <br />COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN