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Lisa Berley confirmed this and said that the only bus routes that are a part of this are the 420 and the ODS. 539 540 Heidi Perry said that she now understood that not all Go Triangle’s buses were a part of this Week. 541 542 Peter Murphy said that there is also a Try Transit Week in September, and for Orange County’s Try Transit Week in 543 October, the department is working with Go Triangle and all Orange County transit services to try and get free fare 544 for anyone going to a destination that touches Orange County, even if the department is making passes available 545 (with an internal charge to keep cost down). 546 547 Heidi Perry suggested that there be a large advertisement at Orange County’s Durham Tech Campus for Orange 548 County Public Transit services. Students may not know that they can take the bus, what the hours are and other 549 important information. Ms. Perry also made a suggestion to encourage organizations to put information on their 550 websites about how to take the bus to their locations. 551 552 Jenn Sykes said that there are concerns about easing access requirements to get into UNC facilities by people using 553 transportation services and by care managers. 554 555 Lisa Berley agreed that big health care systems are very concerned about access and to ensure that people do not 556 miss their appointments. 557 558 Janice Tyler just met with the Senior Health Alliance, the new Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO) at 559 UNC (contact is Eleanor). 560 561 Jenn Sykes said that she referred the head of the Alliance to Ms. Tyler and Ms. Berley. 562 563 Janice Tyler said that the Alliance is involved in a big transportation platform, even encouraging clients to use Uber. 564 565 Jenn Sykes said that it is not ideal to have to pay Uber drivers and that using the public transit system in a County 566 makes better sense. 567 568 Heidi Perry suggested that if there is some buy-in from businesses on Churton Street affected by the construction, 569 these businesses could incentivize patrons for riding the bus with discounts. 570 571 Lisa Berley agreed that that would be a great idea. 572 573 Heidi Perry said that people can get from Hillsborough to Chapel Hill in a timely manner. 574 575 Lisa Berley said that they can use the Hill-to-Hill Connector. 576 577 Jenn Sykes added that if it is possible, it would be good to advertise in the Courthouse. 578 579 Peter Murphy mentioned the new bus stops on Churton Street are dedicated for buses. There will be one in front of 580 the police station in Hillsborough and one by the Courthouse (the cut-out) across from Weaver Street. 581 582 Heidi Perry mentioned people going to the Courthouse will be able to get there via bus which could cut-down on 583 parking problems. 584 585 Theo Letman spoke about the history of the Courthouse and that he had heard from Durham Tech that originally, the 586 transportation department was a part of the plan, and the parking for the Courthouse was going to be at Durham 587 Tech. 588 589 Heidi Perry said that as the County sends out notices to people coming to the Courthouse. They could start noting 590 different ways of getting to the Courthouse, like via public transportation with a link to the website. She also noted 591 that it would be helpful for transportation to run later in the day. 592 13