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V.New services started 54 <br />VI.Pending expansion services 55 <br />VII.Bus purchase options 56 <br />VIII.Vehicles already received 57 <br />IX.Orange County ridership data 2014-2016 58 <br />X.Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) Update 59 <br />XI.Conference updates 60 <br />61 <br />OUTBoard/Transit Services Action: Receive and review information, provide comments. 62 <br />63 <br />Peter Murphy Presented 64 <br />65 <br />Heidi Perry inquired about the customer call back system. Peter explained that right now the calls are being made 66 <br />manually and it takes a lot of time but with the call back system it will be an automated call informing people of the 67 <br />pick up time and also offers a secondary reminder. 68 <br />69 <br />Peter Murphy continued presentation. 70 <br />71 <br />Heidi Perry asked about the purpose of the Efland-Hillsborough Commuter Route. Peter Murphy explained the 72 <br />original design was to connect to the ODX and it would run earlier in the morning between 6-8 AM to supplement the 73 <br />bus that Go Triangle is running because they weren’t serving Efland to go right to Durham. This bus would shorten 74 <br />that commute. Heidi asked if there was a study done before the route was decided. Peter informed that there was a 75 <br />lot of discussion on it and surveys about it. 76 <br />77 <br />Alex Castro asked if the new buses and mini-van can handle wheelchairs. Peter Murphy said that the buses can, but 78 <br />the mini-van cannot. Peter Murphy described the buses and seating and accommodations available on them, as well 79 <br />as the prices for the different buses. Peter explained that a lot of time is being lost due to how long it takes to lift the 80 <br />wheelchairs onto the bus. There was discussion of the low floor buses being more cost effective due to the 81 <br />operational efficiency and being able to fit more passengers. 82 <br />83 <br />MOTION by Art Menius that OPT purchase the 28 foot low floor bus due to the documented operational efficiencies 84 <br />and the ability to purchase and provide service much sooner than through other options. Seconded by Alex Castro. 85 <br />VOTE:UNANIMOUS86 <br />87 <br />Peter Murphy continued with section VI under item 4a 88 <br />89 <br />Heidi Perry asked how the new bus routes are being advertised. Peter Murphy acknowledged they need to advertise 90 <br />better, and that UNC doesn’t advertise it because OPT is not in the Go Pass system. Heidi suggested using TV slots, 91 <br />or having it advertised in buildings. Erie Smith suggested finding out what other peer organizations do in terms of 92 <br />advertising. Alex Castro suggested posting it at various community centers, or creating an OPT newsletter of some 93 <br />sort. Alex also suggested adding a map of all the transit system routes on the bus. It was also suggested to put 94 <br />something in the News of Orange. 95 <br />96 <br />Heidi Perry suggested putting this on the agenda for a future meeting. 97 <br />98 <br />Peter murphy continued presentation. 99 <br />100 <br />Jeff Charles was concerned about the amount of time that it’s going to take to implement the extension on Martin 101 <br />Luther King. Peter Murphy replied that it’s still undecided whether they want to feed into that service or be 102 <br />intermingling with that service. 103 <br />104 <br />Peter Murphy finished presentation. 105 <br />106 <br />4