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OPT5-Year Bus Service Expansion Recommendation Notes 1)Northeastern and Northwestern County Zonal Routes – Route would come online July 2014, would be one day per week on a Tuesday or Thursday running 5 hours per day with one-hour headways during off-peak periods, and would run a deviated fixed-route schedule. This route would require 0.50 bus and could be run using an LTV spare. The route would connect residents in northeastern Orange County to destinations and additional transit connections in Hillsborough.The route would be fare-free. 2)US 70 Midday Service – Route would come online January 2015, would be a daily weekday service running up to 6 hours per day during off-peak periods with two-hour headwaysper direction, and would run a fixed-route schedule. This route would require 1 additional bus(Section 5307-funded). The route would connect Mebane/Buckhorn and Efland with destinations and additional transit connections in Hillsborough and Durham. The route would be fare-free. 3)Route 420 Expansion – Route would come online January 2015, would be a daily weekday service running up to an additional 10 hours per day (5 hours each northbound and southbound) with one- hour headways, and would run a fixed-route schedule. This assumes a two-hour run time each way. This route expansion would require 2additional buses(Section 5307-funded). The route would connect Cedar Grove with destinations and additional transit connections in Hillsborough and would continue on to destinations and additional transit connections in Chapel Hill.The route would be fare-free. 4)Hillsborough Circulator with Additional Noon Hour Service – Route would begin using OPT OCBRIP funding July 2015 and would continue the existing Hillsborough Circulator service with an additional hour added for 12pm-1pm. Route would not require any additional buses but would require 2 replacements(Section 5307-funded)for 2 existing ARRA-funded buses.The route would continue to be fare-free. 5)Later Senior Center Service – Route would come online July 2016, would be a daily weekday service running up to 4.5 hours per day with one-hour headways, and would run a deviated fixed route or point deviated demand response schedule. The route would provide earlier and later service to and from Orange County senior centers beyond times the service is currently provided. Service may require 1 additional bus. UNFUNDED PRIORITIES: 6)Expansion of Route 420 Peak Service to Cedar Grove 7)Hillsborough Circulator Service Additions to include weekend service and/or early morning and evening service 8)EDTAP/RGP Subsidization – Funds could be used to subsidize $3 copays for EDTAP trips already provided by OPT to make medical trips free for users.Funds could also be used to provide limited, free or fare-reduced rural general public point deviated demand response service to persons throughout the county who are pre-qualified for other human service-specific transportation within the county. This service expansion could be funded with any additional funding realized by OPT through additional OCBRIP revenues or leveraged federal or state grant sources or it could be considered a higher prioritythan expanded senior center service and supplant that service recommendation. 9)Others???? Attachment 3 23