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23 <br /> <br />OCPT now operates three fixed routes covering key destination points within the Orange 1 <br />County service area: Hillsborough Circulator, Orange-Chapel Hill Midday Connector and the 2 <br />Orange Alamance Connector. 3 <br /> 4 <br />OCPT has also provided rural general public transportation on a seat-available basis for many 5 <br />years on three (3) deviated fixed-routes (one Hillsborough area route and two transfer routes 6 <br />from the Chapel Hill area) that are also designed to provide transportation to work opportunities 7 <br />and programs for persons with developmental disabilities. The period of OCPT performance is 8 <br />for 2017 - January 1, 2017 through December 30, 2017. 9 <br /> 10 <br /> Theo Letman, Transportation Director, made the following PowerPoint presentation: 11 <br /> 12 <br />Orange County Public Transportation 2017 Year in Review 13 <br /> 14 <br />2017 was the first full year of Orange County Public Transportation being its own department 15 <br />within Orange County Government. 16 <br /> 17 <br />It was a year full of change: new personnel, new vehicles, new services and amenities, and 18 <br />activities to improve service delivery and boost employee morale. OCPT successfully met 19 <br />challenges along the way and had many noteworthy achievements. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Here are a few of things your Public Transportation system has accomplished in 2017. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Personnel 24 <br />Orange County Public Transportation (OCPT) added new personnel in 2017. Starting with its 25 <br />first Transit Director, Theo Letman, who started in January and immediately started to 26 <br />implement change and challenge the new organization to grow into its potential of being a 27 <br />robust county wide transit operation providing safe, customer focused and quality service to ALL 28 <br />of Orange County. 29 <br /> 30 <br />• With the approval of the Board of County Commissioners 5 full time driver positions were 31 <br />added. Additionally, a full time, Transit Dispatch/ Scheduler became part of the 32 <br />supervisory staff. 33 <br />• Transit Demand Coordinator- Allyson Coltrane was also added to bring awareness of 34 <br />Transit and Mobility options in Orange County. Her efforts to market the service are 35 <br />helping residents learn about transit and hopefully get them moving with transit. 36 <br />• By the end of the year, due to vacated positions, a transit supervisor was promoted and 37 <br />a new Transit Administrator- Teleishia Holloway was added to lead our operation thus 38 <br />rounding out the department management team. 39 <br />• In 2018, we are looking forward to adding a new position in collaboration with Asset 40 <br />management Services, who oversee the maintenance of our fleet. We will soon be 41 <br />adding a Transit Asset Mechanic to meet the growing maintenance and compliance 42 <br />needs of our fleet. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Service Improvements 45 <br />In 2017 Orange County Public Transportation started a rebranding and marketing effort that 46 <br />resulted in a name change from “OPT” (Orange Public Transit) to OCPT (Orange County Public 47 <br />Transportation) to highlight it as a County-wide Public Transportation Service. 48 <br /> 49 <br />With the help of the Communications Department, a new logo was adopted to distinguish and 50 <br />provide identity to a transit service that wasn’t visible in the community it serves. Bus schedule 51