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25 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Statistics and Data 2 <br />2017 Ridership by Route (chart) 3 <br />Annual statistical comparison: 2016 vs. 2017 (chart) 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br />Planning and Projections for 2018 7 <br />• Short Range Transit Planning & Outreach: 8 <br />Nelson\Nygaard, in conjunction with OCPT staff, will develop a 10-year plan that illustrates how 9 <br />OCPT could address future growth scenarios. 10 <br /> 11 <br />The plan will match the horizon for both Go Triangle and the Wake County Bus Plan. The plan 12 <br />will consider strategic issues such as regional coordination and transit initiatives, future 13 <br />development, and light rail integration. Also being developed will be an implementation plan to 14 <br />prioritize service improvements and identify reasonable stages of implementation over the next 15 <br />10 years and beyond. Recommendations will consider potential implications on staffing, vehicle 16 <br />fleet, capital needs, and state and federal funding. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Public meetings will be held to discuss the shared needs of OCPT. Consultant group, Nelson-19 <br />Nygaard will coordinate and integrate the results of any internal outreach efforts with the 20 <br />community. Community conversations will also be held to help determine the acceptable 21 <br />balance ridership and coverage in Orange County. 22 <br /> 23 <br />• Potential Projects: Hillsborough Circulator II 24 <br />Last year, OCPT was contacted by the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning 25 <br />Organization (DCHC MPO) about submitting transit projects for the State Transportation 26 <br />Planning process referred to as SPOT 5.0. 27 <br /> 28 <br />The Hillsborough Circulator II was submitted because it would provide direct connections to 29 <br />jobs, schools, social services and other points of interests in and around Hillsborough for 30 <br />seniors, disabled, impoverished, minority and car free communities. This route would help 31 <br />alleviate the capacity on the Hillsborough Circulator and potentially exceed its ridership. 32 <br /> 33 <br />It made it through the process and had been scored favorably by the State. The MPO was 34 <br />charged with providing priority to projects to continue in the process. OCPT was asked to 35 <br />remove the bus project in favor of larger regional efforts. 36 <br /> 37 <br />This $30K project (for one 28’ LTV) was removed by the DCHC MPO until a future SPOT 38 <br />process, which may start in 2019, thereby meaning the circulator II, if approved, would be 39 <br />operational by 2022. OCPT will continue to seek other sources of funding to implement this 40 <br />route. 41 <br /> 42 <br />The Orange County Technical Committee representative did not vote in favor of removing the 43 <br />Hillsborough Circulator. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Chair Dorosin referred to the cost of the vehicle, and said that $30,000 is not a lot of 46 <br />money. 47 <br />Theo Letman said this is the amount the State would pay, and the County pays the 48 <br />balance. 49 <br />Chair Dorosin asked if funds can be taken out of the social justice fund to pay the State’s 50 <br />portion of $30,000. He said this could be discussed during the budget process. 51