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