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27 <br /> �1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADA PARATRANSIT PLAN <br /> ADA paratransit service may also be affected by a pattern of no-shows in which ADA- <br /> eligible registrants abuse the service by making reservations but not appearing to make use <br /> of the service. To avert the detrimental effects of this behavior on the effectiveness and <br /> efficiency of the service, OPT has adopted an ADA paratransit service no-show policy <br /> (Exhibit 7). <br /> Description of Proposed Complementary Paratransit Service: <br /> As previously noted, in spring 2015, OPT will begin providing additional fixed-route and <br /> deviated fixed-route services throughout Orange County that will expand the general public <br /> fixed-route or deviated fixed-route service provided by a total of approximately 6,560 <br /> service/revenue hours per year. With the addition of the fixed-route service, complementary <br /> paratransit service is federally mandated by the ADA. For the additional deviated fixed <br /> routes, curb-to-curb service will be provided for general public, non-ADA-eligible patrons as <br /> well as ADA-eligible registrants for those requesting a deviation. The fare for a requested <br /> deviation for both will be twice the general public fare as for those persons accessing the <br /> deviated fixed-route service at the fixed stop locations. <br /> Table 1 summarizes these services and the proposed ADA service type associated with <br /> each. Exhibit 8 depicts the locations of these service corridors and the 3/4-mile buffer <br /> surrounding the corridors within which OPT will be responsible for providing ADA paratransit <br /> service. Exhibit 9 depicts the areas of ADA paratransit service responsibility by timeframe <br /> based on the service times indicated for each route in Table 1. <br /> Table 1: Summary of New/Expanded and Existing Fixed-Route Services Beginning <br /> Spring 2015 <br /> Service/Route Service Days Service Times ADA Service Type Fare <br /> Combination of <br /> Orange-Alamance Connector Monday-Friday 10:00am-3:00pm separate dial-a-ride $2 general public <br /> service and fixed-route and ADA <br /> deviation <br /> 6:00am-9:00am Combination of <br /> Efland-Hillsborough Commuter Monday-Friday and separate dial-a-ride $2 general public <br /> Loop service and fixed-route and ADA <br /> 4:OOpm-7:OOpm deviation <br /> Combination of <br /> Cedar Grove-Hillsborough- Monday-Friday 10:00am-3:00pm separate dial-a-ride $2 general public <br /> Chapel Hill Shuttle service and fixed-route and ADA <br /> deviation <br /> Combination of No fare for general <br /> Hillsborough Circulator Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm separate dial-a-ride public or ADA <br /> service and fixed-route <br /> deviation passengers <br /> The additional fixed-route services are scheduled to begin May 1, 2015. Once the new <br /> services commence, the same method of ADA paratransit service currently provided as <br /> 9 <br />