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7 <br /> Rural General Public (RGP) <br /> Transportation Services Plan <br /> (Discretionary Funds) <br /> For: <br /> Orange County Public Transportation <br /> Prepared By: Al Terry <br /> Mr. Jerry Passmore <br /> Director <br /> Mr. Mike Eyster <br /> Transportation Advisory Board's Chairperson <br /> Date: February 27, 2002 <br /> List names of counties for which transportation services are provided: <br /> Serve Orange County residents to Orange,Durham, Chatham,Alamance and Person <br /> Counties. <br /> Provide a brief description of current RGP services provided in service area: <br /> Orange Public Transportation(OPT),managed by the Orange County Department on <br /> Aging, serves human service agencies' clients whose ridership is paid by the 14 local <br /> sponsoring agencies and special populations such as the elderly, disabled or Medicaid <br /> clients who are supported with NC Department of Transportation, Home and Community <br /> Care Block Grant, or state public assistance funds. The majority of the OPT service <br /> consists of public routes, fixed routes, fixed-deviated routes. Utilizing lift-equipped vans <br /> and minibuses, minivans and cars or private vendors, the OPT program continues to <br /> expand coordination of its demand-response medical and public routes. <br /> The geographic service area is rural Orange County, outside the Chapel Hill Transit <br /> service area. OPT transportation service is provided each weekday,with weekend or <br /> evening trips for special leases or life-sustaining medical services. <br /> The development of a regional commuter service between Hillsborough and Durham,NC <br /> became operational in 2001. The regional service--Provider(Triangle Transit Authority) <br /> provides commuter service Monday through Friday from Hillsborough to Duke Medical <br /> Center. OPT provides "feeder"routes into Hillsborough where riders can connect with <br /> Triangle Transit Authority(TTA)routes. <br /> 1 <br />