Agenda - 11-01-2022; 5-c - 2022 Orange County Transit Plan Update

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03 42 transit. shopping, services, and social trips. GoTriangle offers some PmAWtoTwoff at MUdwy_YVedkLay late and weekend service providing people in and near y*hEdPemer&W ofUe siff area 6 riiimrberra downtown Chapel Hill with regional access. MRA®DO oft ,wbI4100 6111 Productivity MM i The number of riders compared to cost of service, measured # w� AIIIIII W in boardings per service hour,- useful for assessing ridership goals. The highest productivity service in Orange County is CHT's U route and its reverse route, the RU. Both operate at �� high frequencies and directly serve the core of downtown Chapel Hill and UNC. Most CHT routes have relatively high productivity; nearly all routes report 20 boardings per hour -4mnQWW0+* or more. Factors contributing to CHT's high productivity include service focused on the densest,most active parts of M +'+E M Orange County and fare-free service attracting more riders. ",� 4i�.�■ r,.i.,i��.�.,,4 Most GoTriangle routes achieve 10-20 boardings per hour. Both of GoTriangle's all-day services (Routes 400 and 800] Accessibility achieve 16 boardings per hour. Three GoTriangle peak-only routes (420, CRX, ODX) achieve productivity levels below The number of destinations (jobs, services, and community 13 boardings per hour and all three of OCPT's fixed route assets]residents can reach using transitservice. services average 10 boardings or less per hour.The Orange- Transit access in Orange County is highest in Chapel Hill and Alamance Connector[OAC] has the lowest productivity with Carrboro, reflecting the concentration of jobs and more robust less than one [0.9) boarding per hour. But, because OCPT transit connectivity in these areas. Higher accessibility extends routes are coverage-oriented and provide service to less along NO 54 to the Durham County line,from downtown Chapel populated areas, productivity is not necessarily the best Hill along US 15-501 in both directions towards the Blue Hill measure of their value to the community. District and Southern Village, and northward along NO 86. Coverage More modest transit access is observed along the US 70/1-85 The number of people living within a half-mile of a transit corridor, reflecting a lower density of destinations and overall stop with service during the midday period. The Orange lower levels of transit service. Most of the county's rural areas County Transit Plan Update assessed coverage based on lack access to jobs via fixed route transit, though many are proximity to gny transit service and proximity to frequent within the demand response service areas of regional transit transit service(20 minutes or less between vehicles). providers. Over 50% of Orange County's jobs are located within a Transit Trip-Making Potential half-mile of a transit stop with frequent service at midday. A person's likelihood of using transit when it's available Orange County residents living within a half-mile of a transit depends on several factors like daily travel needs, place of stop served by frequent transit service (20 minutes or less residence, vehicle availability, and more. We can assess the between vehicles at midday) include: general likelihood of a person using transit to meet a travel • 42%of all Orange County residents need("transit trip making potential")by considering the amount • 48%of Orange County residents identifying as a minority of trip producers (like households), trip attractors (ex., jobs), • 38%of Orange County residents who are living in poverty and the time it takes to travel between all possible producer- [200% of the federal poverty line] attractor pairs using transit. We can also weight the analysis While this indicates that a meaningful portion of Orange to prioritize pairs that have more units at the origin (ex., a pair County's population can access frequent transit service, connecting many households to onejobs center). 43%of impoverished residents still live more than a half-mile awayfrom a transit stop providing frequent, midday service. For trips beginning in Orange County, the highest trip-making This disparity is due to relatively higher levels of poverty in potential is connections to regional employment centers: the county's rural areas where it is more expensive to serve central Chapel Hill/Carrboro, (including UNC campus and residents because buses must travel longer distances hospitals) and the Duke Hospitals area in Durham.There is only between customers. one high-potential connection in Orange County north of 1-40