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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNSIT TY <br /> Figure 2: Population Density <br /> more frequent fixed route transit, while areas with lower density <br /> may be better suited for demand response services. --- <br /> These densities broadly indicate demand across contiguous areas, <br /> and act cumulatively to drive demand for transit. Clusters of <br /> density throughout an area or along a corridor are strong <br /> indicators of demand, while an isolated pocket of high density °•, <br /> srora Hd � O <br /> alone in a rural area would not produce sufficient demand itself. t <br /> no ee <br /> Sch! <br /> To more accurately represent the distribution of people and jobs, <br /> this analysis uses "developed acres" to calculate density, which is <br /> defined as the area within a quarter-mile buffer from roadways. <br /> L""On Rd SOH <br /> W� ; <br /> Meb�a ne <br /> Where People Live n t o a <br /> 79 Hillsharh`ughti <br /> As shown in Figure 2, population density in Orange County is „ fl <br /> concentrated in the municipalities of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br /> Mebane, and Hillsborough: a Old NC <br /> it G O4`�Q� <br /> ■ In Hillsborough, denser areas are not clustered together, s �oy¢� ��' °,wd1s <br /> but located throughout the municipality with less dense a o`'p9e "B.0(T <br /> areas between them. <br /> ■ Mebane's population density is mainly concentrated in <br /> Alamance County, with some higher density Pockets in ea '� c <br /> ra F Q ..vr <br /> Orange County. <br /> Population density is very low outside of these municipalities, Population Oansity <br /> P-plepenc­ :, h%iE�apel H01 <br /> `�'<05 Carrht`oro <br /> with fewer than one person per developed acre. Even in the .� <br /> 0,5-, <br /> higher density pockets, the population density alone is likely not 1-2 oltl�reanshnroRe o6 - U r <br /> ■Z 5 4�t6 ._ yf 4 <br /> enough to support frequent fixed-route transit service outside of ■5 P ��J <br /> 10, - _----- 'E sai <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro. -- ------ <br /> n� <br /> 0­5­9ocncnroxoeo <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 3-2 <br />