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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Existing Conditions SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN <br /> TRAVELFLOWS Many of the existing transit services in Orange County, operated <br /> by both OCPT and GoTriangle, only operate for parts of the day. <br /> Using data from Replica that models average daily traffic patterns As shown in Figure 12 and Figure 13, travel patterns during the <br /> of trips on all modes of transportation, the following maps show morning peak and mid-afternoon on weekdays differ only slightly. <br /> general flows of travel between census tracts in Spring 2023. During the morning peak, between 7 and 9 AM, travel patterns <br /> On an average weekday, the strongest travel flows were typically are mostly similar to the travel flows of the full day, with strong <br /> within the municipalities, with weaker flows across longer trip links within Chapel Hill and Hillsborough (Figure 12). Unlike <br /> distances (Figure 10). In particular, the strongest flows were: full day travel patterns, there are some stronger long-distance <br /> ■ Short trips within Chapel Hill, near UNC connections, including Durham to Chapel Hill and Chatham <br /> County to Chapel Hill. Travel flows are slightly lower during the <br /> ■ Trips to the center of Hillsborough from surrounding midday period (Figure 13) than in the morning. Mebane to <br /> areas Buckthorn continue to see strong travel flows. Trips to and from <br /> ■ Thousands of trips occur each day from the communities Durham are concentrated more in the north of Chapel Hill, rather <br /> between Mebane and Hillsborough (such as Efland and than to and from UNC. Flows on the US 70 and 1-40 corridor <br /> Buckthorn) into Mebane and Hillsborough. between Hillsborough and Mebane remain strong. <br /> As shown Figure 11, Saturday travel flows are slightly more locally <br /> contained than weekday, and lower overall, but follow similar <br /> patterns to the weekday travel flows. Strong travel flows occur <br /> between: <br /> ■ Mebane and the tracts on the western edge of Orange <br /> County, including the communities of Buckthorn and <br /> Efland <br /> ■ Northeast Orange County and Hillsborough <br /> ■ Downtown Hillsborough and surrounding communities <br /> ■ Within Chapel Hill, including short trips between areas <br /> further from UNC <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 3-9 <br />