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NGE <br /> TYANSIT <br /> Existing Conditions SHOR TRANGI TROUNLAN <br /> Figure 15: OCPT Service Span and Frequency <br /> Service Performance <br /> Weekday <br /> Hillsborough Circulator Ridership on OCPT's demand response services declined <br /> Drange-Alamance Connector <br /> Drange-Chapel Hill Connector significantly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and <br /> ROAP Demand Response continued to decline in 2021. Fixed route ridership did not see the <br /> Mobility On Demand same steep decline in 2020 but decreased in 2018 and again in <br /> sect,rosy <br /> 2021 (Figure 20). <br /> Mobility On Demand <br /> The pandemic and resulting changes to commute patterns, paired <br /> with vehicle and driver shortage challenges at the agency, have <br /> 7(Fridays <br /> 7only) <br /> led to significant on-the-ground changes to the services being <br /> offered in recent years. These changes include route suspensions <br /> and service hour changes, often without significant advertisement <br /> to the public. These challenges and changes make exact <br /> comparisons over time difficult on the level of an individual route <br /> or service. <br /> Figure 16:Annual Unlinked Passenger Trips by Service Type <br /> 60,000 Neighboring Transit Services <br /> 50,000 <br /> Along with OCPT, three other transit agencies operate bus routes <br /> 40,000 in Orange County: PART, GoTriangle, Chapel Hill Transit. <br /> 30,000 Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) operates <br /> 20,000 transit service in the counties to the west of Orange and runs one <br /> 10,000 route that extends into Orange County. PART Route 4 offers <br /> service from UNC Chapel Hill to Mebane Cone Health Park and <br /> 0 Ride, and to Graham, Burlington, and Greensboro. <br /> 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 <br /> GoTriangle serves Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties with six <br /> tFixed Route tDemand Response all-week and all-day routes, four peak-only routes on weekdays, <br /> and 7 regional express routes that run during peak hours all week. <br /> Source: FTA NTD Two routes serve similar corridors to OCPT routes: the ODX and <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 4-2 <br />