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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNSHORT SIT TY <br /> Figure 21 shows where boardings are concentrated along the Orange-Alamance Connector <br /> Hillsborough Circulator. High ridership areas include: <br /> ■ Large apartment complexes, including Gateway Village Route Description <br /> and Coachwood apartments on Cheshire Drive and Eno The Orange-Alamance Connector is a fixed-route service that <br /> Haven Apartments connected activity centers in Hillsborough, Efland, and Mebane <br /> ■ Key shopping destinations, including the Hillsborough during the weekday midday period when the peak-only <br /> Walmart and Rebecca Drive Food Lion GoTriangle Orange-Durham Express (ODX) is not operating. Due <br /> ■ Triangle Sportsplex and Passmore Center to low ridership, the route is currently operating as a partially <br /> There are distributed hoardings along the downtown portions of <br /> demand-response service. When in full operation, the Orange- <br /> the route, and some limited ridership at other key stops. At key <br /> Alamance Connector ran bi-directional hourly service between 10 <br /> timepoint stops, 16% of trips arrived more than 5 minutes after AM and 3 PM Monday to Friday. <br /> their scheduled times. Figure 22: Orange-Alamance Connector Boardings,October 2023 <br /> Opportunities <br /> The Hillsborough Circulator connects the denser downtown _ <br /> environment, apartment complexes, and major shopping W <br /> GRANGE <br /> destinations, but operates in a challenging built environment <br /> outside of these main destinations. Ensuring the route takes the „.b... <br /> ENaed <br /> most direct path possible to the key ridership areas is essential in „a,...PaoFgpdp „idshernugh <br /> improving reliability and on-time performance. Return trips are <br /> Xkllsbereugh <br /> made less direct by the nature of a one-way loop, especially when eAe C p <br /> ALA„ANCE <br /> the route operates only hourly. Exploring options to create a bi- <br /> directional route, shortening the time it takes to complete a loop, <br /> or increasing frequency would all improve the rider experience. <br /> Cmn �w BwMnp. 11 <br /> Short hours of operation, including lack of service on weekends ° <br /> • <br /> and after 5 PM, also limit the potential uses for the route. _ <br /> A <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 4-6 <br />