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ORANGE COUNTY Existing Conditions SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN Route Performance weekday AM peak and the midday period when the peak-only The Orange-Alamance Connector was the lowest performing GoTriangle Route 420 is not operating. The OCH operates along OCPT fixed-route service pre-pandemic, with 45 total hoardings Hwy 86, serving downtown Hillsborough, UNC Hospital in October 2019. In October 2023, operating as a demand Hillsborough Campus and Durham Tech Community College, response service, 16 trips were attributed to the Orange- Eubanks Park and Ride, and key destinations in Chapel Hill, as well Alamance Connector. As shown in Figure 22, all but two of those as additional local stops. The route operates Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. boardings were at the Efland-Cheeks Community Center. Opportunities Route Performance The Orange-Alamance Connector has limited service hours, Due to data collection complications, accurate recent ridership operating outside of core travel times, with potentially confusing information is not available for the OCH, although some trends differences from the peak-period service offered by the can be observed. In October 2019, there were 728 boardings for GoTriangle ODX. While the route is not operating on the ground, o the route total, 70% of which were on southbound trips. In limited the OCPT website does not show it as suspended or replaced by January 2024 data, 88% of the 130 boardings occurred on demand response. Midday service along this corridor may be southbound trips. better served by demand response or microtransit service, Opportunities integrating the trips into the already existing alternatives and better advertising the service to the public. The Orange-Chapel Hill Connector serves to fill the midday service gap of Route 420 as well as provide service to local stops Mebane is a growing area with strong pockets of density that may during the AM period while the 420 is operating. Given the be supportive of fixed route transit service, but even when the imbalance in northbound and southbound boardings, it is likely Orange-Alamance Connector is fully operational, there is limited that riders are taking the OCH in one direction and the 420 in the bus service available locally. other. Strong coordination between OCPT and GoTriangle is essential in serving those riders, as well as potential riders who Orange-Chapel Hill Connector may not know that is an available option. Identifying if there are unnecessary or duplicative trips between the OCH and 420 would Route Description also streamline service and potentially save money for either The Orange-Chapel Hill Midday Connector (OCH), also known as agency. Improved data collection would support this goal. the "Hill to Hill", connects Hillsborough and Chapel Hill during the Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 4-7