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Existing Conditions ORASHORT NGE CGE OUNSIT TY <br /> 6 OPPORTUNITIES <br /> OCPT serves essential transportation needs in Hillsborough and Strengthen the Hillsborough Circulator, focusing on on- <br /> rural Orange County through a patchwork of fixed route and time performance, travel time, and service hours <br /> demand response services, coordinated with multiple transit and Explore New Service Opportunities <br /> human services agencies throughout the region. The SRTP will <br /> Explore options for low-cost service to grocery stores <br /> build upon the identified gaps and opportunities when <br /> recommending improvements to transportation in Orange • Increased access to employment opportunities, including <br /> County. non-traditional work hours <br /> Based upon the findings of the Existing Conditions report, OCPT • Invest in a Mebane circulator in partnership with other <br /> can continue to improve transportation and grow alongside the transit providers <br /> communities of Orange County by focusing on making it easier to Better Leverage Available Funding <br /> ride existing services, making it easier to pay for transportation, ■ Balance available resources to favor more productive and <br /> improving the operations of existing services, exploring the needed services <br /> development of new services, and better leveraging currently . Ensure Medicaid-eligible trips are being reimbursed to the <br /> available funding. Key opportunities under each of these fullest extent possible <br /> improvement categories include: <br /> Improve Fare Payment <br /> Make Services Easier to Use <br /> ■ Streamline fare payment methodology across services <br /> ■ Communicate with the public about available services, <br /> including better advertising MOD service and clarifying • Explore possibility of subsidized passes for MOD <br /> the partial suspension of the Orange-Alamance Connector These findings will be supplemented by robust public outreach to <br /> ■ Invest in better bus stop amenities understand what current and potential riders want most from <br /> • Coordinate services with regional providers, including OCPT, and integrated into proposals for further review at a later <br /> GoTriangle, Chapel Hill Transit, and PART stage of the SRTP. <br /> Improve Existing Services <br /> ■ Invest in Demand Response outside of main towns and <br /> corridors <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 6-1 <br />