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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Existing Conditions SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN <br /> Figure 16: OCTS Service Span and Frequency <br /> Service Performance <br /> Weekday <br /> Hillsborough Circulator Ridership on OCTS's demand response services declined <br /> Orange-Alamance Connector <br /> Orange-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 /> MobiliryOnDemand same steep decline in 2020 but decreased in 2018 and again in <br /> Saturday6A 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6P 7 8 9 2021 (Figure 20). <br /> Mobility On Demand <br /> The pandemic and resulting changes to commute patterns, paired <br /> Frequency with vehicle and driver shortage challenges at the agency, have <br /> Hourly led to significant on-the-ground changes to the services being <br /> Demand Response offered in recent years. These changes include route suspensions <br /> Demand Response and service hour changes, often without significant advertisement <br /> (Fridays only) 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 17:Annual Unlinked Passenger Trips by Service Type <br /> 60,000 Neighboring Transit Services <br /> 50,000 <br /> Along with OCTS, three other transit agencies operate bus routes <br /> 40,000 in Orange County: Piedmont Authority for Regional <br /> 30,000 Transportation (PART), GoTriangle, and Chapel Hill Transit. OCTS <br /> also operates in neighboring Alamance County, which is served <br /> 20,000 primarily by Alamance County Transportation Authority (ACTA) <br /> 10,000 and Link Transit. <br /> o PART operates transit service in the counties to the west of <br /> 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Orange and runs one route that extends into Orange County. <br /> --*—Fixed Route Demand Response PART Route 4 offers service from UNC Chapel Hill to Mebane <br /> Cone Health Park and Ride, and to Graham, Burlington, and <br /> Source: FTA NTD Greensboro. <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 4-2 <br />