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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Existing Conditions SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN <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 an on-demand <br /> There are distributed hoardings along the downtown portions of <br /> service, where riders would call the County to receive a ride along <br /> the route, and some limited ridership at other key stops. At key <br /> the fixed alignment. When in full operation, the Orange-Alamance <br /> timepoint stops, 16% of trips arrived more than 5 minutes after Connector ran bi-directional hourly service between 10 AM and 3 <br /> their scheduled times. PM Monday to Friday. <br /> Figure 22: Orange-Alamance Connector Boardings, October 2023 <br /> Opportunities <br /> The Hillsborough Circulator connects the denser downtown s =� <br /> environment, apartment complexes, and major shopping , <br /> destinations, but operates in a challenging built environment _ W <br /> ORANGE <br /> outside of these main destinations. Ensuring the route takes the Eflantl-CheeNs <br /> commauy cancer <br /> l gaammge <br /> most direct path possible to the key ridership areas is essential in Mebane <br /> u Efl-d b <br /> improving reliability and on-time performance. Return trips are ; Mebanetnne ° Hillsborough <br /> NealtM1 Par Nd. <br /> made less direct by the nature of a one-way loop, especially when <br /> > i <br /> Hillsborough <br /> the route operates only hourly. A counter-loop with expanded p <br /> ALAMANCE a <br /> �4 <br /> service hours is planned for the upcoming fiscal year, providing <br /> shorter travel times and more flexibility. <br /> 41 <br /> o�aee toerZBwrtllrvga O <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 4-6 <br />