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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Existing Conditions SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN <br /> 6 OPPORTUNITIES <br /> OCTS serves essential transportation needs in Hillsborough and <br /> rural Orange County through a patchwork of fixed route, rural Improve Existing Services <br /> demand response, and MOD services, coordinated with multiple <br /> transit and human services agencies throughout the region, and Invest in Demand Response outside of main towns and <br /> connects rural residents to all urban areas in and around the corridors <br /> county. The SRTP will build upon the identified gaps and • Strengthen the Hillsborough Circulator, focusing on on- <br /> opportunities when recommending improvements to time performance, travel time, and service hours <br /> transportation in Orange County. ■ Improve performance by expanding the fleet and <br /> Based upon the findings of the Existing Conditions report, OCTS continuing to recruit operators. <br /> can continue to improve transportation and grow alongside the Explore New Service Opportunities <br /> communities of Orange County by focusing on making it easier to ■ Explore options for free and low-cost service to grocery <br /> ride existing services, making it easier to pay for transportation, stores, social services, and senior centers <br /> improving the operations of existing services, exploring the 0 Increased access to employment opportunities, including <br /> development of new services, and better leveraging currently non-traditional work hours <br /> available funding. Key opportunities under each of these <br /> improvement categories include: Invest in a Mebane circulator in partnership with other <br /> transit providers <br /> Make Services Easier to Use ■ Identify potential capital improvements to improve speed <br /> ■ Communicate with the public about available services, and reliability, such as transit emphasis corridors. <br /> including better advertising for all services, particularly <br /> MOD, and clarifying the on-demand status of the Orange- Better Leverage Available Funding <br /> Alamance Connector ■ Balance available resources to favor more productive and <br /> ■ Invest in better bus stop amenities needed services <br /> ■ Improve pedestrian and bike access to transit ■ Ensure Medicaid-eligible trips are being reimbursed to the <br /> fullest extent possible <br /> ■ Coordinate services with regional providers, including <br /> GoTriangle, Chapel Hill Transit, PART, ACTA, and Link ' Explore ways to leverage additional transit tax and federal <br /> Transit dollars <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 6-1 <br />