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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN <br /> 1 OVERVIEW <br /> Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC MPO) Executive Board, and <br /> Orange County the GoTriangle Board of Trustees. <br /> Transportation Services Short Range Transit Plan <br /> Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) provides fixed- g <br /> route bus, demand response, and microtransit services The projects and priorities identified in the Orange County Transit <br /> throughout Orange County, NC and to surrounding communities Plan and its updates inform the short-term planning efforts of <br /> within 10 miles. OCTS is one of three main public transit providers transit agencies that operate in Orange County, including OCTS. <br /> in Orange County, primarily serving the municipalities of The Orange County Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP) guides the <br /> Hillsborough and Mebane and the unincorporated areas of the improvement of OCTS transit through 2030. The SRTP analyzes <br /> County. Chapel Hill Transit provides service in Chapel Hill and existing service performance and markets, evaluates strategies for <br /> Carrboro, and GoTriangle connects the major regional improving transit, and recommends a year-by-year transit <br /> destinations. investment program through 2030. Development of the SRTP was <br /> overseen by the Core Technical Team, a group of key <br /> Orange County Transit Plan stakeholders meeting regularly to review and provide feedback <br /> throughout the SRTP process. Members of the Core Technical <br /> In 2012, voters in Orange County approved a half-cent sales tax Team include representatives from municipalities in the service <br /> to fund transit service and transit infrastructure improvements in area, regional agencies, and the other transit providers in the <br /> the county. Revenues from the Transit Tax support transit services county. Funding for identified projects is provided through <br /> provided by OCTS, Chapel Hill Transit, and GoTriangle, and are multiple sources, in addition to the funding allocated through the <br /> allocated based on the needs, values, and priorities laid out in the Orange County Transit Plan. <br /> Orange County Transit Plan and subsequent updates. The 2022 <br /> Orange County Transit Plan Update guides the allocation of <br /> revenue from the transit tax over the next 20 years. The Orange <br /> Transit Governing Boards include the Governance ILA parties, <br /> which consists of the Orange Board of County Commissioners, the <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 1 <br />