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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNSIT TY <br /> A local match is not required for EDTAP and EMPL, but a in 2022, with funding for MOD and other transit services in <br /> minimum 10% local match is required for RGP. ROAP funds can Orange County. <br /> also be used to leverage FTA Section 5310 and 5311 funds. The Plan is funded through a series of Orange County taxes and <br /> State Maintenance Assistance Program fees approved by voters: <br /> ■ Half-Cent Sales and Use Tax <br /> The State Maintenance Assistance Program (SMAP) provides state <br /> funds designed to assist urban, small urban, and regional transit ' 5%Vehicle Rental Tax <br /> service providers with funding the non-federal share of • $3 increase to the GoTriangle Regional Vehicle <br /> operational expenses. Funds are allocated annually through a Registration Fee <br /> formula. Funds can be used only for FTA Section 5307-eligible ■ $7 County Vehicle Registration Fee <br /> operating costs and cannot exceed the amount of the local fund <br /> match. Medicaid Transportation <br /> Non-emergency medical transportation provided by OCTS is <br /> Transportation Demand Management funded by Orange County's Department of Social Services, which <br /> Public organizations responsible for the promotion of gets reimbursed from the state's Medicaid program. North <br /> Transportation Demand Management (TDM) activities may apply Carolina expanded access to Medicaid in December 2023, so <br /> for matching funds for strategies that promote the use of OCTS may be able to provide more medical trips soon. <br /> transportation options other than single-occupancy vehicles. The <br /> program funds up to 50% of the total expenses associated with Fares <br /> TDM programs, including the creation of a new TDM Plan for an OCTS charges a variety of fares for its services. For fixed routes, <br /> agency. the Hillsborough Connector is free of charge, while the Orange- <br /> Alamance Connector and the Orange-Chapel Hill Connector are <br /> Local Sources $2 for the general public. Demand response services range from <br /> fare-free to $12.75, depending on eligibility and type of service. <br /> Orange County Transit Plan The Mobility on Demand service is $5 one way. Changes to the <br /> Originally adopted in 2012 as the Bus and Rail Investment Plan, fare structure can influence the funding available for transit <br /> the Orange County Transit Plan was updated in 2017 and service in Orange County, though fares are a small piece of total <br /> provides for funding to OCTS, GoTriangle, and Chapel Hill Transit revenue. <br /> for improvements to transit services. The Plan was updated again <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 5-3 <br />