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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNSIT TY changes or new facility construction. This plan also provides only services to reflect changing travel patterns. Relevant findings guidelines on public engagement. to Orange County are: ■ Ridership on the ODX and 420 have not recovered to pre- Orange County Transportation pandemic levels. Services ADA Paratransit Plan ' ODX ridership is heavily peak oriented, with nearly all passengers riding to Durham in the morning and from (2022) Durham in the afternoon. The Orange County Transportation Services ADA Paratransit Plan ' To improve speed and reliability for riders, route outlines the standards that OCPT must meet to provide sufficient alignment changes were recommended for both the ODX ADA and paratransit services. OCPT currently exceeds the and 420, with the potential for future service frequency required service standards for coverage and abides by all federally and span improvements beyond the time period of the mandated standards. Orange County operates ADA service within SRTP. 3/a-mile of each side of fixed route corridors 5 days a week from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Users must schedule their ride at least a day Chapel Hill Short-Range in advance in order to receive this service. Transportation Plan (2020) In addition to ADA service, OCTP offers MOD services, which do 1" not require advanced scheduling, and can pick up a passenger as Chapel Hill Transit's 2020 SRTP provides a roadmap for transit quickly as 30 minutes from the time of reservation. improvements in Chapel Hill and Carrboro for the next ten years. Recommendations include service expansion and demand- response zone additions. Additionally, Chapel Hill Transit wants to GoTriangle Short Range Transit ensure simple, direct, and consistent transit by minimizing route Plan (2023) deviations, operating along more direct paths and utilizing major arterials, and simplifying passenger facing materials. GoTriangle's Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP) provides a Recommendations in this SRTP that are particularly relevant to comprehensive assessment of the transit environment, service, OCPT is the consolidation of paratransit services where they and performance of regional transit in Durham, Orange, and overlap and continuing to look for effective ways to serve Wake Counties, and offers a set of recommendations up to FY28. commuter demand between service areas. The recommendations included simplification of routes, strengthening all-day regional connections, and adjusting peak- Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 6-8