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Existing Conditions ORANGE CGE OUNTN <br /> SIT PLAN <br /> Figure 22 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 <br /> 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 11 <br /> The Hillsborough Circulator connects the denser downtown = <br /> environment, apartment complexes, and major shopping <br /> destinations, but operates in a challenging built environment <br /> ORANGE <br /> outside of these main destinations. Ensuring the route takes the Efland-CheaNa <br /> Bgmmgn,yCanfar <br /> 14 a°artlings <br /> most direct path possible to the key ridership areas is essential in =� „shone <br /> 70 Efiend gPa <br /> improving reliability and on-time performance. Return trips are ; „abanaC°na Hillsborough <br /> Naelfh Parka Ritle <br /> made less direct by the nature of a one-way loop, especially when 1Baartli <br /> Hillsb°rqugA <br /> the route operates only hourly. A counter-loop with expanded o B°mm°°a <br /> -,I o 19aa4 aq <br /> ALAMANCE <br /> service hours is planned for the upcoming fiscal year, providing <br /> shorter travel times and more flexibility. ° <br /> range-Alamance <br /> Co onector B°artlinga <br /> • � O <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 4-6 <br />