Agenda - 10-15-2024; 5-a - Short Range Transit Plan

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Existing Conditions ORA RANGE TROUNLAN GoTriangle serves Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties with six OCTS serves the Mebane Cone Health Park-and-Ride and the all-week and all-day routes, four peak-only routes on weekdays, Durham Tech OCC Park-and-Ride on the Orange-Alamance and 7 regional express routes that run during peak hours all week. Connector, and the Durham Tech OCC Park-and-Ride by the Two routes serve similar corridors to OCTS routes:the ODX and Orange-Chapel Hill Connector. the 420. The ODX is an express route that serves Hillsborough, Figure 18 Durham Tech OCC Park-and-Ride Bus Stop Efland, Mebane, and Durham during mornings and evenings. This route runs hourly at peak times, with three trips in the morning and three in the afternoon. Route 420 is a peak-only regional u � route that runs from UNC Chapel Hill to Hillsborough. Chapel Hill Transit is a fare-free radial transit service based around the UNC Chapel Hill campus. Chapel Hill Transit operates 20 fixed routes, 9 of which operate all week and the other 11 o operate on weekdays only. These routes facilitate local travel p Y Y - within Chapel Hill and Carrboro. !!!Kr- Transit Amenities and Facilities OCTS's bus stop amenities vary based on the size of the bus stop and nearby amenities. Working with GoTriangle, the two transit providers have made stop improvements in Orange County and the greater region. GoTriangle actively updates their Stop Improvement Map on their website with completed and in- progress bus stop amenity improvements. Shelters vary in size depending on the location, with larger shelters typically being placed at the end-of-line and park-and- rides and smaller shelters being placed at high volume ridership locations mid-route where space allows. The style of bench can also vary, with larger benches being placed inside of or nearby shelters and smaller seats located on the bus stop pole. Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 4-3