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