OCTA Budget Outlook: Balanced, But Problems Loom
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Money from S.B.1 will allow OCTA to avoid deep service cuts on it buses, but if ridership continues decreasing, there will be hard choices to make in the future.
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Bike Month Comes to Orange County
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Bike Month in Orange County includes free Metrolink rides during Bike to Work Week, and early morning bike rally, a chance to ride with Caltrans, and the annual Ride of Silence.
OC Streetcar to Receive $50 Million in Federal Funding
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The OC Streetcar got a reprieve this week when it was included in Congress's recently agreed-upon funding package. If it is signed by President Trump, the Garden Grove-to-Santa Ana streetcar project would receive $50 million from the federal New Starts program, which faces an uncertain future under the current administration.
How Can We Jump-Start Progressive Transportation Planning in the O.C.?
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There’s a truism among advocates for making streets safer for all users: Before an area can walk the walk, they will spend a couple of years talking the talk. That means that before cities and counties and communities begin building the bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure to calm traffic and make streets safe, there will be […]
High-Speed Rail Authority Discusses Routes to Anaheim
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California high-speed rail proposes to use the existing rail alignment between L.A.'s Union Station and ARTIC in Anaheim. That will require some modifications, including a number of grade separations.
15,000+ Bicyclists, Pedestrians Come Out to Garden Grove’s 3rd Open Streets Event
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More than 15,000 people came out to bike and walk in Garden Grove's Open Streets event on Saturday. The 2.5-mile route stretched from Main Street to West Street and had some streets closed to cars, streets with mixed traffic, and a one-mile pop-up protected bike lane.