The details of the proposed OCTA 150,000 March 2010 service hour cuts are now available and are outlined below. On November 23, 2009, the OCTA Board meets to vote on the proposed cuts. The new 150,000 hour plan details are only becoming available to the public now because this is a very recent development. Until recently, the plan was to cut 300,000 service hours. After research by the Transit Advocates of Orange County (TAOC) and other groups into possible sources of funding which could be used for bus operations funds, staff drafted a plan to cut 150,000 service hours in March 2010 with the possibility for another 150,000 hours to be cut at a later date if more state funding does not materialize.
Under the new proposed plan, some routes will be eliminated, other routes will be truncated or restructured, new routes will be created, and timetables will be changed. These cuts are in addition to the 233,000 hours cut between December 2008 - September 2009. If 150,000 additional hours are cut, a total of 383,000 service hours will have been slashed. Adding the potential additional 150,000 hour cut that could come if money does not come thru will bring the total to 533,000 total hours cut. Over half a million hours of bus service could be cut from the Orange County economy.
The OCTA Board of Directors meets on Monday, November 23 at 9 AM at OCTA Headquarters, 500 S Main Street, Orange, CA. If these proposed changes cause problems for you, you must let the OCTA Board and staff know before the public hearing. Come to the meeting to voice your opinion. Be forewarned that the OCTA directors have been cutting public comment time down - usually, it's 3 minutes, but time has been cut to 2 minutes and then 1 minute per speaker. At one meeting, a director suggested 10 seconds per speaker. Best advice - submit your comments in writing and take a card to speak.
Staff presentation about 150,000 hour cuts available here.
Night OWL
Night OWL service is proposed to be kept running until 1 AM on Lines 43,50, 57, and 60.
Eliminated Routes
62 - Huntington Beach to Santa Ana - Goldenwest Street/Hazard Avenue/Santa Ana Blvd
74 - Fountain Valley to Irvine - Segerstrom Avenue/Dyer Road/Barranca Parkway
75 - Tustin to Newport Beach - Harvard Avenue/Jamboree Road
76 - Huntington Beach to Newport Beach - Talbert Avenue/MacArthur Blvd - Headway changes from 35 to 45 minutes during peak; line eliminated on weekends
82 - Foothill Ranch to Laguna Niguel - Portola Parkway/Santa Margarita Parkway/Antonio Parkway/Crown Valley Parkway - line eliminated on Sunday
85 - Mission Viejo to Dana Point - Marguerite Parkway/Crown Valley Parkway - line eliminated on Sunday
86 - Costa Mesa to Mission Viejo - Alton Parkway/Jeronimo Road - line eliminated on Saturday
131 - Yorba Linda to Orange - Lakeview Avenue/Riverside Avenue/Tustin Avenue
147 - Brea to Santa Ana - Birch Street/Brea Blvd/Harbor Blvd/Raymond Avenue/Hester Street/La Veta Avenue
154 - Seal Beach to Westminster - Seal Beach Boulevard/Lampson Avenue/Edwards Street
172 - Huntington Beach to Costa Mesa - Main Street/Garfield Avenue/Ellis Avenue/MacArthur Blvd/Sunflower Street - eliminated on weekends
193 - Dana Point to San Clemente - Camino de los Mares/Camino Vera Cruz/Avenida Pico
693 - San Clemente - Avenida Pico/Camino La Pedriza
Deleted Segments
24 - Fullerton to Orange - Malvern Avenue/Chapman Avenue/Tustin Avenue - Delete western segment - see Line 167
29 - Brea to Huntington Beach - La Habra Blvd/Beach Blvd - Delete northern segment - see Line 129
43 - La Habra to Costa Mesa - Whittier Blvd/Harbor Blvd - Delete northern segment - see Line 143
47 - Brea to Newport Beach - Brea Blvd/Anaheim Blvd/Fairview Street - Delete northern segment - see Line 143
53 - Brea to Irvine - Main Street - Delete northern segment - see Line 153
57 - Brea to Newport Beach - State College Blvd/Bristol Street - Delete northern segment - see Line 153
58 - Brea to Irvine - Kraemer Blvd/Glassell Street/Grand Avenue/Von Karman Avenue - Delete northern segment - see Line 129
70 - Sunset Beach to Tustin - Edinger Avenue - Delete eastern segment - see Line 90
Change Headway (Timetable)
21 - Fullerton to Huntington Beach - Valley View Street, Bolsa Chica Road - Eliminate midday service period
25 - Fullerton to Huntington Beach - Knott Avenue/Golden West Street - Headway changes from 35 to 45 minutes
30 - Cerritos to Anaheim - Orangethorpe Avenue - Headway changes from 30/60 to 45 minutes
35 - Fullerton to Huntington Beach - Brookhurst Street - Headway changes from 20 to 30 minutes at peak, from 30 to 40 minutes off-peak
37 - La Habra to Fountain Valley - Euclid Street - Headway changes from 20 to 30 minutes at peak, from 30 to 40 minutes off-peak
50 - Long Beach to Katella - Katella Avenue - Headway changes from 20 to 30 minutes at peak, from 30 to 45 minutes off-peak, weekend from 30 to 60 minutes
55 - Santa Ana to Newport Beach - Standard Avenue/Bristol Street/Fairview Street/17th Street - Headway change from 20 to 30 minutes off-peak, from 22 to 30 minutes on weekend
64 - Huntington Beach to Tustin - Bolsa Avenue/1st Street - Headway changes from 12 to 15 minutes
66 - Huntington Beach to Irvine - McFadden Avenue/Walnut Avenue - Headway changes from 10 to 12 minutes; weekend changes from 12 to 14 minutes peak and from 20 to 30 minutes off-peak
72 - Sunset Beach to Tustin - Warner Avenue - Headway changes from 30 to 60 minutes off-peak
76 - Huntington Beach to Newport Beach - Talbert Avenue/MacArthur Blvd - Headway changes from 35 to 45 minutes during peak; line eliminated on weekends
89 - Mission Viejo to Laguna Beach - El Toro Road/Laguna Canyon Road - Weekend headway changes from 45/60 to 70/90
145 - Santa Ana to Costa Mesa - Raitt Street, Greenville Street/Fairview Street - Increase headway from 30 to 45 minutes on weekdays
New Routes
90 - Tustin to Dana Point - Irvine Center Drive/Moulton Parkway/Golden Lantern Street - replaces eastern half of Line 70
129 - Buena Park to Orange - Beach Blvd/La Habra Blvd/Birch Street/Kraemer Blvd - Replaces northern segments of Lines 29 and 59 - 60 minute headway during weekdays, 90 minute headway on weekends
143 - La Habra to Brea - Whittier Blvd/Harbor Blvd/Brea Blvd/Birch Street - Replaces northern segment of Lines 43 and 47, 75 minute headway
153 - Anaheim to Orange - State College Blvd/Placentia Avenue/Sunkist Street/Batavia Street - Replaces northern segment of Lines 53 and 57, 60 minute headway on weekdays, 80 minute headway on weekends
167 - Anaheim to Irvine - Tustin Avenue/Hewes Street/Bryan Avenue - Extends to include a segment of LIne 24 - headway goes from 60 to 45 minutes on weekdays, from 60 to 80 minutes on weekends
No Changes to These Routes
1 - Long Beach to San Clemente - Pacific Coast Highway
20 - La Habra to Yorba Linda - Imperial Highway
26 - Fullerton to Yorba Linda - Commonwealth Avenue/Yorba Linda Blvd
33 - Fullerton to Huntington Beach - Magnolia Street
38 - Lakewood to Anaheim Hills - La Palma Avenue
42 - Seal Beach to Orange - Seal Beach Blvd/Los Alamitos Blvd/Lincoln Avenue
46 - Los Alamitos to Orange - Ball Road/Taft Avenue
51 - Santa Ana to Costa Mesa - Flower Street
54 - Garden Grove to Orange - Chapman Avenue
56 - Garden Grove to Orange - Garden Grove Blvd
71 - Yorba Linda to Balboa - Tustin Avenue/Red Hill Avenue/Newport Blvd
79 - Tustin to Newport Beach - Irvine Blvd/Culver Drive/University Avenue
83 - Anaheim to Laguna Hills - 5 Freeway/Main Street
87 - Rancho Santa Margarita to Laguna Niguel - Alicia Parkway
91 - Laguna Hills to San Clemente - Paseo De Valencia/Camino Capistrano/Del Obispo Street
173 - Huntington Beach to Costa Mesa - Atlanta Avenue/Hamilton Avenue/Victoria Street/Orange Avenue/Fair Drive/Bear Street
175 - Irvine - Yale Avenue/Campus Drive
177 - Foothill Ranch to Laguna Hills - Lake Forest Drive/Muirlands Blvd/Los Alisos Blvd
178 - Huntington Beach to Irvine - Adams Avenue/Birch Street/Campus Drive
187 - Laguna Hills to Dana Point - El Toro Road/Aliso Creek Road/Niguel Road
188 - Laguna Hills to Irvine - Moulton Parkway/Irvine Center Drive/Alton Parkway/Ridge Route
191 - Mission Viejo to San Clemente - Rancho Viejo Road/Camino Capistrano/El Camino Real
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