Monday's OCTA meeting at 9 AM starts and ends with changes to the bus system. First on the agenda, taking only 150,000 hours of cuts instead of the originally proposed 300,000 hour cuts in March 2010. Transit Advocates of Orange County (TAOC) has worked hard and diligently with OCTA staff to find ways to keep from making the massive cut as long as possible. The OCTA Board will vote on this proposal first on the agenda.
The Bristol Street flip, which if pulled off will help prevent more cuts in March 2010, is moving money from the Bristol Street Widening project to the bus operations account. The money moved from Bristol Street Widening would be backfilled with Measure M1 money. This move is made possible by money for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was used for the Bristol Street Widening, but BRT is not out of the Bristol project. The first part of the trick, moving M1 money to the Bristol project, needs to be done before the Bristol money can be moved to bus operations.
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