Starting on March 14, 2010, OCTA will cut 150,000 hours of service to make the amount of service offered more closely match the available budget. Unless more funds can be found, another 150,000 hours of service will be cut to balance the budget.
Full information about the service changes is available here http://www.octa.net/march2010impacts.aspx
Here is a summary of the changes:
Night Owl Elimination
All Days – Routes 43, 50, 57, and 60. No service from 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
Route Elimination & Options
Weekdays – Routes 62, 74, 75, 131, 147, 164, and 693. Saturdays – Routes 24, 76, 86, 172, 193, and 693. Sundays – Routes 24, 51, 76, 82, 85, 172, 193, and 693.
Frequency Reductions & Options
Weekdays – Routes 24, 25, 30, 35, 37, 50, 55, 64, 66, 71, 72, 76, 82, and 145. Saturdays/Sundays – Routes 29, 50, 55, 66, and 89.
Route Restructuring & Options
All Days – Routes 29, 43, 47, 53, 59, and 70. New routes: 90, 129, 143 and 153 will be added.
Trip Reduction & Options
Weekdays – Route 21, eliminate midday service from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
ACCESS Service will also be impacted. Details can be found here http://www.octa.net/access-service.aspx
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