November 5, 2007
Good for Employees, Employers Too
You can cut your cost of commuting with OCTA’s Employer Pass Program. Check with your employer–employees get an annual reduced-cost bus pass and employers may qualify for tax breaks by implementing the program. For a presentation to your company, contact Joanne Jacobsen at 714-560-5573.

Travel to Buena Park Gets Easier

Orange County’s 11th Metrolink station just opened in Buena Park. With Metrolink Weekends, you can take the train to Buena Park and ride free from the station to Knott’s Berry Farm on OCTA bus route 29 when you show your Metrolink ticket. For train schedules and fares, click here.

Thanksgiving Day Special Metrolink Service

This Thanksgiving take Metrolink visit family and friends and enjoy your weekend away from home. Tickets are available on November 22 at 25% off regular weekday fares between Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo Station and Downtown Riverside.

Smooth Sailing with no Toll Adjustment
Customers using the 91 Express Lanes will save time and money with no toll adjustment for the current quarter. If you would like to spend less time commuting, sign up for a 91 Express Lanes transponder.

Reducing Train Horn Noise

If you live near a grade crossing, train horns can affect your quality of life. That’s why OCTA is working with cities to establish quiet zones in these areas. The goal is to improve safety measures at highway-rail crossings so that train horn noise can be reduced.

Improving South County Traffic

If you live in South County, you know traffic volume has ballooned. Solutions to this growing problem are the focus of the South Orange County Major Investment Study. If you have ideas to improve travel from the San Diego County line to the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55), visit www.octa.net/socmis, take our online survey and give us your thoughts.
Improvements Move into the Fast Lane
Last November, nearly 70 percent of Orange County voters renewed Measure M, the half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements. OCTA’s Board of Directors recently approved an Early Action Plan to get more than $1.6 billion in freeway, streets and roads, and transit projects underway by 2012. Click here to check on the progress of these projects.