Public Hearing
RE: Bus Service Reduction Programs
October 26, 2009
that the OCTA Board of Directors will hold a public hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, October 26, 2009, at OCTA Headquarters, 1st Floor, Room 154, 600 South Main Street, Orange, CA. The public hearing shall be for the purpose of considering service reductions.
Every bus route in the system is under evaluation and may be impacted by the following types of changes: reduction in frequency of service, deletion of selected trips, changes to the hours of operation, shortening entire routes, eliminating routes with the lowest ridership, and route restructuring.
Approved changes will become effective March 14, 2010 or later.
The potential service changes fall under Section 5 (i)(3) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (Federal Transit Act, as amended), as well as the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Public Hearing Process for Service and Fare Changes Policy, and thus require a public hearing.
The service areas affected by the service reductions include Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties.
No person, families or businesses will be displaced by the service reductions.
The bus service reduction is necessary as a result of state and local revenue declines and an analysis of sustainable bus service levels conducted by OCTA.
The bus service reductions may affect public transit availability for the elderly and persons with disabilities who utilize fixed-route bus and ACCESS paratransit service. ACCESS service will continue to be provided within
¾ miles of and during the same days and hours as the fixed route bus service.
Interested persons may submit, orally or in writing, comments and feedback regarding the bus service reductions. A detailed description of the proposed bus service reductions will be available for public review between September 24, 2009 and October 26, 2009. Please contact the Clerk of the Board, Wendy Knowles, at the OCTA Administrative Offices, 550 South Main Street, P.O. Box 14184, Orange, CA 92863-1584. Telephone: (714) 560-5676.
At the Public Hearing, the OCTA Board of Directors will afford interested persons or agencies an opportunity to submit, either orally or in writing, comments and feedback regarding the bus service reductions.
for the public hearing are invited to submit, orally or in writing, comments and feedback regarding the bus service reductions. Written comments may be addressed to the Clerk of the Board:
Wendy Knowles, Clerk of the Board
Orange County Transportation Authority
550 South Main Street
P.O. Box 14184
Orange, CA 92863-1584
Telephone (714) 560-5676
Or call OCTA Customer Relations at (714) 636-RIDE, extension 2, or from South Orange County (800) 636-RIDE, extension 2.