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One of Orange County’s most popular destinations, the OC Fair will return to Costa Mesa this summer with delicious food, great music, and packed parking lots. Those in the know can avoid traffic and parking hassles by jumping aboard the OC Fair Express, the special bus service that provides direct service to the fair Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from July 17 through August 16. The OC Fair ...

Measure M is on track to deliver transportation improvements to Orange County, according to a recent review. The half-cent sales tax is required to undergo a comprehensive review every 10 years of all projects and programs implemented under the Investment Plan (Plan). The first 10-year review (2006-2016) was recently completed. It evaluated the performance of the overall program and provided ...

Budget delivers bus and rail service while making conservative projections to plan for the future ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors today approved a balanced budget of $1.7 billion for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget keeps essential transportation improvements moving forward while responsibly planning for a balanced and sustainable ...

This report is framed around these five initiatives and highlights several of the projects and programs completed by OCTA throughout the year to improve Orange County’s transportation system which includes freeways and express lanes, bus and rail transit, ridesharing, commuter rail and active transportation.

Currently modifying plans and assembling invitation for bids construction package (re-bid)

OC Streetcar Background Funding: Project S Transit Extensions connects Metrolink (rail service) to activity Centers and communities formerly known as Measure M Federal Transit Administration (FTA) California Cap and Trade

1 The following activities are statutorily-exempt from deficiency determinations: interregional travel, traffic generated by the provision of low and very low income housing, construction rehabilitation or maintenance of facilities that impact the system, freeway ramp metering, traffic signal coordination by the state or multi-jurisdictional ...

ORANGE – Ken Phipps, the executive director of Finance and Administration for the Orange County Transportation Authority, has been selected to become the deputy chief executive officer of the agency. “Ken has a broad range of experience and financial expertise in the transportation industry as well as a comprehensive knowledge of OCTA’s programs, projects and services,” said Darrell E ...

OCTA offered bus rides to the OC Fair for $4 roundtrip from four locations throughout the county during the fair’s five-week run July 19 to Aug. 18. ORANGE – The OC Fair closed out its 2024 run and final tallies show that OC Fair Express helped thousands of attendees get there with an affordable and convenient ride on public transportation. In all, 17,717 people took the Orange County ...