The Orange County Maintenance Facility (OCMF), to be constructed of Ridge Valley in Irvine, California, will serve as a place to store and service Metrolink trains in Orange County to help meet long-term public transportation needs by accommodating current and future operations.
He explained that OCTA is learning through experience, implementing transportation planning with an eye toward equity with a growing focus on ensuring that equitable projects and services are provided to serve an increasingly diverse Orange County.
For the eighth year, OCTA hosted students from the Transportation Academy sponsored by The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) of Orange County. The academy educates undergraduate and graduate college students on different facets of the transportation industry. During the virtual presentation on August 3 to 30 students, CEO Darrell E. Johnson, Deputy CEO Jennifer L. Bergener, and staff ...
This article originally appeared in the Voice of OC South Orange County residents will spend most of this year continuing to confront occasional construction-related congestion and late-night freeway segment closures along the I-5 in areas like Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills and Lake Forest. But the end is in sight for the series of freeway construction efforts that have been ...
The corridor is largely built-out with residential, business, and developments continuing to put pressure on public transportation and increasing the need for mobility choices. OCTA is studying a 23-mile stretch of the SR-91 in Orange County from the Los Angeles County to Riverside County lines.
The San Juan Capistrano train station opened in 1894. The station closed in 1966 and railroad service to the town ended, but it reopened in 1974 after Amtrak reinstated service. The station is in historic downtown near Camino Capistrano and Verdugo Street, a short walk from Mission San Juan Capistrano.
OCTA issued its annual call for projects aimed at improving traffic flow and reducing congestion throughout Orange County. Approximately $45 million is available through the Regional Capacity Program, which funds improvements that increase mobility at major intersections and provide smoother transitions to the highway system, and the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program, which ...
Caltrans, the Orange County Transportation Authority, the city of San Juan Capistrano, residents, businesses, and the contractor collaborated to alleviate major traffic congestion along the I-5 and Ortega Highway (SR-74) interchange.
This effort enables endangered species, like the native Arroyo chub fish, to move more freely and naturally and contributes to restoring Orange County’s ecosystem. With OCTA funding, the United States Forest Service (USFS) removed the original targeted 14 dams from San Juan Creek, plus additional dams and dam remnants in the other creeks.
OCTA’s Teen Council is a win-win for participating high school students and Orange County. Suspended during the pandemic, the Teen Council has resumed and OCTA is recruiting students interested in transportation-related discussions and projects. Those selected will be part of projects focused on transportation planning, marketing, ridesharing, other transit modes, environmental equity and ...