Kristopher Fortin
Streetsblog California contributor, covering news in Orange County.
Recent Posts
SGV Connect 25: Bike Improvements in Monterey Park and a Look at Attempts to Roll Back the Gas Tax
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In Monterey Park, the city council narrowly passed a plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access throughout the city. In this week’s SGV Connect, Kris Fortin talks to Henry Lo about the state of play for bicycle advocacy in the city and its next steps. Lo, a member of the Monterey Park Unified School District […]
SGV Connect 24: Double Decker Buses and Open Space Funding
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Welcome back to SGV Connect. In today’s episode, our co-hosts conduct two interviews on the expansion of the Foothill Transit bus fleet and the arrival of open space funds in L.A. County. First, Kris Fortin follows up on the news (SGV Tribune, Forbes) that Foothill Transit is adding double-decker buses to their commuter fleet. Foothill […]
La Habra Is Making Moves Toward Becoming a More Walkable, Bikeable City
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The city of La Habra passed its first Bikeway Master Plan last year, is looking to pass its first Complete Streets Master Plan. It is being aided by a grant from St. Jude Medical Center, which recognizes the importance of street design on residents' health.
OCTA Transit Committee Revokes BRT/Streetcar Study for Central Harbor Boulevard
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Santa Ana and Garden Grove want to extend the OC Streetcar and improve transit, but Anaheim and Fullerton oppose a streetcar option--and any project that would take away a general-use lane for transit.
OCTA Board Approves Budget with No Bus Service Cuts for Coming Year
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OCTA plans to improve its transit service--but also to widen roads in the name of "congestion relief."
Report: Fragmented Orange County Stymies Nonprofits’ Growth, Political Clout
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"Connecting the Dots: A Discussion of the Structural Realities of Policy and Advocacy Efforts in Orange County," offers some solutions for overcoming barriers to nonprofits participating in and influencing policy discussions in the county.
Santa Ana’s First Protected Bike Lane! . . . Is the Result of a Street Widening
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One good does not cancel out a bad. And in the case of the freshly installed (and almost completed) protected bike lane on Bristol Street in Santa Ana, a lot of bad preceded this hallmark moment. The city started installing the Bristol Street protected bike lane over the weekend between Seventeenth Street and Washington Boulevard. […]
Orange County Transportation Agency Offers a New Training Device for Drivers
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Play It Safe! is a throwback video game that reminds drivers about rules on bicycle/pedestrian safety
OC Roundup: Board of Supervisors Balk on Homeless Shelters, OCTA to Purchase Streetcar Vehicles
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Orange County has been headlining state and national news for the past months--especially last week--because of the way the region is dealing, or not, with its homeless crisis.
Annual Program for Girls Shows What it Takes to Be a Transportation Engineer
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Here was an opportunity for more than 125 girls who attended the fourth annual Girls Engineering Day in Orange County to practice thinking like an engineer and to work with professional engineers
Study: Cap-and-Trade-Funded Projects Overstate Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities
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Many regional projects that get funding from cap-and-trade may not provide direct benefits to the disadvantaged communities they claim to be helping.
O.C. Draft Transit Master Plan Moves through Committee
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Major decisions on Orange County's transit future and key bicycle and pedestrian projects will be decided at Monday's OCTA Board meeting.