Kristopher Fortin
Streetsblog California contributor, covering news in Orange County.
Recent Posts
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.
Car Takes Flight in Santa Ana, Crashes into Second Floor of Dentist Office
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Seventeenth Street is one of the wider streets in Santa Ana, with this stretch from curb to curb being more than 102 feet wide--the car flew more than fifty feet to reach that office's second floor.
Streetcar, BRT Along Harbor Boulevard Rate Highest in OCTA Study of Transit Options
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According to OCTA's criteria, a streetcar or bus rapid transit would best serve the needs of people using this busy corridor.
Q&A: OCTA’s Paul Martin on the Orange County Active Transportation Plan
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Streetsblog sat down in early November with Paul Martin, OCTA’s active transportation coordinator, to talk about OC Active, the outreach effort to develop the plan, and the next steps towards completing the plan.
Lighting Up Ten-Lane Bristol Street
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More than 45 people came out to a busy street in Santa Ana on December 14 to walk together and talk about the history and future of the surrounding area.