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Orange County Transportation Agency Offers a New Training Device for Drivers
Play It Safe! is a throwback video game that reminds drivers about rules on bicycle/pedestrian safety
April 9, 2018
OC Roundup: Board of Supervisors Balk on Homeless Shelters, OCTA to Purchase Streetcar Vehicles
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.
March 30, 2018
Annual Program for Girls Shows What it Takes to Be a Transportation Engineer
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
March 8, 2018
Study: Cap-and-Trade-Funded Projects Overstate Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities
Many regional projects that get funding from cap-and-trade may not provide direct benefits to the disadvantaged communities they claim to be helping.
February 27, 2018
O.C. Draft Transit Master Plan Moves through Committee
Major decisions on Orange County's transit future and key bicycle and pedestrian projects will be decided at Monday's OCTA Board meeting.
February 9, 2018
Car Takes Flight in Santa Ana, Crashes into Second Floor of Dentist Office
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.
January 18, 2018
Streetcar, BRT Along Harbor Boulevard Rate Highest in OCTA Study of Transit Options
According to OCTA's criteria, a streetcar or bus rapid transit would best serve the needs of people using this busy corridor.
January 17, 2018
Q&A: OCTA’s Paul Martin on the Orange County Active Transportation Plan
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.
December 28, 2017
Lighting Up Ten-Lane Bristol Street
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.
December 27, 2017
Caltrans, OCTA to Host Public Hearing on Proposed I-405 Widening
OCTA is considering widening the I-405 through Irvine. Its EIR says that would not have any environmental impact.
December 4, 2017
