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“Hack for Health” Invites Residents to Build an App for a Healthy North Orange County
Hack for Health is sponsoring a contest to come up with the best local health-related app. Six finalists have been chosen, and this Saturday they will work with developers to bring their ideas to life.
June 21, 2017
Orange County Residents Get to Test Planned Bike/Ped Trail Connections
An Active Streets event on Saturday called Connect the Loop created a pop-up demonstration of two street improvement projects, including a two-way parking-protected bike lane, giving residents an opportunity to try them out and weigh in on what works and what doesn't.
June 13, 2017
Santa Ana Safe Mobility Campaign Launches
A local community-based organization in Santa Ana launched a safe mobility campaign today that is aimed at improving pedestrian and vehicle safety. Santa Ana residents will lead the outreach and education effort.
June 9, 2017
OC’s Store-Front Bicycle Co-op Reopens in Santa Ana
The Bicycle Tree in Santa Ana was a victim of its own success, and rapidly running out of room. So it closed in March, to give it time to move to a bigger place. This Saturday it will re-open at its new address, 702 West 17th Street.
June 6, 2017
Community Groups Showcase Disease Prevention at Orange County Forum
Orange County received $4.1 million from the CDC to support government, education, and nonprofit entities working in Garden Grove, Santa Ana, and Anaheim on disease prevention. The projects that came out of these partnerships ranged from traditional—nutrition education and physical activity promotion—to boldly forward-thinking—funding the installation and design of a bicycle boulevard.
May 31, 2017
Bike Month: OCTA’s Annual Bike Rally
More than thirty cyclists came out to OCTA's Bike Rally Thursday morning at Orange Station. The roughly 3.5-mile route cut through Old Town Orange using side streets and the Santiago River Trail Bike Path.
May 19, 2017
BTWD in Orange County Showcases Santa Ana Bike Infrastructure Successes
Caltrans hosted its own Bike to Work Day in Santa Ana to showcase some of the work it's doing to improve biking infrastructure in downtown.
May 17, 2017
OCTA Budget Outlook: Balanced, But Problems Loom
Money from S.B.1 will allow OCTA to avoid deep service cuts on it buses, but if ridership continues decreasing, there will be hard choices to make in the future.
May 10, 2017
Bike Month Comes to Orange County
Bike Month in Orange County includes free Metrolink rides during Bike to Work Week, and early morning bike rally, a chance to ride with Caltrans, and the annual Ride of Silence.
May 8, 2017
OC Streetcar to Receive $50 Million in Federal Funding
The OC Streetcar got a reprieve this week when it was included in Congress's recently agreed-upon funding package. If it is signed by President Trump, the Garden Grove-to-Santa Ana streetcar project would receive $50 million from the federal New Starts program, which faces an uncertain future under the current administration.
May 5, 2017
