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[Sloan]

 

 

Santa Ana streetcar could spark new era of mass transit in O.C

A proposed Santa Ana streetcar route, to run from downtown to the edge of Garden Grove, could become the first leg of a countywide rail system that would change how residents get around.

It also could highlight a long-running argument about how best to run local mass transit – by bus or streetcar.

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[Sloan]

 

 

OC’s streetcar project gets $28M grant

Orange County’s planned streetcar project has received a $28 million state grant, officials said Tuesday.

The grant will cover a “mobile ticketing” project that is aimed at making it easier for riders to pay fares.

http://mynewsla.com/...gets-28m-grant/

[KevinKorell]

Opinion in Orange County Register, Anaheim, CA, 5/10/17:

 

 

Streetcar not good use of federal funds

 

Good money after bad keeps heading toward the Santa Ana streetcar. Last week, it was announced that the $298 million, 4.1-mile route was slated for $50 million in congressional funding. The Orange County Transportation Authority sees this as an indicator of federal support for the project, which the transportation agency is hoping the feds bankroll to the tune of $148 million in total.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Orange County Register, Anaheim, CA, 12/27/17:

 

 

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OCTA invites bids for streetcar project to run from Santa Ana to Garden Grove

 

 

The Orange County Transportation Authority recently approved an invitation for bids to build OC Streetcar, a proposed trolley that would run 4.1 miles through Santa Ana and Garden Grove.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Orange County Register, Anaheim, CA, 7/9/18:
 

Orange County streetcar costs top $400 million; construction start delayed until fall

 
 
Instead of starting this summer as anticipated, construction of the OC Streetcar in Santa Ana and Garden Grove has been pushed to the fall and the project’s cost estimates increased by more than $100 million.[/size]

 
 
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[CNJRoss]

The Orange County (CA) Register, 8/28/18:

OCTA is seeking public input on how the OC Streetcar vehicles should look

 

 

Three variations of orange, white and blue paint schemes are being considered for Orange County’s first streetcar system.

Board members of the Orange County Transportation Authority got a look on Monday at four proposed designs for the $400 million OC Streetcar that is expected to be running in Santa Ana and Garden Grove by 2021.

 

One design that used a lot of white around the skirt of the electric streetcars was rejected because of the potential for higher painting and maintenance cost. The other three designs will be shown to the community in upcoming workshops.

 

Four designs that were considered for the electric vehicles that would be used by the OC Streetcar. (Courtesy of the Orange County Transportation Authority)

 

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading, 9/10/18:
 

FTA allocates funds for Sound Transit, OC Streetcar projects

 

 

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is allocating nearly $200 million in Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program funds to transit-rail projects in California and Washington.

 

The agency is providing $100 million of appropriated fiscal-year 2018 funds to Sound Transit's Link extension to Lynnwood, Washington. The funding is in addition to another $100 million appropriated by Congress in FY2017.

 

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Meanwhile, the FTA also has set aside $98,955,409 for the Orange County Streetcar in Santa and Garden Grove, California, according to a report in Passenger Transport, the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) newspaper.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Orange County Register, Anaheim, CA, 9/24/18:

 

OCTA awards $220.5 million contract to build OC Streetcar; construction expected to start this year

 

 

The first modern streetcar in Orange County is expected to break ground by the end of the year, after county transit officials on Monday hired a construction firm to build it for $220.5 million.

 

 

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[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading, 11/30/18:
 

Orange County authority to launch streetcar construction

 

 

he Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony today for the OC Streetcar at a regional transportation center in Santa Ana, California.

Federal, state and local officials are invited to attend the event, including Acting Federal Transit Administrator K. Jane Williams, who is expected make a major funding announcement about the $408 million streetcar system.

Projected to begin serving passengers in late 2021, the OC Streetcar will run along a 4.1-mile route from the Santa Ana transportation center to a new station in Garden Grove.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Mass Transit, 12/5/19:

 

 

  OC Streetcar work in full swing as construction heads into second year  

 

 

 

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has announced construction on the modern electric streetcar is well underway one year after signing the full-funding grant agreement and groundbreaking the project.

 

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