While county leaders are celebrating the end of the project a decade in the making, many of the business owners surrounding it say the construction wrecked their livelihoods.
Tag: OC Streetcar
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Pelleriti: Streets, Cars, and Streetcars
The discrepancy in how freeway vs. public transit projects are scrutinized in the U.S. is hard to understate. Nowhere is that better demonstrated than the OC Streetcar.
Posted inTransportation
How Did the Santa Ana Streetcar Construction End up Costing Over $150 Million Per Mile?
A grand jury investigation found that the project has more than doubled its original budget and hasn’t shown any tangible benefits for the community.
Posted inTransportation
What’s Behind the OC Streetcar Construction Along Harbor Blvd and on Fairview St?
The OC Streetcar, connecting Santa Ana and Garden Grove along Harbor Blvd. will be under construction until the end of 2025.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Johnson: OCTA Continues to Invest in a Balanced Transportation System
It’s an active, exciting year for transportation in Orange County, with OCTA leading more than $4 billion in investments. Whether you walk, bike, take the bus, train, carpool or drive alone, we continue to fulfill the mission of keeping Orange County moving safely with a balanced, equitable and sustainable transportation network.
Posted inSanta Ana
How the OC Streetcar Put Downtown Santa Ana on A New Path
Downtown Santa Ana’s Latino merchants politically mobilized against a rail project that impacted their sales and a downtown economic group they say doesn’t represent them.
Posted inTop Stories
Downtown Santa Ana Merchants Demand OC Transit Agency Cushion OC Streetcar Impacts
Since their first protest earlier this year, Calle Cuatro business owners have received help from city and county grants, but they say it’s not enough. Merchants are now demanding OCTA step in with monetary resources.
Posted inTransportation
$1.2 Million in Aid On the Way for Santa Ana Merchants Hit by OC Streetcar Construction
That could mean up to $5,000, $10,000, and $20,000 grants to individual businesses, depending on their size and employee workforce.
Posted inEquality & Equity
OC Supervisors Consider Whether to Financially Help Downtown Santa Ana Merchants Hurt By OC Streetcar Construction
Santa Ana city officials said yes. County transportation officials said no to small merchants trying to survive a $509 Million Dollar public works job tearing up downtown Santa Ana’s Fourth Street. What will county supervisors do today?
Posted inTransportation
OCTA Board Refuses to Bail Out Santa Ana Merchants Hit by Streetcar Construction
Officials for now will keep up the indirect assistance efforts, like signs and social media promotion, that downtown merchants say aren’t helping.
