The District will try to secure a bus driver to provide a $600 fee based bus service to students in an area where parents say there is a high need.
Category: Transportation
Posted inTransportation
South OC Toll Road Extension Worries Emerge as Supervisors Back New Roads for 14,000 Homes
A new plan for South County roads raises the possibility of a toll road extension, while some question why the developer isn’t paying for the streets that accommodate their project.
Posted inTransportation
Protest Alleges OC Politicians Derailed Fair Competition on $200 Million Toll Lanes Contract for 405 Freeway
The plan for toll lanes on America’s busiest freeway is attracting corruption allegations – with a multinational corporation saying Orange County politicians changed the rules of a competitive bidding process to steer a nearly $200 million contract to a lower-ranked firm that hired lobbyists who donated to their campaigns.
Posted inEducation
Ocean View School District Parents Call on Trustees to Resume Bus Services For All Students
District officials say the expensive cost of transportation has made them get rid of some bus services. Now parents are speaking up to get those services back.
Posted inTransportation
Westminster Mobile Home Park Residents Plea for Help to Make Driveway Less Dangerous
The residents have struggled for months with dangerous driving conditions when entering and exiting their community with no promise of change in sight. Some fear somebody can get killed.
Posted inTransportation
Proposed Rail Project Along Eroding South OC Coastline Comes Under the Microscope
The project is pushed as an alleviator of traffic, pollution and rail system bottleneck issues. Critics question why a new train siding track needs to be built right along an eroding coast.
Posted inOutdoors
Local Boaters Living at Dana Point Harbor Protest Boat Slip Rental Hikes
Boaters are waking to the reality that redevelopment of the harbor means higher dock fees for them.
Posted inLaguna Beach
Laguna Beach to Examine Gradually Switching to Electric Vehicle Fleet
The city may be the first in Orange County to gradually transition its motor pool to zero emission city owned vehicles.
Posted inTransportation
OC Toll Roads Face Existential Questions While Santa Ana Mayor Questions City’s Place in Agency
A new report by Orange County Grand Jurors is again fueling questions of whether the agency has outlived its purpose.
Posted inGovernment
San Clemente Officially Breaks From County Toll Roads Agency, Setting Up Potential Lawsuit
In a 4-1 vote Tuesday night, City Council members called out the agency for failing to pay off its debts and questioned what purpose it served 20 years after it finished its original mission.
