The Orange County Transportation Authority is now streaming their board meetings online following reporting by Voice of OC and a joint investigation with Chapman University students detailing how it’s one of the last big agencies to not video broadcast their meetings.
Tag: Darrell Johnson
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Johnson: OCTA Continues to Evolve OC Bus System to Best Serve Orange County Riders
OC Bus service, run by the Orange County Transportation Authority for 52 years, continues to grow and thrive. OCTA is working hard to evolve transit service, putting available resources where they are most needed and offering innovative programs to best serve the needs of riders across Orange County.
Posted inTransportation
Santana: OC Transit Officials Want to Gut Oversight on Local Road Taxes
OCTA officials are poised at an upcoming Jan. 22 hearing to quietly change a 2006 transportation ballot initiative approved by voters, removing sign off from the County Auditor Controller after he raised questions about lack of strong auditing.
Posted inTransportation
What’s Happening This Year With Transportation in OC? How Should Dollars Be Invested?
A host of transportation improvements are coming to Orange County over the next year, largely on freeways. Some say there needs to be more focus on making it safer and more usable to walk, bike and ride the bus.
Posted inTransportation
Will OC Bus Service Be Able to Keep Up with Demand?
There’s a looming funding problem on the horizon after pandemic funding ends. Will officials find a solution?
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, NEWS, Top Stories, Transportation
Scores of OC Bus Drivers Employed Through Private Contractors Laid Off During Public Health Crisis
While bus drivers and operations employees directly employed by OCTA get to keep their jobs and even their pay as some stay home, bus drivers employed through two private contractors the agency gives money to have been laid off, and will see their benefits follow their jobs out the door.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Health & Wellness, NEWS, Top Stories, Transportation
OC Buses Cutting Down Service Amid Coronavirus Fears
It’s the first round of cuts to bus service transportation officials have made responding to the public safety crisis, which has caused sharp drops in bus boardings for an agency that sees ridership fall year-by-year.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories, Transportation
Audit: OCTA Staff Lowered Performance Standards for Contractor
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) managers secretly lowered performance standards for a bus contractor with a history of late buses and missed trips, effectively making the contractor look better in monthly performance reports.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Top Stories, Transportation
Orange County’s Bus Program Faces Grim Future
With bus ridership continuing to decline, Orange County Transportation Authority officials say their bus program is at a crossroads.
Posted inAnaheim, Transportation
Streetcar Apparently Still a Possibility in Anaheim
Last month, Anaheim City Council members thought they had killed any and all plans for a streetcar in their city. But this week, the Orange County Transportation Authority’s board made it clear that a streetcar on Harbor Boulevard is still up for discussion.
