Orange County Transportation Authority
| Orange County Transportation Authority | |
|---|---|
 
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| Basic information | |
| Web presence | http://www.octa.net/ |
| Board | Gregory T. Winterbottom |
| Lines | |
| bus | 77 |
| number of vehicles | |
| Omnibuses | 591 |
| statistics | |
| Residents in the catchment area |
3.01 million |
The Orange County Transportation Authority , commonly referred to as the OCTA , is the largest local transit company in Orange County , California .
history
The predecessor of the OCTA was founded in 1972 after a referendum as Santa Ana Transit. After other smaller transport companies formed in Orange County over the years, the Santa Ana Transit merged with several of them and renamed itself the Orange County Transit District (OCTD). In 1991 the OCTA was finally founded as an amalgamation of seven different traffic authorities. These goods:
- Orange County Transportation Commission
- Orange County Transit District
- Consolidated Transportation Services Agency
- Orange County Local Transportation Authority
- Orange County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies
- Orange County Congestion Management Agency
- Orange County Service Authority for Abandoned Vehicles
bus
OCTA operates a total of 77 bus routes that reach every city in Orange County. In addition, some lines run into the counties of Los Angeles , Riverside , and San Diego . So there are z. For example, a junction across from Cal State Long Beach, and lines 701 and 721 take the Harbor Transitway to downtown LA . The bus routes are numbered according to their different types:
- 1-99 are regular bus routes that travel the county's major roads.
- 100–199 are offshoots of earlier lines that mainly use residential areas.
- 200–299 mostly use the freeways that lead to industrial areas.
- 400–499 are special shuttles that travel to Metrolink train stations and whose departure times depend on the trains.
- 700–799 are so-called intercounty express routes. Most of these run on freeways and are designed to reach nodes with large distances as quickly as possible (e.g. Fullerton- Downtown Los Angeles in 30 minutes).
All buses have a bicycle harness that is attached to the outside of the bus and can transport up to two bicycles at the same time. Bicycles may only be taken on board a bus if there is no more space on the bicycle harness and it is the last trip of the day.
The hub with most bus routes is the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa . 12 lines stop there (51, 55, 57, 76, 86, 145, 172, 173, 211, 216, 464 and 794). The longest journey is Line 1. This is about 60 km long, takes an average of 2.5 hours and runs from Cal State Long Beach along the Pacific Coast Highway to beyond the city limits of San Diego .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2011-2012 Fiscal Year, also line 543 since 2013
- ↑ http://octa.net/Bus-Transit/Routes-and-Schedules/Express-Bus/?terms=Downtown%20Los%20Angeles ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective . Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
