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Calendar   Orange County
Location UCI - University Club, 801 East Peltason Drive Irvine, 92697
Date Monday, July 11, 2016 at 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration   3 hours
Details _____________ Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/copy-of-oc-streetcar-project-registration-25819429609?ref=ebapi _____________   Please join ASCE Orange County's Transportation Technical Group (TTG) at UCI on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, as we welcome Jim Beil, Executive Director of Capital Programs with the Orange County Transportation Authority, as he provides an update on the latest developments on the OC Streetcar Project. To complement Orange County’s Metrolink service, passengers need a way to get to their final destination after getting off a train. Through Transit Extensions to Metrolink, a Measure M program intended to broaden the reach of Orange County’s backbone rail system to key employment, population, and activity centers, the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove developed a fixed guideway project that would address this need.  After evaluating many alternatives and extensive outreach, a streetcar was chosen as the preferred alternative. Expected to begin operations in 2020, the OC Streetcar will link the bustling Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC), which provides regional rail, OCTA bus, and intercity and international bus services, to a new multimodal hub at Harbor Boulevard/Westminster Avenue in Garden Grove. Along the way, OC Streetcar will connect directly with 18 OCTA bus routes. OC Streetcar will serve the historic downtown Santa Ana and Civic Center which includes government offices, federal, state and local courthouses, unique restaurants and shops, an artists’ village, several colleges and a variety of community enrichment organizations. OC Streetcar will increase transportation options and provide greater access along its 4.15-mile route (in each direction) along Santa Ana Boulevard, 4th Street, and the Pacific Electric right-of-way to Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove. We hope you will join us. Special thanks to HNTB for sponsoring this meeting!   https://www.facebook.com/ASCEOCtransportationtechnicalgroup
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