OCTA proposes route, schedule changes for September 2010

OCTA gave a preview of their bus system's proposed minor schedule and routing changes for this coming September 2010. OCTA staff are considering changes to 19 bus routes.

CEO Will Kempton wrote in a letter to the Transit Committee on June 24, 2010 on some of the proposed changes:

• Line 1 (Pacific Coast Highway): Restore winter schedule all days
• Line 20 (Imperial Highway): Adjust running time (operates weekdays only)
• Line 21 (Valley View St): Trip deletions weekdays due to low demand.
• Line 24 (Malvern Ave/Chapman Ave): Trip deletions weekdays due to low demand.
• Line 29 (Beach Boulevard): Adjust connections all days; increase service frequency on weekdays.
• Line 30 (Orangethorpe Avenue): Revise Anaheim Hills turnaround loop
• Line 43 (Harbor Boulevard): Adjust connections all days ; increase service frequency on weekdays.
• Line 47 (Anaheim Boulevard/Fairview Street): Adjust connections all days
• Line 50 (Katella): Increase service frequency on weekdays.
• Line 59 (Kraemer/Glassell/Grand/Von Karman): Saturday-Sunday improve headways from 90-minutes to 65-minutes
• Line 60 (Westminster Avenue/17th Street): Adjust weekday running times Line 64 (Bolsa Avenue/1st Street): Add weekday afternoon trip westbound
• Line 64 (1st St): Increase service frequency on weekdays.
• Line 70 (Edinger Avenue): Adjust weekday running times; revise turnaround loop at Tustin Station during construction all days of the week
• Line 76 (Talbert Avenue/MacArthur Boulevard): Revise route to allow connections with Line 79 to/from UCI; adjust weekday running time (operates weekdays only)
• Line 79 (Irvine Boulevard/Culver Drive/University Avenue): Revise route to operate on campus at University of California Irvine (UCI)
• Line 83 (Santa Ana Freeway/Main Street): Extend weekday evening trip southbound to originate at Disneyland instead of downtown Santa Ana; revise route to serve Orangewood Avenue all days of the week
• Line 90 (Irvine Center/Moulton Parkway/Golden Lantern): Adjust weekday running time; weekday mornings extend one short trip and add one full length trip; revise turnaround loop at Tustin Station during construction all days of the week
• Line 129 (La Habra/Brea/Birch/Kraemer): Adjust weekday running time; trip deletions weekdays due to low demand; Saturday-Sunday improve headways from 90-minutes to 65-minutes
• Line 143 (Whittier/Harbor/Brea/Birch): Weekdays add one evening trip; other possible trip deletions on weekdays; Saturday-Sunday improve headways from 75-minutes to 65-minutes
• Line 153 (through Anaheim): Trip deletions weekdays due to low demand.
• Line 175 (Yale Avenue – Campus Drive): Revise turnaround loop to better serve Mariposa Villa
• Line 211(Seal Beach-Irvine 405 Express): Revise route at Golden West Transportation Center
• Line 213 (Brea-Irvine 55 Freeway Express): Revise route to serve UCI campus

Some of these changes are shown in the map OCTA released below: