Foothill Transit
Foothill Transit cuts Line 285 mid-day service between La Habra to Puente Hills
Submitted by Steven on 14 June, 2010 - 1:00pm
Jane shot me an email (admittedly a few weeks ago!) about Foothill Transit's changes that affect those who commute between the San Gabriel Valley and Orange County. If you recall earlier, Foothill Transit was about to cut all transit links between the two areas, and I posted a story about it.
Good news and some bad news: Due to the returned state funding, route 286 to Brea Mall will be saved, and route 285 won't be cancelled, but will be reduced to commute peak hours (6:00 to 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 to 7:00 p.m.) on weekdays and weekends. The changes start July 18th.
Here's route 285 between Puente Hills and La Habra...
...and route 286, which links Pomona, Diamond Bar, and Brea:
Foothill Transit proposes to cut transit links between San Gabriel Valley and Orange County
Submitted by Steven on 30 March, 2010 - 5:16am
Connections between Orange County and the San Gabriel Valley will get more difficult if Foothill Transit proceeds with its proposed service cuts. Simon Oh's blog pointed out that two remaining bus lines — 285 and 286 — are slated to get the axe. Foothill Transit does not provide a date when this will happen, but they are soliciting feedback in March and April about these cuts.
This news came out a week or two ago, but it's no less important for those requiring mobility in Southern California. Just to put things in perspective, here's a generic map of what we're talking about, with "service areas" by the fragmented transit agencies in Southern California:
Black arrows show regularly-scheduled bus lines that connect from one transit agency's service area to another. The red arrow is Foothill Transit's proposed cuts, and you'll notice that those are the only two bus lines that help riders go between Orange County and San Gabriel Valley. (I did not include peak-period express buses (such as OCTA's 757 and 794) because so few of those buses run that they're virtually useless for many of us who don't have 9-to-5 weekday jobs.)
Darrell Johnson, OCTA's new deputy CEO, recently crowed, “We have an incredibly diverse portfolio of transit services – buses, trains and vanpools. We have a world class freeway system and the most successful toll facility in the United States.” Notice how he says nothing about Orange County's increasingly unreliable transit system. read more→
