Continuing the “what-ifs” of West Orange County area and what “might have been.” Rail transit: The Orange County Transportation Authority is now constructing – at great expense and some controversy – the […]
What? Not enough freeways?
OC Streetcar into Anaheim boosted
A resolution calling on the Orange County Transit Authority to extend the under-construction OC Streetcar all the way into Anaheim was approved on Tuesday night by the Garden Grove City Council. The […]
Mayor Steve Jones to head OCTA board
Garden Grove Mayor Steven R. Jones was unanimously selected Monday as the new chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors, which guides transportation-improvement projects and public transit for all […]
Construction on OC Streetcar rolls on
Construction on Orange County’s first modern electric streetcar is well underway one year after the signing of a full-funding grant agreement and groundbreaking on the project, and a new mobile app makes […]
Retorts: Challenge of “magical thinking”
If you don’t want to see it, it’s not there. If you feel strongly against something, it doesn’t exist. This is what’s now called “magical thinking,” a way of looking at the […]
Streetcars, coyotes, etc. before council
Streetcars, coyotes and by-council budgets will top Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove City Council. The council will hear an update from the Orange County Transportation Authority on the OC Streetcar, which […]
Retorts: The good, the bad and the slow
Where does the time go? It fades away like your dad’s best jeans, as the song lyric goes. This is the last Retorts of 2018, so it seems appropriate to look back […]
OC Streetcar breaks ground, gets funding
The Orange County Transportation Authority on Friday brought together local, state and federal officials to accept a $149 million federal funding grant and to mark the start of construction on the county’s […]
The Red Car’s ghost is still rolling
As the wheels grind toward coming up with a concept for development of the Willowick Golf Course site (owned by thre City of Garden Grove but within Santa Ana city limits) you […]
Construction contract OK’d for streetcar
A contract for the construction of the OC Streetcar was awarded Monday by the Orange County Transportation Authority board of directors. Walsh Construction’s bid of $220.5 million was selected to build the […]
