Orange County, California Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Transportation== Transit in Orange County is offered primarily by the [[Orange County Transportation Authority]]. The [[American Public Transportation Association]] (APTA) cited OCTA as the best large public transportation system in the United States for 2005. OCTA manages the county's bus network and funds the construction and maintenance of local streets, highways, and [[Southern California freeways|freeways]]; regulates taxicab services; maintains express toll lanes through the median of [[California State Route 91]]; and works with Southern California's [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] to provide [[commuter rail]] service along three lines: the [[Orange County Line]], the [[91/Perris Valley Line]], and the [[Inland Empire–Orange County Line]]. ===Major highways=== [[File:So Cal Coastline photo D Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|[[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] winds down the coast over Corona Del Mar State Beach.]] Ground transportation in Orange County relies heavily on three major interstate highways: the [[Santa Ana Freeway]] (I-5), the [[Interstate 405 (California)|San Diego Freeway]] (I-405 and [[Interstate 5 in California|I-5]] south of Irvine), and the [[San Gabriel River Freeway]] ([[Interstate 605 (California)|I-605]]), which briefly passes through northwestern Orange County. The other freeways in the county are state highways, and include the [[Riverside Freeway|Riverside]] and [[Artesia Freeway]] ([[California State Route 91|SR 91]]) and the [[Garden Grove Freeway]] ([[California State Route 22|SR 22]]) running east–west, and the [[Orange Freeway]] ([[California State Route 57|SR 57]]), the [[Costa Mesa Freeway]] ([[California State Route 55|SR 55]]), the Laguna Freeway ([[California State Route 133|SR 133]]), the [[San Joaquin Hills Toll Road|San Joaquin Transportation Corridor]] ([[California State Route 73|SR 73]]), the [[Eastern Toll Road (California)|Eastern Transportation Corridor]] ([[California State Route 261|SR 261]], [[California State Route 133|SR 133]], [[California State Route 241|SR 241]]), and the [[Foothill Toll Road|Foothill Transportation Corridor]] ([[California State Route 241|SR 241]]) running north–south. Minor stub freeways include the Richard M. Nixon Freeway (SR 90), also known as Imperial Highway, and the southern terminus of Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1). There are no [[United States Numbered Highways|U.S. Highways]] in Orange County, though two existed in the county until the mid-1960s: [[U.S. Route 91|91]] and [[U.S. Route 101|101]]. US 91 went through what is now [[CA-91|the state route of the same number]], and US 101 was replaced by Interstate 5. SR 1 was once a bypass of US 101 (Route 101A). {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *[[File:I-5 (CA).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]] *[[File:I-405 (CA).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 405 (California)|Interstate 405]] *[[File:I-605 (CA).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 605]] *[[File:California 1.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] *[[File:California 22.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 22|State Route 22]] *[[File:California 39.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 39|State Route 39]] *[[File:California 55.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 55|State Route 55]] *[[File:California 57.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 57|State Route 57]] *[[File:California 72.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 72|State Route 72]] *[[File:California 73.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 73|State Route 73]] *[[File:California 74.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 74|State Route 74]] *[[File:California 90.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 90|State Route 90]] *[[File:California 91.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 91|State Route 91]] *[[File:California 133.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 133|State Route 133]] *[[File:California 142.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 142|State Route 142]] *[[File:California 241.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 241|State Route 241]] *[[File:California 261.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 261|State Route 261]] {{div col end}} ===Bus=== {{main|Orange County Transportation Authority}} The bus network comprises 6,542 stops on 77 lines, running along most major streets, and accounts for 210,000 boardings a day. The fleet of 817 buses is gradually being replaced by [[CNG]] (Compressed natural gas)-powered vehicles, which already represent over 40% of the total fleet. Service is operated by OCTA employees and First Transit under contract. OCTA operates one [[bus rapid transit]] service, '''Bravo''', on [[Harbor Boulevard]]. In addition, OCTA offers paratransit service for the disabled (OC ACCESS), also operated by MV. ===Rail=== [[File:New Anaheim Amtrak Station Inside.JPG|thumb|[[Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center]] (ARTIC)]] [[File:The Depot at Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center.jpg|thumb|[[Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center]]]] Since 1992, [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] has operated three commuter rail lines through Orange County, and has also maintained Rail-to-Rail service with parallel [[Amtrak]] service. On a typical weekday, over 40 trains run along the [[Orange County Line]], the [[91/Perris Valley Line]] and the [[Inland Empire–Orange County Line]]. Along with [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] riders on parallel [[Amtrak]] lines, these lines generate approximately 15,000 boardings per weekday. [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] also began offering weekend service on the Orange County Line and the Inland Empire-Orange County line in the summer of 2006. As ridership has steadily increased in the region, new stations have opened at [[Anaheim Canyon station|Anaheim Canyon]], [[Buena Park station|Buena Park]], [[Tustin station|Tustin]], and [[Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station|Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo]]. Plans for a future station in [[Placentia station|Placentia]] are underway and is expected to be completed by 2020. Since 1938, the [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad]] and later Amtrak, has operated the ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]'' regional [[passenger train]] route (previously named the ''[[San Diegan (train)|San Diegan]]'' until 2000)<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Trainweb |title=Amtrak Surfliner Inaugural Celebration - June 1, 2000 |url=http://www.trainweb.com/routes/route_ps/2000f01a.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=April 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421054213/http://www.trainweb.com/routes/route_ps/2000f01a.html |url-status=live}}</ref> through Orange County. The route includes stops at eight stations in Orange County including, in northbound order, [[San Clemente Pier station|San Clemente Pier]] (selected trips), [[San Juan Capistrano station|San Juan Capistrano]], [[Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station|Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo]] (formerly), [[Irvine Transportation Center]], [[Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center]], [[Orange Transportation Center]] (formerly), [[Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center]] (ARTIC), and [[Fullerton Transportation Center]]. [[OC Streetcar]], formerly known as the Santa Ana/Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project, is a [[streetcar]] line connecting Downtown Santa Ana to the Depot at Santa Ana which is currently under construction and expected to open in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://santaanatransitvision.com/fixed_guideway_project.html |title=Fixed Guideway Project |work=santaanatransitvision.com |access-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-date=April 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421165003/http://santaanatransitvision.com/fixed_guideway_project.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> OCTA has also proposed connecting the two systems via [[Harbor Boulevard]] and the [[West Santa Ana Branch]] corridor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/santa-360141-project-city.html |title=Proposed streetcar would connect Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove |work=[[Orange County Register]] |date=June 24, 2012 |first=Ron |last=Gonzales |access-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511040519/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/santa-360141-project-city.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-california-commute-20150512-story.html |title=Rail could make a comeback in O.C. with proposed streetcar line |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 12, 2015 |first=Dan |last=Weikel |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727215140/https://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-california-commute-20150512-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Plans for a streetcar for Harbor Boulevard in Fullerton, Anaheim, and Garden Grove — the [[Anaheim Rapid Connection]] — were shelved in 2018. ===Sea=== A car and passenger ferry service, the [[Balboa Island Ferry]], comprising three ferries running every five minutes, operates within Newport Harbor between Balboa Peninsula and [[Balboa Island]] in [[Newport Beach]]. The [[Catalina Flyer]] connects the Balboa Peninsula to [[Avalon, California|Avalon]] with daily round-trip passage through about nine months of the year. The [[Catalina Express]] connects [[Dana Point]] to Avalon (with departures from two greater [[Long Beach]] ports also connecting to [[Two Harbors, California|Two Harbors]]). ===Air=== Orange County's only major airport is [[John Wayne Airport]]; its abbreviation (SNA) refers to Santa Ana, the closest large town in the early 20th century. The airport is located in unincorporated territory surrounded by Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Irvine. On destination monitors with flights to SNA, the airport is usually described as "Orange County, CA" or "Santa Ana/Orange County". In 2014, its [[Thomas F. Riley]] Terminal handled over 9 million passengers annually and as of 2019, seven airline brands provide scheduled service. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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