The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) alloted a USD 28 million fund for Orange County’s first modern tramway system.
The OC Streetcar is planned to travel along a 6.6 km route from the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center, through Downtown Santa Ana and the Civic Center, along the Pacific-Electric right of way, and connect to a new multimodal transit hub at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue in Garden Grove. Up to six trams will run along the route, stopping every 10 minutes during peak hours at 10 stations in each direction.
On the current schedule, construction for the OC Streetcar would begin in 2018, with service beginning in 2020. The streetcar is expected to carry more than 7,500 riders a day.
OCTA is the lead agency developing the estimated USD 297.9 million OC Streetcar project, with additional funding coming from various federal and local sources, including Measure M, the county’s half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements.
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