Orange County Business History, Part 9, Transportation

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History of Transportation in Orange County

By: Leimomi Kamiya

Sponsored By:

Orange County Transportation

Walter Schmid 1902-1995

Entrepreneur & Philantropist

History of Transportation in Orange County

The history and the modes and systems of transportation in Orange County.

Camino Real

Mission settlements were approximately 30

miles apart, so that they were separated

by one day's long ride on horseback along the

Camino Real

Camino Real

The Camino Real stretches from San

Diego southern California to Sonoma in

northern California.

Camino Real

The Camino Real is also referred to as “King’s Highway” or the California Mission Trail.

Orange County Transportation Authority

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) cited OCTA as the best large property transportation system in the United States for

2005


The OCTA manages the county's bus network

and funds the construction and

maintenance of local streets, highways, and

freeways.


The bus network comprises 6,542 stops on 77 lines


3 new bus lines will be making their debut in

2008: Harbor Boulevard,

Westminister Boulevard/17th Street,

and Brea to Irvine


Metro (MTA) honors OCTA 30-Day Passes on four of the Metro bus routes (62, 275, 460, 684) that travel

into Orange County or connect with OCTA

buses


OCTA connects services with Foothill

Transit (FT), which serves La Habra and

San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in Los

Angeles County


OCTA connects services with North

County Transit District (NCTD), which serves

Oceanside and Escondido


OCTA connects services with Laguna

Beach Municipal Transit Lines (LB MTL), which serves Laguna Beach

and Dana Point


OCTA connects services with Norwalk

Transit (NT)


OCTA connects services with Long

Beach Transit (LBT), which serves Long

Beach, Signal Hill and Lakewood


OCTA connects services with Riverside Transit Agency (RTA),

which serves Riverside County


OCTA connects services with LA

County MetropolitanTransportation

Authority (Metro), which serves greater Los Angeles County

Area


OCTA connects services with AMTRAK,

which serves local, regional and national

regions


OCTA connects services with

OMNITRANS (OT), which serves the San

Bernardino Valley


OCTA connects services with southern California’s Metrolink to provide commuter rail services.

OCTA-Metrolink: Orange County Line

Orange County Line is a commuter rail that runs from Downtown Los Angeles through the OC to Oceanside connecting with the

Coaster commuter rail to San Diego

OCTA-Metrolink: The 91 Line

The 91 Line is a regional trail that runs through Los Angeles to

Riverside

OCTA-METROLINK: INLAND EMPIRE–ORANGE COUNTY LINE

Inland Empire–Orange County Line is a

commuter rail line that operates from San Bernardino through

The OC to Oceanside in Northern San Diego

County


OCTA took over the 91 Express Lanes on

January 3, 2003, with the goal of providing a safe and fast commute

for its users

John Wayne airport

John Wayne Airport is one of the shortest of any main airports in

the United States

Fullerton Municipal Airport

Fullerton airport is the last strictly general aviation airfield still operating in Orange

County

California Speed Rail

During the 2008 elections, California

voters passed a proposition for a new

high-speed train system, which will run

from one end of California to the other

El Toro Marine Corps Air Station

This United States Marine Corps airbase, located near Irvine,

was decommissioned in 1999

Marine Corps Air Station Tustin

This field was built as a blimp base in 1942 as Santa Ana Naval Air Station

Capistrano Airport

Capistrano Airport was a general

aviation air station build sometime

between 1945 and 1946

Freeways & Highways: Interstate 5

Interstate 5 is a major north-south route in

the interstate highway system that starts at the crossing of San

Ysidro on the Mexican border


Interstate 405 is known as the “San Diego

Freeway” even though it is 75 miles away

from San Diego


Interstate 605 running from Seal Beach to

Irwindale, derives its name from the San

Gabriel River that it is parallel to

Freeways & Highways: State Route 22

In 2004, OCTA began a widening project to add

one mixed-flow and one high occupancy vehicle lane to the

route in each direction of the State Route 22

Freeways & Highways: Pacific Coast Highway

State Route 1 runs along much of the

Pacific coast in California, which is why

it is also called the Pacific Coast Highway

Freeways and Highways: State Route 55

State Route 55 is an 18 mile long highway that runs through Newport Beach and Anaheim


State Route 57, the Orange Freeway,

connects the I-5 and SR 22


Most of State Route 73 is a limited-access toll highway designed to reduce congestion

within Orange County on the Pacific Coast

Highway, I-5, & I-405 by providing a direct

route through the San Joaquin Hills


State Route 74, a part of the Pines to Palms Scenic Byway, is a

mostly scenic highway that runs from Palm Desert to San Juan

Capistrano


State Route 90 consists of two unconnected pieces in Greater Los Angeles: the Marina

Freeway & the Imperial Highway


State Route 91, or the 91 is an east-west

route located entirely within Southern

California


State Route 133 spans from the PCH at Laguna Beach to Irvine


State Route 142 is signed as a scenic

route from the Orange-San Bernardino County line to Peyton Drive in

Chino Hills


State Route 241 is a toll road with its

northern half is part of the Eastern Toll Road while its southern half is part of the Foothill

Toll Road


Route 261 does not directly connect with I-5, although it connects

the I-5 with State Route 241

Freeways and Highways: State Route 39 State Route 39 was opened to emergency

crews in February 2003 after a Caltrans study

showed reopening would not harm

wetlands, air and water quality, natural vegetation or

threatened plants and animals

Entertainment: Monorail

The OC’s public monorail will connect

the Disneyland Resort, Convention Center,

and Angel Stadium to the proposed "ARTIC" transportation hub, in the city of Anaheim

Entertainment: Balboa Island Ferry

The ferry boat services travel under 1,000 feet from Balboa Island to the Peninsula and vice

versa in Newport Beach

Entertainment: Gondola Rides

Newport Beach offers romantic rides on one of the harbor's most luxurious crafts, the Romantic Venetian

Gondola

Orange County Waterways

There is 1 boat ramp located at Dana Point

in Orange County


There are 2 boat ramps are located at Newport Bay in Orange County


There is 1 boat ramp located at Irvine Lake

in Orange County


There are 4 boat ramps are located at Pacific

Ocean in Orange County

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Orange County Business History, Part 9, Transportation