Orange County to Run More Weekend Buses
Promising faster delivery of major projects and more bus service to build ridership, the Orange County Transportation Authority on Monday approved a $574-million budget for fiscal year 2001-2002.
High among the spending priorities are proposals to solve a drop in projected bus ridership, which reduced OCTA’s anticipated revenue by about $1.6 million last year. The remedies include more frequent service on some routes and more weekend and evening service.
In April, the authority estimated that bus ridership had fallen about 3 million boardings short of expectations for 2000-2001 due to a fare increase and schedule changes that brought complaints of longer rides and more transfers. There are now about 59 million boardings a year on Orange County buses.
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