There i said it. It’s only 4.5 miles long with tons of street running segments meaning it’ll be very slow. plus it only connects a bus transit station to a train station. i don’t see ridership being incredible.

OCTA should have done this instead:

- continue regular bus routes for this trip or run a shuttle bus service

- keep pushing for the Central Line LRT. Connecting UC Irvine, John Wayne Airport, Disneyland, hotels, offices, Santa Ana MetroLink and Anaheim MetroLink would be a WAY more popular route for LRT.

- Partner with LA Metro to make a BART style heavy rail commuter rail line down the ROW the OF Streetcar is going to use. Run it from Santa Ana all the way into LA County, connecting to LA Metro lines. The result? a new train in the middle to Orange County (not just the north). It will provide mass transit options for 405 commuters, a rail link to LAX, be fast (if stops are limited to around every 4 miles), reduce freeway traffic, etc. And it will offer a second rail link between LA and OC that doesn’t involve traveling to the northern parts of these counties to access metrolink stations.

I heard they lost a lot of trainsets due to a deficit and age. Resulting in severe cutbacks and people really felt it on Earth day when those who want to try it out noticed everyone squeezed to much fewer trains than expected. I’m surprised so many people still take advantage of free train days since the SoCal day pass.

I always think that SoCal weekday pass insane to be priced below a one way trip for most people and they still sell one ways. Not sure what were the board of directors on when But Is the deficit due to it or were they desperate win back ridership using such promotion to try to regain fare revenue? In addition to simplifying the fare structure, anyone know what is going on?