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OC Streetcar releases RFP for 8 new vehicles

December 20, 2016

Calif.’s Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) released a Request for Proposals for the manufacturing and delivery of eight streetcar vehicles that will serve the OC Streetcar project in Santa Ana and Garden Grove.

Plans for the $298-million project are in the design and engineering phase, and the OC Streetcar is scheduled to begin operating in approximately four years.

OCTA continues to work closely with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials during each step of the planning process. The project has entered into FTA’s New Starts program. It got a major boost earlier this year when $125 million for the OC Streetcar was included in the President’s 2017 fiscal budget, signaling strong federal support.

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