OC Streetcar Project Jim Hecht, HDR, OC Streetcar Program Management - - PDF document

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OC Streetcar Project

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Jim Hecht, HDR, OC Streetcar Program Management Consultant, jim.hecht@hdrinc.com

OC Streetcar Project

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• First modern urban rail transit project in Orange County
• 4.1 mile, modern streetcar, from SARTC to Harbor/Westminster
• 8 vehicles, 10/15 minute headways, 10 stops in each direction
• Advertise for construction in about one month, scheduled to open Dec 2020
• How did we get here?

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What is a Modern Streetcar?

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Measure M2

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• 2006 half-cent sales tax measure
• Improvements to Metrolink
• Transit Extensions to Metrolink

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Go Local/Project S

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• Local agencies were invited to

submit proposals to OCTA for improved transit service to Metrolink Stations

• Winners were awarded funding

for planning studies

• Cities of Santa Ana and Garden

Grove were successful

Alternatives Analysis

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Environmental Documents

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FTA Capital Investment Grant (New Starts)

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Value Engineering/Risk Assessment

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Changes to Track Layout

Changed Bridge Type Westminster

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Before After

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Road Reconfiguration

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Before After

CL of Streetcar

Traction Power Substation Locations

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Before After

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Station Design

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Modifications to 4th Street

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Santa Ana River Bridge

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Pacific Electric ROW (West of Raitt St)

• Two Bridges (DF Track)
• Westminster Ave, 2-span, 231-feet-long, cast-in-place, post-tensioned,

concrete box girder bridge, cast-in-drilled hole (CIDH) piles

• Santa Ana River, 3-span, 356-feet-long, precast, prestressed, Caltrans

wide-flange girder bridge, CIDH piles

• Two At-Grade Railroad Crossings
• Fairview Street and 5th Street
• Ties and Ballast, 44 MPH, Two-Wire Catenary

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Street Running (East of Raitt St)

• WB: Santa Ana Blvd; EB: Sasscer Park, 4th Street,

Mortimer Street

• Ross Street ByPass
• Embedded Block Rail
• Single Contact Wire plus underground feeder
• New and Modified Traffic Signals, City Bike Lane

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Maintenance and Storage Facility

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What’s Left?

Construction Bids Construction Vehicle Manufacturing Operations and Maintenance Contract Start‐Up and Testing Opening

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Questions?

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Thank You!

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