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Free OCTA Bus Rides Help

Promote Safe Celebrations

OCTA will be offering passengers free bus

rides on New Years Eve to help ensure

people ring in 2013 safely.

Free rides on OCTA fixed-route buses will

run from 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 to

2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.

In an outreach effort to highlight the 11th

year of free serv ice for the Oran ge C ounty

community, OCTA has placed ads in all

buses in both English and Spanish, in

addition to running print ads in newspapers

including the Orange County Register,

Excelsior, Chinese World News and Nguoi

Vi et .

Last year, there were more than 16,000

free New Years Eve boardings and more

than 120,000 boardings since the program

began in 2002.

The agency also has been working to

distribute information to other organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to post

on their websites and share with members.

For more information on New Year's Eve service and to check bus routes and schedules visit OCTA's

website atwww.octa. net .

To usher in the New Year, we asked industry leaders for their thoughts, wishes and predictions about

transportation in 2013.

Dec. 28, 2012

Stuff-A-Bus Breaks Record

New Year's Wish for Transportation

Rideshare Week Attracts 15,000 Participants

OCTA will be offering free bus rides on New Year's Eve to help Orange

County residents travel safely as they celebrate.
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Record-Breaking Donations Stuff the Holidays with Cheer

With the help of Orange Count y firefighters, the Anaheim Ducks hockey team, ABC 7 and OCTA s taff,

community members donated a record amount of toys at this year s Stuff-A-Bus toy drive.

New, unwrapped toys and sporting equipment filled 14 OCTA buses, breaking last years record of

nine buses.

Orange County children helped stuff 14 OCTA buses with donated toys that broke last year's Stuff-A-Bus record.
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All donatio ns bene fit the Spark o f Lo ve toy drive, a progr am t hat has col lected more than 7 mill ion

toys for children over the past 20 years.

American Diabetes Association Honors

OCTA forTour De Cure Fundraiser

The American Diabetes Association honored OCTA with its

Share Award for the agencys contributions in raising

funds and awareness for a cure.

OCTA Director Al Murray accepted the award on behalf of

the agency for its Surf to Summit Tour De Cure, a bicycle

ride that raises money to fight diabetes.

In addition to sponsoring and promoting this years event, a

team of OCTA employees also joined in to cycle for a cure

and raised more than $3,000 for the American Diabetes

Ass oci at ion .

OCTA Vanpool and Bike Programs Section Manager Sandy

Boyle and Marketing Specialist Assistant Wes Parcel joined

Murray on Dec. 17 to accept the award.

Rideshare Team Celebrates Successful Campaign

With 15,000 Participants During Rideshare Weekin O.C.

The OCTA Rideshare Group shared the results of Rideshare Week with Employee Transportation

Coordinators at an event on Dec. 20.

The event also was an opportunity to show appreciation for the Employee Transportation

Coordinators and their effort to encourage the public to share the ride during Rideshare Week,

whi ch took pl ace in Octo ber .

This year's Rideshare Week had the second-highest level of participation in the past six years with

more than 15,000 participants and a savings of 564,156 commuter miles. The effort also resulted in

15 new vanpools.

OCTA's Sandy Boyle, Director Al Murray and Wes

Parcel share the spotlight with American Diabetes

Associati on's "Share Award" for OCTA's fundrai sing

efforts.


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Dec. 14 & Dec. 16 The Capistrano Dispatch,Ali so Vie jo Pat ch and Orange County Register posted

articles about the Metrolink Holiday Toy Express.

Dec. 15 to Dec. 18 The Cerritos-Artesia Patch, OC Breeze and Los Alamitos-Seal Beach Patch

announced construction closures along portions of th e West County Connectors Project.

Dec. 15 The Orange County Register published an article about San Clementes plans tosynchronize signals at 21 intersections. The project will be funded in part by an OCTA grant.

Dec. 17 TheVoice of OC published an interview with OCTA CEO Will Kempton who is scheduled to

retire in February.

Dec. 17 The Free News Press reported on a planned fixed-guideway system project between Santa

Ana and Garden Grove.

Dec. 19 The Orange County Register published an

alert about OCTAs Dec. 21 Stuff-A-Bus event at the

Honda Center in Anaheim.

Dec. 20 The Orange County Register wrote an

article about an audit review of OCTAs

employment and compensation practices.

Dec. 21 & Dec. 22 ABC 7 and the Orange County

Register published articles abou t record-breaking

donations received at the Anaheim Stuff-A-Bus

event benefiting the Spark of Love toy drive.

Dec. 24 The OC Breeze alerted motorists of
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construction closures along portions of the West

County Connectors project.

Dec. 24 - The Orange County Register posted an

article about three roadway improvements

throughout Lake Forest, which are partially funded

by OCTA.

Dec. 26 The Laguna Niguel-Dana Point Patch and OC Breeze penned an announcement about OCTA

offering free bus rides between 6 p.m. on New Years Eve, Dec. 31 and 2:30 a.m. on New Years Day,

Jan. 1.

With the help of Orange County residents, firefighters, the

Anaheim Ducks, ABC 7 and OCTA sta ff, the Stuff -A-Bus event

broke records with 14 buses filled with donations.

For the latest media news, followJoel Zlotnik, media relations manager, on Twitter.

For the latest in transportation issues and programs in Southern California,

followOCTA on Twitter.

Become a fan ofOCTA on Facebookto keep connected and learn more about how

OCTA is keeping Orange County moving.

Stay updated on transportation promotions, events and more on OCTA's YouTube

channel.
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