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Good for You!
California Rideshare Week
Is Coming October 3 – 7
California Rideshare Week is a statewide marketing campaign
designed to educate commuters on the many benefits of ridesharing. Here in Orange
County, you can discover these
benefits carpooling, vanpooling, riding the train or bus, telecommuting,
riding your bike or even walking during the week of October 3-7, 2005.
What are the benefits you ask? Check these out. Any form
of ridesharing is less expensive than driving alone…Good for You!
Ridesharing means less or no traffic and shorter commute times…Good for
You! It’s a fact, you’ll be less stressed
and more productive…Good for You! And if all this isn’t enough,
the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is offering a bunch of
great prizes for commuters who rideshare during Rideshare Week including a
two night stay at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel.
The more days you rideshare the greater your chances of winning…really
Good for You! Oh, and by the way, our theme this year…you guessed it,
Good for You!
The truth is, when you rideshare it’s good for everyone.
So give it a try and sign up for the prizes at www.octa.net.
For more details call us today at (949) 72-SHARE. How about one more time…Good
for You!  
Asthma Walk
American Lung Association of Orange County presents the 3rd Annual
"Blow the Whistle on Asthma Walk,” November 6, 2005.
Show your support for over 24 million Americans who suffer from Asthma
by taking a short walk down Alton Parkway and along the San Diego Creek Bike
Trail in Irvine. Visit www.oclung.org for more information.  
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Irvine Transportation Center
Parking Structure
submitted by Ali Taghavi from
City of Irvine
The City of Irvine,
in concert with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), continues
to plan for the future of the Irvine Transportation Center (ITC). A key part of planning involves physical
improvements and strategies to accommodate the parking demand for the
future. Current efforts are underway
to secure funding to construct a 1,500 space parking structure at the ITC. If all goes according to plan, the new
structure could be open within 18 to 24 months. The design phase is already underway. The concept plans call for the multi-level
parking structure to be erected on a portion of the surface parking lot
fronting Barranca Parkway. Site planning considerations are being
given to both convenient movement of people through the structure to the main
station and platforms as well as to the overall pedestrian experience along
the street frontage and adjacent properties and intersections.
To better accommodate current parking demand at the ITC,
the City is investigating the possibility of providing angled, on-street
parking on Ada
between Barranca Parkway
and Alton Parkway. This on-street parking is an important
step in the mitigation of the temporary loss of parking during construction
of the parking structure.
These are exciting steps in the on-going evolution of the
ITC. Given the proximity of the ITC to
the future Orange County
Great Park
and the ever
emerging Spectrum employment and entertainment centers,
planning and development activities at the ITC are expected to continue for
many years to come. For more
information on the ITC, please visit the City of Irvine’s
website at www.ci.irvine.ca.us and
click on the Irvine Transportation
Center
link or call (949)
724-7505.
Quick
Fact:
A single person ridesharing one day each week for a year would save as much as 125 gallons of gas. At today's prices, that really adds up.
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Upcoming Events
Oct 3-7, 2005
Rideshare Week
Click Here for more info
Nov
6, 2005
Asthma Walk
Irvine Spectrum
Spectrumotion
Who?
Spectrumotion is a private, nonprofit association formed to
assist commuters to Irvine Spectrum. We are funded by the property owners in Irvine
Spectrum much the same way a homeowners association is in a residential
community. That’s how we can offer all our services to commuters and
employers free of charge.
Spectrumotion
provides a variety of free services including
carpool matching, vanpool formation and incentives, Metrolink commuter rail
information and incentives, OCTA bus information and incentives and an
Emergency Ride Home Program. To view our complete list of commuter and
employer services, log on to our website at www.72share.com.
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