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Bus Service Change Highlights Effective June 10, 2012

The Bus Service Change Highlights provides a summary of the upcoming service adjustments to the OCTA bus system. This service change will provide only minor schedule adjustments. Routes Affected The following routes will have minor route or schedule adjustments: 1, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38, 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, 55, 56, 59, 64, 66, 71, 72, 83, 85, 87, 91, 129, 490, 758 and 794 News OC Fair Express returns for 2012. Thanks to grant funding from the MSRC, OCTA is able to bring the OC Fair Express direct bus service to the OC Fair back again this year. The special service will operate from seven different locations throughout Orange County, from July 13 – August 12 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Cost is only $1.50 regular fare each way, and for those customers who take the OC Fair Express to the OC Fair, they will receive a coupon for $2 admission into the fair. For more details, visit octa.net/ocfairexpress.

Prepaid OCLINK Passes: Beginning May 15, 2012 OCTA will no longer be offering the prepaid OCLINK passes for sale. Previously purchased prepaid OCLINK passes will continue to be honored until July 1, 2012. The weekday OCLINK pass provides you with unlimited rides on Metrolink trains and OCTA buses for only $7 per day. OCLINK passes will continue to be sold onboard OCTA buses and at Orange County Metrolink ticket vending machines. For more information, visit www.octa.net/oclink.

OCTA Passes Available Wherever You Get Groceries: The math is quite simple. When you use a bus pass instead of paying cash you save money. And now you can pick one up wherever you buy groceries. Ralphs. Vons. Pavilions. Northgate Market. There are over 200+ locations. Surely there’s one just around the corner from you! For a list of pass sales locations, visit www.octa.net/buyapass.

For more information: www.octa.net/june2012

Any schedule adjustments made after this service change will be publicized through Riders’ Alert notices distributed , posted on our website, Facebook and pages, and sent via email, sign up at www.octa.net/connections.

Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin. If you feel you have been subjected to discrimination under Title VI you may file a complaint by contacting OCTA Customer Relations at 714-636-RIDE or at octa.net.

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12B_009 June 2012 Bus Service Change Highlights

Schedule adjustments will be made on the following routes:

1, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38, 42, 43, 46, 47, 50, 55, 56, 59, 64, 66, 71, 72, 83, 85, 87, 91, 129, 490, 758 and 794

To provide additional customer service and/or relieve bus overloads, the following route and schedule changes have been made:

Route 29: Weekdays: To improve service between 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm, the 9:17 pm southbound trip was extended to begin at Beach & La Habra instead of the Buena Park Metrolink station.

Route Adjustment Ruta 42: All Days: Reroute off of Electric Avenue and onto Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Seal Beach.

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