Orange County, California/OCTA

Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. This article only pertains to OCTA data used in OpenStreetMap.

Bus

Routes will be based on PTv2 schema, see Buses. Routes should be tagged with public_transport:version=2 if applicable. Add network=OC Bus and network:wikidata=Q6593059 and use the Name Suggestion Index preset in iD or JOSM to fill in the rest of the operator information.

For simplicity and keeping the data easily maintained, public_transport=stop_position for bus routes will NOT be used.

Stops that share the same place with Long Beach Transit (LBT) or Metro (LACMTA), for example, should use separate bus stops to avoid conflicting name=* and ref=*. They should be grouped together with a public_transport=stop_area relation. Future imports and GTFS data may cause conflict if the stops between different agencies are merged together.

Tagging Conventions

Colors are taken directly from OCTA's routes.txt GTFS and the rest of the colors have been taken from official system map, PDFs, and "Next Ride" web app.

Coloring scheme:

• Route master and routes:
  • Local Routes (1-99): colour=#00AFF2 - GTFS route_color
  • Community Routes (100-199): colour=#938177 - GTFS route_color
  • OC Express Routes (200-299): colour=#3ab54a - System Map PDF
  • Metrolink Stationlink Routes (400-499): colour=#CF1429 - GTFS route_color
  • Rapid Service (500-599): colour=#F48221 - GTFS route_color
  • City Shuttle (800-899): colour=#46A056 - GTFS route_color

Naming scheme:

• Route master: name=OC Bus X
  • X should be the route number.
• Routes: name=OC Bus X: A - B
  • A - B should be the official route name. If applicable flip to B - A for the opposite route.
  • Unlike conventional descriptive PTv2 route naming, do NOT use to=* and from=* as part of the route name.
  • Use spaces between the dash to keep in line with official naming. Some transit apps convert the "-" into a nicely formatted arrow, such as OsmAnd.
• Bus stops: Official OCTA stop name with no spaces between the dash. Example: name=Del Amo-Pioneer

Color and symbol legend

Symbol	Meaning
	Route status
	Stops status

Base Code	(None)	NA	0	1	2	3	4	X
r=... (Route)
	Unknown.	Unknown.	Route not mapped.	Route partially mapped.	Route mostly mapped.	Route is fully mapped using old route relation schema.	Route is fully mapped using new route relation schema (with public transport keys).	Route no longer exists.
h=... (Stops)
	Unknown.	Unknown.	Stop not mapped.	Stops partially mapped.	Stops mostly mapped.	Stops are fully mapped using old route relation schema.	Stops are fully mapped using new route relation schema (with public transport keys).	Stop no longer in use, or stop does not exist.

The codes 0-4 are a logical progression, but they do not all have to be used in sequence. Level 3 will be used to denote PTv1 and level 4 will be used for PTv2.

Routes

• Wikipedia: OC Bus#Routes
• Route data source: https://data-octagis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/OCTAGIS::bus-routes
• Bus stops data source: https://data-octagis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/OCTAGIS::bus-stops
• Realtime route and bus stop map: https://www.octa.net/getting-around/bus/oc-bus/rider-tools/next-ride/

Routes in the following tables will use abbreviated cardinal direction or clockwise rotation. For example: EB is east bound and CCW is counter-clockwise. In parenthesis will be the type of route variant: weekday, weekend, school, etc.

Local Fixed Routes

Routes 1 to 99

Number	Route	Status	Route master	Routes
1	Long Beach - San Clemente			8458059 8458059
25	Fullerton - Huntington Beach			8458054 8458054
26	Fullerton - Placentia			8458053 8458053
29/A	La Habra - Huntington Beach			8458052 8458052
30	Cerritos - Anaheim			8458050 8458050
33	Fullerton - Huntington Beach			8458049 8458049
35	Fullerton - Costa Mesa		17716334 17716334	SB: 8458039 8458039 NB: 17716333 17716333
37	La Habra - Fountain Valley			8457975 8457975
38	Lakewood - Anaheim Hills		14555142 14555142	EB: 8460874 8460874 WB: 14555141 14555141
42	Seal Beach - Orange		17734157 17734157	EB: 8460873 8460873 EB (Weekend): 17734154 17734154 WB: 17734156 17734156 WB (Weekend): 17734155 17734155
42A			17734158 17734158	EB: 17734153 17734153 WB: 17734152 17734152
43	Fullerton - Costa Mesa		17707232 17707232	SB: 17707231 17707231 SB (Weekend): 17710755 17710755 NB: 8460872 8460872 NB (Weekend): 17710756 17710756
46	Los Alamitos - Orange		15025624 15025624	EB: 8460871 8460871 WB: 15025623 15025623
47/A	Fullerton - Balboa			8460870 8460870
50	Long Beach - Orange		17692746 17692746	EB: 17692745 17692745 WB: 8460869 8460869
53	Anaheim - Irvine		15631423 15631423	NB: 8464890 8464890 SB: 15631422 15631422
54	Garden Grove - Orange		17600544 17600544	EB: 17600543 17600543 EB (Sunday): 17600542 17600542 WB: 8464888 8464888 WB (Sunday): 17600541 17600541
55	Santa Ana - Newport Beach		17712632 17712632	SB: 8464887 8464887 NB: 17712631 17712631
56	Garden Grove - Orange			8464886 8464886
57	Brea - Newport Beach			8464885 8464885
57X	Discontinued: 57Xpress			8464884 8464884
59	Anaheim - Irvine			8464883 8464883
60	Long Beach - Tustin		17746773 17746773	EB: 8465995 8465995 EB (Weekend): 17752385 17752385 WB: 17746772 17746772 EB (Weekend): 17752384 17752384
64	Huntington Beach - Tustin		15627300 15627300	EB: 8465994 8465994 WB: 15627299 15627299
64X	Discontinued: 64Xpress			8465991 8465991
66	Huntington Beach - Irvine			8465990 8465990
70	Sunset Beach - Tustin			8465989 8465989
71	Yorba Linda - Newport Beach			8465988 8465988
72	Sunset Beach - Tustin			8465987 8465987
76	Huntington Beach - John Wayne Airport			8465986 8465986
79	Tustin - Newport Beach			8465985 8465985
82	Foothill Ranch - Rancho Santa Margarite			8466294 8466294
83	Anaheim - Laguna Hills		15607343 15607343	SB: 15607342 15607342 NB: 8466293 8466293
85	Mission Viejo - Laguna Niguel			8466292 8466292
86	Costa Mesa - Mission Viejo			8466291 8466291
87	Rancho Santa Margarita - Laguna Niguel			8466290 8466290
89	Mission Viejo - Laguna Beach			8466289 8466289
90	Tustin - Dana Point			8466288 8466288
91	Laguna Hills - San Clemente			8466287 8466287

Community Routes

Routes 100 to 199

Number	Route	Status	Route master	Routes
123	Anaheim - Huntington Beach
129	La Habra - Anaheim			8466382 8466382
143	La Habra - Brea			8466381 8466381
150/A	Santa Ana - Costa Mesa			8466380 8466380
153	Brea - Anaheim			8466379 8466379
167	Orange - Irvine		17651733 17651733	SB: 17651732 17651732 NB: 8466378 8466378
177	Foothill Ranch - Laguna Hills			8466377 8466377
178	Huntington Beach - Irvine			8466376 8466376

Metrolink Stationlink Routes

Routes 400 to 499. Weekday rush hour only. Includes iShuttle Bus Service.

Number	Route	Status	Route master	Routes
400	iShuttle 400A
401	iShuttle 401B
402	iShuttle 402C
403	iShuttle 403D
453	Orange Transportation Center - St. Joseph's Hospital		15617760 15617760	SB: 8468275 8468275 NB: 15617759 15617759
463	Santa Ana Regional Transportation Intermodal Center - Hutton Centre			8468273 8468273
472	Tustin Metrolink Station - Irvine Business Complex		17718288 17718288	SB: 8468272 8468272 NB: 17718287 17718287
473	Tustin Metrolink Station - UCI			8468271 8468271
480	Irvine Metrolink Station - Lake Forest			8468270 8468270

Rapid Routes

Routes 529, 543, 553, 560. Formerly named Bravo Limited Stop Service.

Number	Route	Status	Route master	Routes
529	Fullerton - Huntington Beach
543	Fullerton Transportation Center - Costa Mesa		17710757 17710757	SB: 8470333 8470333 NB: 17710754 17710754
553	Anaheim - Irvine			8464889 8464889
560	Santa Ana - Long Beach		17746774 17746774	WB: 8470332 8470332 NB: 17746771 17746771

City Shuttles

Route 862

Number	Route	Status	Route master	Routes
862	Santa Ana Regional Transportation Intermodal Center - Civic Center		15093783 15093783	Roundtrip: 8468274 8468274

Streetcar

Construction not finished.

Import

Bus stop import is complete. Started on 2023-02-17 and ended on 2023-03-13. Imported 5,185 bus stops.

• Data available under Public Domain.
• Routes can be found here OCTA GIS Open Data Portal bus-routes however the data was not used in the import.
• Bus stops were downloaded from OCTA GIS Open Data Portal bus-stops.
  • Data was downloaded as a CVS file and preprocessing was done in Excel. OCTA_ID was transformed into ref=*. ON_STREET and AT_STREET was combined into name=* delimited with a "-" to match official stop naming scheme. Source data was all uppercase and converted to title case so name capitalization may not be 100% accurate. Other source data was not used. Processed CSV file was added in JOSM using the OpenData plugin.
  • Stops are appended with source=OCTA GIS and have the OC Bus NSI preset added.
  • Imported stops were manually conflated with existing OCTA stops using the Conflation plugin.
  • The positions of the bus stops vary in accuracy from around 1 to 10 meters. The most unacceptable positions where manually moved if needed. A dozen erroneous stops that were several kilometers away from the dataset in the mountains and ocean were excluded from the import.

Quality Assurance

Tools used to see routes that have issues.

• OSM Inspector is used to view invalid routes in black and valid routes in green. Only applies to PTv2 routes.
  • Centered on Orange County: https://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/?view=pubtrans_routes&lon=-117.86150&lat=33.72041&zoom=11
• JOSM/Plugins/PT Assistant has validator options in JOSM to check for route issues.

External links

• Realtime routes and schedules map: https://www.octa.net/Bus/Routes-and-Schedules/Overview/
• GTFS data:
  • https://www.transit.land/operators/o-9mu-orangecountytransportationauthority
  • https://www.octa.net/about/about-octa/open-data/google-transit-feed/
    • https://www.octa.net/current/google_transit.zip - Direct download
  • https://www.octa.net/about/about-octa/open-data/ - License

External Discussion

• Discussion about how OCTA and LBT stops are merged: Community forum post