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Overview and Summary <br />Project Understanding <br />The current Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) opened on September 7, 1985 on the site <br />of the historic Santa Fe Railway Depot. Strategically located in central Orange County, the station is today <br />served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink's Orange County and Inland Empire-Orange County <br />commuter rail lines. SARTC also serves-as a hub for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) <br />bus system, includes a Greyhound station and is a terminal for several Mexican bus tour companies. <br />The station is built in the Spanish-Colonial revival style with major components including the building, rail <br />platforms, a pedestrian over-crossing to reach the northbound platform, surface and structured parking, <br />and a small amount of bus circulation and bus bay areas. There are both occupied and unoccupied retail <br />and office spaces in the building. The SARTC of today is not well connected to the surrounding community. <br />Though the station serves travelers and commuters well and is often cited by commuters as a favorite <br />station, it offers nothing in the way of non-transit related amenities. The site provides ample parking for <br />commuters; however, the large surface parking area is generally understood as a missed opportunity in the <br />area and a void for the local community. <br />The City of Santa Ana has requested help in developing a phased Master Plan for SARTC that will address <br />intensified uses at the site and incorporate new modes of travel over three planning horizons - 2014, 2020 <br />and 2040 (build out). An opportunity with the master plan is to see how the station can be knitted more <br />effectively into the surrounding community. There are exciting plans for the immediate area including four <br />primary projects: the Station District master plan, proposed fixed-guideway system, planned transit service <br />enhancements, and the proposed Santa Ana Boulevard grade separation project. Mass transit is becoming <br />more desirable and necessary. The SARTC in the future will need to facilitate diverse multi-transit typologies, <br />from bicycles to high-speed trains. This increased intensity of use on the SARTC site must correspond to <br />a re-evaluation of the relationship such a transit center has to the surrounding context. <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Master Plan IN Group 1.25.10