The OC Streetcar is projected to begin service in the spring of 2026. Santa Ana residents have anticipated this project since its construction in 2018 (with talks going even farther).
At the mention of the projected date during a public presentation of the OC Streetcar at Lydia Romero-Cruz Academy, an attendee commented, “That seems like a long time.”
The delay is understandable given the amount of testing needed for the streetcar, which is being treated like a light rail system because it operates alongside car traffic…