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URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/september-wake-up-newport-orange-c
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SUMMARY:September WAKE UP! Newport - Orange County Transportation Authority
  (OCTA) Update with C.E.O. Darrell E. Johnson
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 arrell E. Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Orange County Tran
 sportation Authority\, leading an agency of 1\,500 employees responsible f
 or delivering projects\, programs and services that improve mobility for t
 he more than 3 million residents of Orange County.\n\nUnder the direction 
 of OCTA’s 17-member Board of Directors\, Johnson is responsible for a $1
 .4 billion annual budget and implementing the planning\, financing and coo
 rdinating of Orange County's freeway\, street and rail development as well
  as managing countywide bus services\, commuter-rail services\, paratransi
 t service and operation of the 91 Express Lanes.\n\nSince becoming CEO in 
 early 2013\, Johnson has focused on the early delivery of projects through
  Measure M – Orange County’s voter-approved half-cent sales tax for tr
 ansportation improvements. Expediting the Measure M plan will result in mo
 re than $5 billion of freeway projects completed or under way years ahead 
 of schedule\, with an additional $1.4 billion ready to begin construction.
 \n\nIn addition to capital project delivery\, Johnson has placed an emphas
 is on enhancing the efficiency and safety of OCTA bus and Metrolink commut
 er-rail operations that serve more than 1 million passengers each week. On
 e of his first actions as CEO was to request a Safety Peer Review from the
  American Public Transportation Association.\n\nOCTA’s first limited-sto
 p bus service was launched last year with ridership surpassing initial pro
 jections. Ridership continues to climb on bus and Metrolink service to spe
 cial events in the county and region\, including the Angels Express trains
  to baseball games and OC Fair Express bus service.\n\nUnder Johnson’s l
 eadership\, OCTA was named the managing agency of the Los Angeles-San Dieg
 o-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Amtrak service. The 351-mile LOSSAN corridor ru
 nning through a six-county coastal region in Southern California is the se
 cond-busiest intercity passenger rail corridor in the United States. OCTA 
 has worked with partner agencies to transfer administrative responsibility
  for state-funded Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service from Caltrans to a new\
 , locally governed Joint Powers Authority. This action is the first step i
 n an effort to integrate rail services to better meet community and custom
 er needs.\n\nAs Johnson leads the effort to enhance all modes of transport
 ation for the residents\, businesses and tourists of Orange County\, he ha
 s done so with an emphasis on keeping OCTA a financially sound agency that
  safeguards taxpayer dollars. Johnson implemented a pension-reform plan th
 at will save Orange County taxpayers $85 million during the next 20 years.
  A new contract for ACCESS paratransit service was executed resulting in a
  $46 million savings. A refinancing of the 91 Express Lanes debt resulted 
 in a savings of more than $26 million over the next two decades and the le
 ase for OCTA Headquarters was renegotiated to save $40 million during the 
 next 30 years.\n\nJohnson is responsible for developing and implementing s
 hort-range and long-range goals and business plans to support the successf
 ul implementation of the agency’s strategic vision. He represents OCTA o
 n local\, state and national issues related to transportation programs and
  policies and in 2012 he was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of
  the American Public Transportation Association. He completed the Senior E
 xecutives in State and Local Government Program at the Harvard Kennedy Sch
 ool of Government.\n\nPrior to joining OCTA\, Johnson worked at Amtrak for
  12 years\, where he held positions in operations\, planning\, and finance
  and contributed to the development of passenger rail corridors in Califor
 nia\, Oregon\, Washington and British Columbia.\n\nJohnson lives in Rancho
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