City of Corona COA

The City of Corona operates fixed route and dial-a-ride services, including its Corona Cruiser Blue and Red Lines, through this growing Inland Empire community in Southern California. The City of Corona’s Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA) of the Corona Transit system set out to reimagine the public transit that the city provides to the area in order to make it more reliable and useful for residents, workers, and visitors. The COA included detailed onboard and community surveys to see what current riders, former riders, and people who had never used the Corona Cruiser system before wanted to see improved about the services, schedules, and the areas where service is provided. These values guided the development of three scenarios which combined fixed route and microtransit options to better serve destinations in Corona more directly, with more reliable travel times and attractive mobility options that connect passengers to shopping, housing, education, employment centers, libraries, parks, and trailheads. The scenarios also improve connections to regional transit operators like RTA buses and Metrolink trains on key corridors and at transfer points in Corona. The COA project is in the final stages of the public outreach and evaluation to determine the final service plan, and the project is expected to be approved by the City Council and implemented later in 2023.