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Capital improvement projects for the upcoming fiscal year in Newport Beach will focus on park rehabilitation and renovation, Newport Harbor maintenance, street improvements and infrastructure, and city facilities. Newport Beach City Council reviewed the fiscal year 2019-20...

  The Balboa Peninsula Trolley kicked off its first route of the summer last weekend. Despite some rainy and cloudy weather, it was a good opening weekend, noted Public Works Director Dave Webb at the Newport Beach City Council meeting on Tuesday. “We had a great start,”...

The Balboa Peninsula Trolley returns this weekend, Newport Beach officials stated this week. Councilwoman Diane Dixon, whose district covers the peninsula, made the announcement during Tuesday’s Council meeting. “Let the fun begin to get around the peninsula and serve our...

Newport Beach city staff reported this week that the Balboa Peninsula Trolley program over the summer was successful and, with a few changes, they suggested continuing the free summer shuttle service. City Council members tended to agree during the Tuesday study session and asked...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2017. This week, we cover January through June. (click the first line of text in each brief to read the full, original story)   January   A Huntington Beach man was...

The pilot program for a free shuttle service serving the Balboa Peninsula ended on Labor Day, but people are still talking about it. The Balboa Peninsula Trolley carried 23,560 passengers over 26 days, according to a presentation by city staff to the Balboa Village Advisory...

Newport Beach City Council voted to adopt a Paratransit Plan as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Orange County Transportation Authority 2016 Project V Grant for the Balboa Peninsula Trolley that started service last month. Project V funds 88 percent of the...

By Victoria Kertz & Christopher Trela | NB Indy  Clang, clang, clang went the trolley—well, more like honk honk, as the Balboa Peninsula Trolley made its inaugural run last Friday, taking members of the media and local leaders to four picturesque points on the peninsula the...

Ready to take a ride on the new Balboa Peninsula Trolley? Newport Beach Community Development Director Kimberly Brandt certainly hopes so. At the monthly Speak Up Newport event held Wednesday night, Brandt told the audience that the trolley, which makes its inaugural run on...

Without a quorum on Wednesday, the BVAC (Balboa Village Advisory Committee) meeting was officially an “informal discussion,” council member and BVAC chairwoman Diane Dixon told the audience. Brad Avery, Mike Wheeler, and Brad Stratton were all absent, but that didn’t stop...

Newport Beach business owners and residents were updated on a few key projects happening in the city this week at an early morning meeting. About 60 people attended the NB Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Wake Up! Newport meeting on Thursday with guest speaker Kim Brandt, the city’s...

A new way to travel up and down the Balboa Peninsula will be available for visitors and locals alike this summer, following a Newport Beach City Council decision this week. Council voted 5-2 to approve the Balboa Peninsula Trolley, a free shuttle that will run for 12 weekends...

As the city’s  Balboa Peninsula Trolley is working through completing the final phases of approvals for the upcoming summer service, another village in Newport Beach is considering an idea of another familiar type of transportation service: A Downtowner shuttle in Corona del Mar....

The votes are in, and the winner is – a classic red trolley. The Balboa Peninsula Trolley, a free shuttle that will run on Saturdays and Sundays this summer, is getting a classic, red trolley design based on results from on online survey. Residents could vote on one of five...

The Balboa Peninsula Shuttle Program is rolling forward after the City Council this week voted to authorize the submittal of a grant application to the Orange County Transportation Authority to help fund the shuttle program. The grant application for the shuttle will be submitted...

The concept of a shuttle or trolley system for Balboa Peninsula rolled forward last week after the presentation of a Balboa Peninsula Shuttle/Trolley Feasibility Study by Dan Boyle of Dan Boyle & Associates Inc. at the Balboa Village Advisory Committee meeting held July 8 at...