Metra politan APRIL / MAY 1994 Trans'portation Authority

METRO SM TRO MOVES

Next Stop - Pasad MTA Informs Public About

MetrOp011tan 7ranspOrtatiOn Fare, Service Authonty Scenarios at Hearing

he MTA held a public hearing on April 23 at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration Building in downtown to inform Los AngelesT County residents about MTA's fare and service restructur- ing proposals in an effort to help offset a projected deficit of $126 mil- lion for FY 1994-95. "Our decision to even consider fare and service changes has not been At an April 8 press conference, MTA Board members and elected officials display the sig- made without first taking a close nal flag that officially started work on the Pasadena Blue Line. From left: South Pasadena look at ourselves and taking some Mayor Pro Tem James S. Woollacott; Los Angeles Mayor and MTA Board Member painful actions including staff lay- Richard Riordan; Los Angeles City Councilman and MTA Board Chairman Richard offs and other internal tost Alatorre; and Rail Construction Corporation President and GEO Ed McSpedon. Behind reduction measures," said Franklin Mr. McSpedon is MTA Board Member and Glendale Mayor Larry Zarian. White, MTA's chief executive officer. "We wanted the public to be fully Ground Broken for the Next ers watched, Blix used a cutting torch to informed about our current finan- symbolically sever the first girder from the cial situation and what some of our Leg of the Metro Blue Line old railroad bridge over the river. Soon, options are for solving it." rom his perch on a hydraulic plat- the entire bridge would be demolished to Those who attended the hearing form high above the Los Angeles make way for a new bridge to complete the learned that the MTA has taken River, Jeff Blix kept an eye on the next segment of the Metro Blue Line. major steps toward trimming its four dignitaries addressing the Another Metro Rail groundbreaking cere- budget. Among them: crowd below. Although unrecogniz- mony was under way. This time it was for Fable from that distance, the dignitaries In January, 1994, a hiring freeze the future line from Los Angeles to was ordered. By the end of FY 1994, were holding an enormous white banner Pasadena. emblazoned with a bright blue Metro "M" a total of 515 positions — about 20 — and Blix never lost sight of that flag. "This is a great day for public transporta- percent of the agency's administra- tion in Los Angeles County," said MTA tive, planning and construction Suddenly, the flag went up, the audience Chairman and Los Angeles City staff— will have been eliminated, cheered, and Blix went to work. As the Councilman Richard Alatorre at the April without affecting the ranks of bus crowd of elected officials, newspaper 8 press conference. "We're moving ahead and train operators. These actions reporters, invited guests and other onlook- with a vital link in our regional rail net- are expected to save $55.5 million. work and relieving aging and congested MTA eliminated a number of out- I N S D E freeways. It's an economic boost to the side contractors used for services by whole region." its predecessor agencies. When FY An employee of Kiewit-Pacific Co. — the 1994 ends on June 30, the MTA is Debit Cards Debut Page 2 company that built the award-winning expected to have cut in half the MTA Buses Getting Cleaner Page 2 segmental bridges in El Segundo for the number of outside services con- Metro Green Line — Blix was thrilled to tracts awarded when compared Vendor Fair Coming June 14 Page 3 be an important part of Los Angeles' histo- with two years ago, saving millions Merolink Opens to Orange County Page 4 ry. Kiewit-Pacific is the contractor for the of dollars. 16-month bridge rebuilding project. Station to Serve Cal State Page 5 With labor negotiations with MTA's The old single track bridge structure will major unions now underway, the East LA Group Sees Subway Work Site Page 6 be replaced by a segmental bridge, 1,415 ► Continued on page 7 feet long and 27 feet wide to allow trains ► Continued on page 3 People Movers News About the MTA's Ball and Bus Operations

bus, or an electronically- encoded paper MTA-Funded Debit Card interagency transfer if they want to trans-

xre card an buses eqrapped fer to another Metrocard-equipped bus. Project Debuts on Local valicratron rttracrcrat Operwe ‚Alte. Transit Lines ri3"7/77s' This is the final phase of the MTA-funded $4.6 million demonstration project. An atrons who ride , evaluation report will be prepared, and, if Culver City, and Montebello the results are successful, the electronic Municipal Bus Lines are now able fare system could be expanded to other to pay for their trips across town transit systems in Los Angeles. with an electronic fare debit card, Fp A similar system has been used for known as Metrocard, which makes riding the bus faster and more convenient. decades by rail transit systems, including BART in San Francisco and Washington, The system was first demonstrated at a D.C. Metro. Within the year, New York press conference held April 7 at Union City Transit Authority buses will also be Station. "For the first time, passengers fully-equipped with a debit card system. don't have to dig into their pockets to come up with the correct change for the bus," The farebox used in the demonstration said MTA Chief Executive Officer project is manufactured by GFI Genfare of Franklin White. He added that bus opera- Metrocard is designed to help bus pas- Chicago. tors like Metrocard because of the time sengers avoid having to dig into their saved waiting for passengers to insert dol- pockets for change. The pre-purchased card electronically records the amount of Customers can purchase the Metrocard at lar bills into the farebox. "With Metrocard, the fare. the following selected locations: bus agencies can calculate revenue per ride, which enables them to generate a denomination, so it will give the less afflu- CULVER CITY BUS (310) 202-5731 tremendous amount of ridership data at a ent an opportunity to purchase the City Hall, 4095 Overland Ave., Trailer #2, savings to taxpayers," White said. number of rides they can afford. (City Treasurer's Office), Culver City, CA Patrons of the three bus agencies can pur- Metrocard also will deter counterfeiters by 90232. City Yard, 9815 Jefferson Blvd., chase a card in any dollar amount of their encoding information on the card's mag- Culver City, CA 90232. choosing and insert it into a validator netic stripe. If a passenger reports his/her mounted alongside the bus farebox. The FOOTHILL TRANSIT (1-800-RIDE-INFO) card stolen, the system inputs the number Foothill Transit Store, 2753 Eastland card is returned to the passenger minus into the bus validator. The central comput- Center St., West Covina, CA 91791. the appropriate fare and a display indi- er will be able to spot a serial number Pomona Transit Store, 1460 East Holt cates to the passenger how muck value being used by multiple cards. Each bus Ave., Pomona, CA. Claremont Transit remains on the card. When the value validator will then be programmed not to Depot, 200 West First Street, Claremont, becomes less than $10, the remaining accept that number again. amount will be printed on the back of the CA 91711. Monrovia Community Center, Foothill, Montebello, and Culver City bus card. The passenger can either add to the 119 West Palm Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016. patrons using the Metrocard can purchase value of the card, or purchase a new one. a transfer whether they pay their fare MONTEBELLO BUS LINES (213) 887-4545 The system will help patrons who don't with the card or with cash. They will be Montebello Corporate Yard, have the money to buy a monthly pass. issued either a standard interagency 311 Greenwood Street, Montebello, CA Metrocard can be purchased in any transfer if they wish to transfer to an MTA 90640. CD

MTA Bus Fleet 65 Percent Clean of Graffiti

he fight against graffiti on MTA's and elected officials want to reach out to Graffiti removal is achieved through a bus fleet came to the Brass roots the local community to reaffirm that a Zero Tolerance Program that encourages level on April 16 in South Central graffiti-free neighborhood is possible if we immediate and consistent graffiti removal. Los Angeles, which is exactly where continue building upon the MTA's success. MTA service attendants removed graffiti transportation officials have long "Buses operating out of Division 5 had the from buses every night until graffiti was Tbelieved it would be most effective. progressively eradicated. Cleaned buses most serious graffiti problem in the sys- have remained graffiti-free for longer peri- Dozens of MTA employees and their fami- tem," White noted. "We attribute our lies invited the community surrounding success to the dedication and enthusiasm ods of time as the program advances. the MTA's Division 5 to join them in clean- of MTA employees and managers who Other graffiti prevention programs imple- ing graffiti off MTA buses and buildings in decided to set higher standards and were mented by the MTA include elementary the area to help underscore the impor- committed to succeed." school education programs to teach the tance of the MTA's intensive five-month There are now 1,467 MTA buses operating negative effects of tagging; school and Zero Tolerance Program against graffiti clean of graffiti from Divisions 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, community lectures to mobilize citizens and vandalism. 9, 10, 12 and 16. Graffiti-free buses com- into action against vandalism; supervision of MTA buses during peak vandalism Franklin White, MTA's chief executive offi- prise 65 percent of the MTA fleet. By next hours; and art competitions and exhibits cer, declared all Division 5 buses fiscal year the entire MTA bus fleet is graffiti-free, adding that "MTA employees expected to be graffiti-free. ► Continued on page 7 MTA Expects Blockbuster Vendor Fair June 14

he MTA's second annual Vendor one-on-one discussion about MTA con- "Bonding for Construction Contracts", pre- Fair will be held at the Los Angeles tracting and purchasing opportunities, sented by the Transit Bond Guarantee Convention Center on June 14. Last and assistance will be provided to Program (TGBP); "DBE/MBE/WBE Goal year's Vendor Fair exceeded all DBE/WBE/MBE firms that would like to Setting & Certification", presented by the exhibitor and vendor attendance become MTA certified. MTA's Equal Opportunity department; Tprojections, drawing 3,000 attendees, "Accessing Capital", to be moderated by MTA's Purchasing Department will be including a sold-out luncheon reception for seeking new business sources for the the Vendor Relations department; and 700 people, and 175 exhibit booths. This many parts and systems ordered each "How to Develop a Winning Proposal", year's event promises to be even bigger year, including bus parts, light rail parts, presented by the MTA's contracts depart- and betten heavy rail parts, tire leases, bus facility ment. Exhibition space will be enlarged to construction, and general procurement Other programs have been scheduled in accommodate a projected 225 exhibit accounts for tens of millions of dollars in the Convention Center Theater. At 8:30 booths. Floor exhibits will include a Red orders each year. a.m., the Transportation Business Line subway car, an actual transit bus The 1994 Vendor Fair also will feature Advisory Committee (TBAC) will hold a demonstrating clean air fuels, the MTA many workshops, a special luncheon pro- public meeting. At 10:30, a special Los Transit Police displaying their security gram and a VIP sponsor and exhibitor Angeles City-Harbor-Airport Business systems, the Cal State solar-powered car reception. In response to the positive feed- Opportunities workshop will be conduct- which MTA co-sponsored, and a special back received from last year's event, new ed. The Transportation Foundation will Metrolink booth. educational workshops have been added. present a careers in engineering workshop The MTA booth, located in the center of Workshops to be offered this year include with L.A. area engineering schools from the exhibit floor, will feature representa- the STEPS (Success Through Excellence 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The County of Los tives from all departments at MTA, in Professional Services) workshop on Angeles will oller a business opportunities including programming and planning, "Marketing and Project Management", workshop from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. A few construction, and bus and rail operations. presented by the staff of the Engineering sponsorship opportunities are still Contracting officers will be available for Management Consultant (EMC); available. ► Continued on back page

"Pasadena" continued from page 1 to operate in both directinns. This process will eliminate the need for any support work beneath the bridge. The scrap metal of the old beidge has a market value of $90,000, and was factored into the con- tract price of $12.6 million. Usually referred to as the Pasadena Blue

Line, the new 13.6-mile, 14-station seg- mempouta AAS

TiaReonag'' n0 ' 5L ment will link Pasadena with downtown oh.ty Los Angeles and beyond, via Union Station where it will connect with the Metro Red Line. Linking the communities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, Highland Park and Chinatown with Los Angeles, it will be the third light rail system in the Metro network. Scheduled to open in 1998, the Pasadena Blue Line will carry a projected 55,000 passengers per day by the year 2000. From Sierra Madre Villa in East Pasadena, the alignment runs down the center of the Foothill Freeway to the west Officials prepare to signal a construction worker in the crane on the bridge to begin work for three stations, then turns south and on the Pasadena Blue Line. follows the Santa Fe Railroad right of way for 11 stations, terminating at Union tion in Old Pasadena. The train cars will retaining its original architectural style. Station. There, via the Metro Red Line, it be powered by overhead wires and will use The third Pasadena line construction pro- will connect with the existing Metro Blue the same light rail technology as the Line and downtown Long Beach. ject is the Chinatown aerial, which is Metro Blue Line, which opened in 1990, scheduled to be awarded in August. At "For the first time since the heyday of the and the Metro Green Line, which is sched- 2,800 feet, it will be the longest elevated Red Cars, people will be able to ride the uled to open in mid 1995. segment in the three MTA light rail sys- rails from Long Beach to Pasadena," said The next Pasadena line contract to be tems. Its seismic design will include MTA Chief Executive Officer Franklin awarded will be in July, which involves lessons learned from the Northridge White. reconstruction of the Arroyo Seco Bridge. earthquake. The track will run at street level except for That historic bridge will not be demol- Local Proposition A and C funds will pay an elevated segment and station in ished, but dismantled and reworked to for the $865-million project. CD Chinatown, and a below grade configura- accommodate light rail traffic while

3 -% AMETROLINK

Orange was in abundance March 28 for the grand opening of Metrolink's . Raising a toast of orange Juice, amid the orange balloons, were, from left: Julianne Nygaard, councilwoman from the City of Carlsbad and a member of the North San Diego County Transit Development Board; Judy Wright, City councilwoman from Claremont; Richard Alatorre, Los Angeles City councilman and MTA's board president, and Sarah Catz, a member of the Orange County Transportation Authority board of directors, at the podium. Color the Newest Metrolink Line Orange

ith the opening of the new Metrolink Vice Chairman Irv Pickler, Metrolink Orange County line an OCTA director. "While some people on March 28, Orange County will only show up for the free ride, many residents now have a new way to others will see how convenient and reli- avoid the notoriously congested able the trains are and become regular Santa Ana Freeway on their commutes to riders." Los Angeles. Passengers also are able to take advan- Three round trips a day are now available tage of OCTA's shuttle buses that link for those traveling from Oceanside to every Orange County train station to downtown Los Angeles and points in major employment areas. Shuttle service between. Metrolink's double-decked trains is free to those holding Metrolink tickets now stop at San Juan Capistrano, Irvine, or passes. Santa Ana, Orange, Anaheim and More than 4,000 passengers took advan- Fullerton, and one train also stops at the tage of the free rides. About half that City of Commerce. number continued riding the line after Mickey Mouse, one of Orange County's that, said Metrolink spokesman Peter most prominent citizens, joined Metrolink Hidalgo. officials, the Orange County Round-trip fares on the new Metrolink Transportation Authority (OCTA) and the line vary from $6 to S18, depending on the Southern Regional Rail distance traveled. Sample round-trip fares Authority to welcome the new service. are as follows: Los Angeles to Santa Ana, Orange County Metrolink service was free $10; Los Angeles to San Juan Capistrano, during the last four days of March to give $14; Los Angeles to Oceanside, $18. potential train commuters a chance to try Monthly passes or 10- trip tickets can out Metrolink. lower the fares, and senior citizens 65 and One of Orange County's most famous "There is no better way of starting a new over and disabled persons can ride for half citizens shows off Metrolink's new schedule. service than by offering free rides," said price. ► Continued next page

4 "Orange" continued from page 4 "Orange County should prove to be Metrolink's most successful corridor," said Sarah L. Catz, an OCTA and Metrolink director. "OCTA has already proven that train commuting works in Orange County. Now that Metrolink is offering three trains a day, we should see the beginning of a new era where trains become a much bigger part of Orange County's transporta- tion system." ©

Mickey Mouse greets commuters on Metrolink's Orange County line maiden run.

Cal State-L.A. Students Get New Kind of Training This Fall

fficials of the MTA, California State 4 University-Los Angeles, and sur- rounding cities gathered March 30 for the ceremonial groundbreaking of a Metrolink station, which will serve Cal State students, faculty and employees this fall. Construction crews are working at record speeds to get the station ready. When it's completed, Cal State-L.A. will be the first major educational institution with a Metrolink stop on campus. "The University looks forward to the new Metrolink station, which will oller signifi- cant commuter service for Cal State-L.A. students, faculty, staff and employees of neighboring facilities," said Cal State-L.A. President James M. Rosser at the ceremo- Wielding shovels at the groundbreaking for the Cal State - Los Angeles Metrolink station ny. "We are delighted to be part of one of were, from left: Dr. James Rosser, president of Cal State - L.A.; Phyllis Papen, MTA Board the newest and most exciting rail projects alternate; Michael Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor; John Fasana, MTA Board member; Assemblywoman Diane Martinez; Barbara Messina, mayor of Alhambra; and in the nation that will provide another SCRRA Board Members Raul Perez and Judy Wright. gateway for the community to participate in the life of our university." $30,000 from Cal State- L.A., and $20,000 the leader of a team of students. The With a campus population of more than from the City of Monterey Park. Cal State mural will depict the students' ideas about 22,000, the station is expected to add hun- University also participated with in-kind freedom of expression. dreds of daily riders to Metrolink's San contributions for Bike lockers and for the The Cal State-L.A. station will be one of Bernardino Line. Through an agreement creation of a mural adjacent to the plat- 15 stations of the between Metrolink and the university, form. that travels between the City of San students using Metrolink's monthly pass Shuttles to and from the station will Bernardino and Burbank. Other stops are will benefit from a special discount fare, transport passengers to employment cen- Rialto, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga (not which is 25% less than the regular month- ters in the cities of Alhambra, Monterey open yet), Upland, Montclair, Claremont, ly pass. Park and Los Angeles City and County Pomona, Covina, Baldwin Park, El Monte, The $1.5-million station is a coordinated areas near Cal State-L.A. Los Angeles Union Station and Glendale. effort of the MTA and a five-agency region- The station site is adjacent to the MTA's The Southern California Regional Rail al consortium created to fund and operate busway station on the San Bernardino Authority (SCRRA), the agency that over- the station. The consortium is comprised Freeway, near the 710 Freeway inter- sees Metrolink, is responsible for the of the County of Los Angeles, the City of change. design and construction of the station. The Los Angeles, the City of Alhambra, the five-agency Cal State-L.A. Station Construction plans include a train plat- City of Monterey Park and Cal State-L.A. Consortium will reimburse the SCRRA for form that can accommodate three all costs associated with the design, con- Funding came from a $750,000 grant from Metrolink cars, an elevator, lighting and struction and construction management of AQMD's Mobile Source Review security systems, benches, canopies, land- Committee; $380,000 from the MTA; scaping and a mural. the project. Once construction is complet- $200,000 from the County of Los Angeles; ed the consortium will become the agency The mural is part of the MTA Art Program $100,000 from the City of Los Angeles; responsible for operation and administra- and will be created by an artist working as $50,000 from the City of Alhambra; tion of the station. crd

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Working on the Railroad Rail Construction News

East L.A. Group Goes Underground For Preview of Red Line

MTA's community affairs personnel and RCC President and CEO Ed McSpedon recently escorted members of the East Los Angeles Review Advisory Committee through Red Line station construction sites at Wilshire I Vermont and Wilshire /Western to give them a flavor of what will be going on underground when Segment 3 Red Line construction begins in the East Los Angeles area. Clockwise, from above left: The group prepares to enter a subway tunnel; MTA's Lupe Valdez leads the group through a geometric maze of steel reinforcement; multilayered support beams stretch across a station opening; the group streams across a narrow catwalk to get a bird's eye view of the station excavation below them.

r 1 First Rail Car Test Run n Escalators have been installed at four of Receive Successful on Green Line the five stations that will have escalators. n Wednesday, April 6, the Blue Line n The steel frames of all station canopies Metro Moves car rolled down the tracks, hum- have been erected at every station. ming along without incident as it n The Green Line Automatic Train Every Month does every day of service. But this Control, which electronically regulates was no ordinary run. What made the speed and spacing of Green Line To be on our mailing list, fill out your 0this trip special was that the Blue Line car trains out on the line, is 36% complete. name and address, clip and mail to: was running along Green Line tracks — Mailing List Support Center/#10-Gien the first rail car to do so since the Green n The Wayside Intrusion Detection Metropolitan Transportation Authority-MTA Line project began. The test run took place System, which signals Green Line opera- 818 West Seventh Street, Suite 1100 between the Lakewood Boulevard station tions control when there is a person or Los Angeles, CA 90017 and the Long Beach Boulevard station object on the train tracks, is 80% com- along the eastern end of the Green Line. plete. The train reached a top speed of 55 mph. Name n The Green Line maintenance shop is in Preparations for a mid-1995 opening of the final stages of construction. Street the Green Line continue to go smoothly. n Work is being finished on the rail car Apt washer, fire safety equipment, telephones Among some recent accomplishments: City, State, ZIP and landscaping and Irrigation. 0

L 1 "Faxes" continued from page 1 MTA's costs also have significantly 7.Cancellation of all school-related ser- MTA is proposing to the unions several increased in order to meet local, state and vice, affecting 55 lines. ways to achieve greater efficiency, thus federal clean air regulations. Add to this further stretching taxpayer dollars. 8.Cancellation, or reassignment to the fact that government subsidies have another operator, of 18 peak-hour only "There was no easy way to present this sit- been drastically cut in recent years, and a express bus lines: 402, 406, 407, 410, uation to the people of Los Angeles major reason for the deficit becomes clear, 412, 418, 426, 427, 429, 426, 442, 443, County," White acknowledged. "But it is White said. 445, 457, 466, 489, 497, 576. our duty to hold this hearing so that White also noted that if MTA's fares had everyone who may be affected can learn 9.Also being considered is the cancella- kept pace with rising inflation, operating tion, or reassignment to another what our options are, and teil us what costs and lowered subsidies over the six they think is the fairest way to go." operator, of the following lightly-used years, the base fare would be $1.40 today. lines: Daily service on lines 56, 119, 127, A combination of factors led to the $126- "The same fare that bought $1.10 worth of 208, 250/253; weekend service on lines million budget deficit projected for Fiscal goods and services in 1988 now buys only 56, 168, 202, 250; Saturday service on Year 1995, White said. For most of the 86 cents worth," he said. lines 209, 225/226, 254; Sunday service decade of the 1980s, fare levels were dic- Among fare options being considered are on lines 107, 124, 161, 167, 236, 245. tated by the amount of government charging higher fares during peak travel subsidies available in any given year. 10.Re-routing of 24 downtown Los hours; increasing fares across the board; Angeles lines and restructuring of ser- White also noted that Proposition A, a half providing reduced-cost tokens and passes vice on the and the cent Los Angeles County sales tax ear- for the economically disadvantaged; a 25- future Harbor Freeway Transitway. marked specifically for transportation, cent co-payment for senior and disabled was approved by voters in Nov. of 1980. pass holders during peak travel periods, 11. Reduction of service frequency on Following is a recent history of fare levels: and making student passes valid only selected bus lines by 25%, and reduc- tions in train service frequency. July, 1981: Base fare established at 85 between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. cents. The following service change options will The MTA also held 16 community Meet- be separately considered: ings in the weeks prior to April 23 July, 1982: Following a protracted court 1.Cancellation of Saturday and/or throughout Los Angeles County to help challenge that Proposition A survives, prepare the public for the hearing. base fare is lowered to 50 cents, where it Sunday and/or special event bus service. stays for three years. Cancellation of all late-night service 2. "Graffiti" continued from page 2 July, 1985: Citing rising costs, the former between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., or late-night for youngsters to build a sense of partner- RTD Board of Directors raises base fare service just on the following 13 MTA bus ship between them and the agency. back to 85 cents. lines: 10, 18, 28/83/84, 38, 76, 92, 105, 111, 180, 424 and 446. MTA graffiti cleaning performed by volun- July, 1988: The base fare is raised to teers traditionally concentrates on buses $1.10, where it has remained for six 3. Reduction or cancellation of service on and transportation properties. Since the years. lines 114 and 130. 206 buses operating out of Division 5 are "Traditionally, fares pay for about 40% or 4. Cancellation of lines 56, 410, 457 and graffiti-free, the volunteers also cleaned more of a large transit system's operating 497, which largely parallel Metro Blue graffiti, rubbish and debris off the streets costs, with subsidies covering the rest," Line and Metrolink rail service. along the corridors served by MTA buses. White saicl. "For example, in 1989, fares 5.Cancellation of holiday service. Residents of Los Angeles County may paid for 43.3% of our operating costs. Four 6.Cancellation, modification or transfer report tagging and vandalism involving years later in 1993, fares paid for only 30% of portions of 60 lines to municipal tran- MTA properties and buses by calling of our operating costs, which continued to sit operators. 1-800-STOP-TAG. rise each year." Briefly Speaking

CTC Grants 012 Million Enhancement Program, and $8.9 million the Exposition Boulevard right-of-way in TCI funds. The Gateway project bicycle path. An estimated quarter of a Locally includes a major intermodal passenger million persons per year are expected to The California Transportation center for light rail, subway, bus, use the bikeway, which will provide an Commission (CTC) has committed $87.2 Metrolink and Amtrak. Facilities will east/west link to seven north/south bike- million to Los Angeles County for trans- include a bus plaza and 2,500-space park- ways, and will link Santa Monica with the portation improvements in fiscal year and-ride lot. By the year 2010, 115,000 University of Southern California/ 1995, which begins this July 1. daily transit riders are expected to utilize Exposition Park area. the facility. The funds include the allocation of $52.1 million for Segment 2 of the Metro Red Other TCI projects included $2.3 million Line, and the programming of funds for for track improvements at the Norwalk Red Line Gets More Gas two series of projects: $22.4 million for Metrolink Station, and $725,000, also for Sensors Transportation Enhancement Activities track improvements, at the Montebello projects and $12.7 million for Metrolink Station. Last October, the CTC MTA is adding more gas detection sensors Transportation Capital Improvement allocated $2 million for construction of the in the Red Line tunnels between Union (TCI) projects. Norwalk station, which is due to open this Station and Wilshire/Alvarado to enhance December. the gas alarm system in the subway. "We commend the action taken by the CTC," said MTA chief executive officer Other rail projects included $1.4 million The MTA also has begun repair work to Franklin White. "This is an important for renovation and restoration of the his- fill core holes drilled by engineers who con- vote of confidence in our programs, and a toric Pomona train depot. Built in 1940, ducted a major review of the first segment sound investment in our transit future.," the depot will serve bus, Metrolink, and of the tunnel. Repair crews also will grout Amtrak passengers. leaks previously occurring in the tunnel. The Union Station Gateway project A total of $4.6 million was committed to received $11.6 million from the ► Continued on back page

7 METRO MOVES MTA BOARD MEMBERS RICHARD ALATORRE JOHN FASANA Chair/Councilmember Councilmember A monthly publication City of Los Angeles City of Duarte produced by the MTA. NATE HOLDEN, Alt. PHYLLIS PAPEN, Alt. MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH GLORIA MOLINA Managing Editor Supervisor Supervisor Wendy Taylor Los Angeles County Los Angeles County NICK PATSAOURAS, Alt. ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA, Alt. Contributing Writer Greg Davy EVAN ANDERSON BRAUDE RICHARD RIORDAN Councilmember Mayor Art Director City of Long Beach City of Los Angeles Anne Roubideaux RAUL PEREZ, Alt. ZEV YAROSLAVSKY, Alt. Graphic Design/Illustration YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE STAN SANDERS Terry McMahon Supervisor RUTH GALANTER, Alt. Los Angeles County DEAN DUNPHY Photographers MAS FUKAI, Alt. Ex-Officio Member Steve Jost JIM CRAGIN California Secretary of Business Jean Ferro Councilmember Transportation and Housing Wayne Salvatti City of Gardena JERRY B. BAXTER, Alt. HAL CROYTS, Alt. JAMES W. VAN LOBEN SELS, Alt. DEANE DANA MEL WILSON Supervisor HAL BERNSON, Alt. Los Angeles County LARRY ZARIAN ROBERT J. ARTHUR, Alt. Vice-Chair/Mayor City of Glendale EDMUND D. EDELMAN JAN HEIDT, Alt. 41, 11( Vice-Chair/Supervisor Los Angeles County el0 MARVIN L. HOLEN, Alt. FRANKLIN E. WHITE MTA Chief Executive Officer Metro Moves is printed entirely on recycled paper.

"Gas Sensors" continued from page 7 Vermont Avenue Traffic "Vendor" continued from page 3 The additional gas detection sensors are flealigned Thi year's pre-registration fee for the expected to be placed near the bottom of Vendor Fair is $10, which includes park- the tunnel, adding an extra level of protec- Traffic in a two-block area of Vermont ing, breakfast, and admission to all tion for M'fA patrons. Although a slight Avenue has been reduced to four lanes to seminars and the exhibit area. Vendors odor can be detected in some areas of the accommodate construction of the Metro Red registering the day of the fair will pay $10 tunnels and stations, the level of hydrogen Line Vermont/Beverly station. in addition to parking fees. sulfide has remained below that which The lane reduction is between Council A Vendor Fair hotline has been estab- would trigger an alarm except on two Street and Oakwood Avenue, and will last lished for pre-registration and reservation occasions, the day of the Northridge earth- for about nine months. At least two lanes of of exhibit and advertising space. quake, and earlier in January when an traffic will be maintained in each direction Companies that want to exhibit at the apparent false alarm was reported. at all times. Vendor Fair and/or place an advertise- An air-flow analysis conducted in No parking will be permitted at any time in ment in the Vendor Fair program are February determined exactly where the the affected area, but the MTA is working to should act quickly for the best possible added sensors should be placed, as well as identify auxiliary parking lots for employees placement. The Vendor Fair hotline num- a time frame for their installation. and customers of area businesses. ber is (213) 244-6871. ©

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