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FIRST CLASS MAIL Photos of the Month Yearly Dues for SO.CA.TA: THE TRANSIT Individual Members: $30.00 (Print or PDF) Low Income: $18.00 (Print Newsletter) ADVOCATE Low Income: $12.00 (PDF Newsletter) On May 1st, SunRail Dues are prorated on a quarterly basis. began commuter rail Newsletter of the Southern operations in the California Transit Advocates Submission of materials: ALL materials Greater Orlando area for the TRANSIT ADVOCATE newsletter go to of Florida. A SunRail Volume 22, Number 4 Andrew Novak at P.O. Box 2383, Downey Train lead by MPI May/June 2014 California 90242 or to [email protected]. built MP32PH-Q 103 Issue 257 Please enclose a self addressed stamped en- at the San Lake Road velope for returns. Submission are used at Station south of Or- the discretion of the editor and may be ed- lando on May 6, ited for space constraints. 2014. Inside This Issue:

Bulletin Board ...... 3 Opinions: Unless clearly marked as —Steve Crosmer Transit Updates ...... 4 "Editorial" or "Position Paper", all written ma- Photo Public/Legislative Affairs ...... 8 terial within, including all inserted flyers and Transit Topics ...... 10 postcards, are the expressed opinions of the Metro/Foothill Changes ...... 11 authors and not necessarily that of the sbX Trip Photos ...... 12 SO.CA.TA.

Photos of the month ...... 15 Copyright: © 2014 Southern California Transit Advocates. Permission is freely On the cover: Amtrak Van Hool 47995 granted to reproduce/reprint ORIGINAL arti- sits in front of Los Angeles Union Station on cles from the Transit Advocate, provided May 3, 2014 during the station’s 75th Anni- credit is given to both the author and the versary celebration. Southern California Transit Advocates. In all The —Andrew Novak Photo other cases, permission must be Greyhound

secured from the copyright holder. 100th Anniver- ISSN 1525-2892 sary Mobile Mu- Disclaimer: The Southern California Transit seum bus. This SO.CA.TA officers, 2014 Advocates is not affiliated with any govern- bus is on tour President: Nate Zablen mental agency or transportation provider. across the Vice President: Ken Ruben Names and logos of agencies appear for information and county. Secretary: Perias Pillay Treasurer: Dana Gabbard reference purposes only. —Greyhound Newsletter Editor: Andrew Novak Next SO.CA.TA Gatherings: Photo Newsletter Prod. Mgr: Dana Gabbard th Webmaster: Charles Hobbs July 11 : BYD Bus Plant Tour in Lancaster

Archivist: Edmund Buckley July 12th: FAST Mobility Hub Presentation and Schedule swap 1:00 PM Angelus Plaza (Our old meeting room)

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Bulletin Board: Other upcoming events being planned in- Our May 2nd tour of the new sbX Bus Rapid clude an exploration of Metro owl service Train line that runs between Loma Linda (anticipating the possible changes that may Hospital and California State University-San occur next year) and a tour of the BYD elec- Bernardino through downtown San Bernar- tric bus plant in Lancaster. Notification of the The trip participants dino was a great success. Participants in- date and times of these activities will be poise with New Flyer cluded Dana Gabbard, Nate Zablen, Russ via e-mail, our website and the Facebook 6012 at the Palm Jones, Chafee Yiu, Mark Strickert and Kirk page.

Station. Schneider. In memory of Mrs. Cecil Bowman a $50 do- Our thanks to Andrew Novak for handling nation has been made to our group by Rich- -Omnitrans Photo arrangements and to Community Outreach ard and Eva Overturf, for which we are Specialist Nicole Ramos of Omnitrans who grateful and will make good use of. led the tour and shared insights. Our hope is th sbX and the Wilshire bus lanes will create On July 12 we will have a presentation by buzz that can be leveraged to have robust Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic (FAST) of BRT in the region. (Ed note: Special thanks its mobility hub concept at 1:00 PM. Follow- to Mark Strickert for taking point on this trip ing the presentation we will be having a bus at the last minute after your editor was un- and rail timetable swap at Angelus Plaza, our able to attend due to circumstances beyond old meeting room. This is the perfect chance my control.) to thin out your schedule collection and pick up a few new additions. Our newsletter edi- The booth at the Los Angeles Union Station tor has got a big box of goodies he has dis- 75th Anniversary/National Train Day covered in the process of moving! You will rd event held May 3 resulted in a lapsed not want to miss this chance to mingle with member renewing and we gave out material your fellow advocates. Also the club will about our group plus other rail related ac- have some of the left over transit trinkets tivities along with answering questions, from our banquet available for sale as a club sharing information, etc. Our thanks to the fund raiser. Transportation Committee of the Sierra Club The sbX Station at Angeles Chapter who co-sponsored the As always the best way to keep track of the Little Mountain space. Jerard Wright and Darrell Clarke (co- transit related meetings and events is via Station. chairs of the Committee) augmented our ef- our online calendar -- fort at outreach via a display and engaging www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/socata -Russ Jones Photo participation. If you hear of something you think should be added contact Dana Gabbard at: Dana Gabbard presented our position at the 213.388.2364 or [email protected] March 29th Metro fare restructuring proposal public hearing. The text of our comments (and a link to a photo of Gabbard at the po- dium speaking) is on the front page of our website.

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AVTA Glendale Beeline Effective April 7th the Antelope Valley Transit Glendale Bee Line has posted revised ver- Authority (AVTA) added the McBean Re- sions of their Route 11 (April 7, 2014) and gional Transit Center as a stop on three trips Route 12 (April 21, 2014) on their website of their North County TRANSporter service, at: www.GlendaleBeeline.com previously all trips began and ended at the Hollywood Sign Shuttle Newhall Metrolink Station. The 8:50 AM trip From May 3rd till July 31st, a new shuttle will from Lancaster now ends at McBean and A rear end view of sbX be operating to the Hollywood Sign Viewing trips depart the transit center at 10:00 AM New Flyer 6012 at the Area and the Griffith Park Observatory. The and 2:40 PM. The agency has also added a Palm Station. service operates on Saturday and Sundays tenth trip to the midday service that oper- and select holidays from 10:00 AM to 4:00 ates from Newhall to Palmdale, Monday -Russ Jones Photo PM. Tickets are $7.00 per person, kids under through Friday. For more information con- 2 are free when riding on the lap of an adult. tact AVTA at 661.945.9445 or online at: Tickets must be purchased online at http:// http://www.avta.com www.laparks.org/shuttle/shuttle.htm Buses depart from the parking lot of the Greek Theatre parking lot. For more information, contact the Griffith Park Visitor's Center at 323.664.2050 Culver City Bus Starting June 2nd, Culver City bus began op- Long Beach Transit st eration of a new limited stop version of their Effective June 1 , Long Beach Transit has Line 1 for the summer. The new service op- made the following changes to their service. erated on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Passport Service: Additional service has Holidays and runs every 30 minutes on Fri- been added on weekend afternoons and eve- days and every 25 minutes weekends and nings to improve service during the summer. holidays. The service runs from approxi- The dedicated sbX Since April 2014, the Passport route has lanes near the mately 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Limited stops been on detour. The current detour has the are made at West LA Transit Center, Culver Carousel Mall in Passport traveling along Pacific and Long downtown City Expo Line Station, Overland, Sepulveda, Beach Boulevard instead of Pine Avenue Inglewood, Centinela, Lincoln and at Main San Bernardino. north of Ocean. The bus stops on Pine be- and Venice. For more information contact st tween 1 Street and Ocean will be closed -Dana Gabbard Culver City Bus at 310.253.6510. during the detour. For northbound trips, Photo Flyaway (LAX) passengers should use the stop on Pacific at On March 1st the Los Angeles World Airports Ocean and for southbound trips, there is a increased the one-way fare on the Union temporary stop on the south side of Ocean Station Flyaway from $7.00 to $8.00. at Pacific. For more information contact Flyaway at 866.435.9529 or online at: (Continued on Page 5) www.lawa.org/flyaway/

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On the next couple pages we will have a selection of photos take during our tour of Long Beach Transit Continued Routes 172, 173, 174: The first southbound the new Omnitrans sbX BRT service in San Bernardino on May 2nd. Routes 131 and 171: Both routes have been Route 172 trip begins fifteen minutes earlier, extended from their current terminus loca- replacing the Route 174 trip, to improve tions to Electric and Main Streets in Seal connections to the Metro Blue Line. Beach. Schedule changes have been made Routes 181, 182: Minor routing adjustments to accommodate these extensions. in the downtown area have been made to Routes 21 and 22: The southbound route improve operations. No stops will be af- now starts at Garfield Park instead of Gar- fected. Minor service changes on weekdays field at Richfield. and weekends.

Route 52: This new weekday route follows Omnitrans sbX New Flyer Routes 1, 51, 61, 121, 151, and 176: Minor Route 51 and then turns left on Victoria Xcelsior 6012 at the schedule changes or service adjustments. Street and then right on Santa Fe to serve Palm Station. the county social service centers in the area. The Museum Express is back again for the th At Santa Fe and Artesia he route will con- summer operating from June 19 to August -Dana Gabbard Photo 17th. This year Long Beach Transit has added tinue along Route 51. the South Coast Botanic Gardens this year to Routes 71 and 72: The last southbound trip the schedule. Fares this year are $8 for now lays over at Garfield Park instead of at round trip and tickets can be purchased Garfield and Richfield. ahead time from Long Beach Transit.

Routes 91, 92, 93, 94 and 96: The summer Also returning for the summer are the popu- schedule is now in effect and weekday ser- lar Long Beach Transit AquaLink and vice operates every 12 minutes and 10 min- AquaBus water taxies. These services will utes during peak hours. One addition operate seven days a week from May 24th to southbound trip has been added to Route 91 September 1st. There will also been limited on Saturday. One earlier southbound Route service from September 5th to October 26th. 94 departs Bellflower at Stearns 20 minutes earlier to provide better connections at the For more information contact Long Beach Transit Gallery. Route 96 ZAP will operate to Transit at 562.591.2301 or online at: the end of the LBUSD school year on June www.lbtransit.com The shelter at the sbX 12th. Palm Station. Routes 101, 102, 103 and 104: All of these

routes now begin at Carson Street just west -Russ Jones Photo of Norwalk Boulevard instead of Civic Center

at Ibex.

Routes 111 and 112: Select stops were re- moved on Broadway to improve the speed of the service. Service operates every 20-40 minutes on weekdays and 30-60 minutes on weekends. (Continued on Page 6)

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Los Angeles County Beach Buses and route to the Abbot Kinney Festival on On June 20th Metro will close their Wilshire/ Line 222: Will be extended north from Bur- Once again the Los Angeles County Public September 28th from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. La Brea customer service center to make bank Airport over the alignment of Line 169 Works along with several county supervisors Also back for the summer is the Marina del way for a new Metro Purple Line Station. A to Sunland. are offering special summer beach bus ser- Rey WaterBus. new customer center will open on July 1st at Other minor changes are being made to vice to Santa Monica. Buses will once again For more information or to download sched- the Wilshire and Vermont Station and lost Metro Schedules. operate from Altadena, Castaic, Charter ules visit www.beaches.lacounty.gov. Infor- and found will be moving to the Heritage Oak/Duarte, East Los Angeles, La Crescenta/ mation is also available from the Marina del Square Gold Station also opening on July 1st. For more information contact Metro at La Canada-Flintridge, Lancaster, Palmdale, Rey Visitors Center at 310.305.9545. Addresses for the new locations are as fol- 323.466.3876 or online at: www.metro.net and Topanga Canyon. Schedules and fares lows: Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) vary and all routes, except East LA and To- On May 11th, RTA made several route Wilshire/Vermont Customer Center panga Canyon, require advanced reserva- changes that include expanded evening ser- 3183 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 174, Los An- tions. New for this year the Topanga Canyon vice, new Saturday service and improved geles, California 90010 route operates seven days a week. Most of connections with Metrolink trains. Below is a the routes operate from mid-June to Labor Heritage Square Station Lost and Found summary of those changes. Day. For more information or to make reser- 3571 Pasadena Avenue, Los Angeles, Cali- vations call 888.769.1122 or online at: Route 1: Service has been extended 1.5 fornia 90031 miles along East Grand Boulevard to the Co- www.lagobus.info th rona Transit Center. Weekday service now Effective June 29 , Metro will be making operates approximately every 15 minutes changes to their service. Below is a sum- and every 30 minutes on weekends. mary of those changes.

Route 3: Two new northbound trips depart Line 28: The line will be combined with Line th Foothill Transit Changes the Belle and 10 timepoint at 6:53 PM and 84 in downtown Los Angeles and will be ex- 7:38 PM. Two new southbound trips depart tended to Eagle Rock Plaza. The route will be On June 1st Foothill Transit made a few ser- the Swan Lake MHP timepoint 5:48 PM and renumbered Line 28. vice changes. They have made schedule 6:33 PM. New Saturday service on this line Lines 60/760: Bothe lines will have a minor shifts on many routes and below are some of operates every 45 minutes from 6:30 AM to the highlights. re-route northbound in downtown Los Ange- 7:30 PM. th Marina del Rey Summer Shuttles les via 7 Street, Hope Street, Wilshire Lines 187 and 486: Trips have been added Route 24: All service has now returned to throughout the day for the summer. The popular Marina del Rey shuttle bus has Boulevard to Figueroa Street and regular returned for the summer season. The shuttle regular routing via Pujol & Main in Old Town route to Sunset Boulevard. Line 195: Mid-day trips have been added on Temecula. bus operates between Playa, Venice Beach weekends removing breaks in service. Route 27: The last southbound trip of the Line 68: This line will be extended in down- Pier and Marina del Rey on Friday, Saturday, th Line 482: New stop added at Brea Canyon rd town Los Angles to 6 Street via Spring and Sunday and Holidays from May 23 to the day on weekends has been extended to the Road and Lycoming Street in Diamond Bar. Main Streets. Florida & Lincoln timepoint. end of September with service on Thursday Silver Streak: Buses now operate every 15 evenings for the classical concerts at Burton Route 51: Will not operate from June 16th to Line 169: The segment of the line from Bur- th minutes from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM with ser- Chace Park. On Friday and Saturday service September 26 and will resume again on bank Airport to Sunland will be discontinued vice every 8 minutes or less during morning operates from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM and September 29th. and replaced with an extension of Line 222. and afternoon rush hours. 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Sundays and holi- th Line 169 will also be combined with Line 645 Route 54: Service was canceled on May 28 . For more information contact Foothill Transit days. Service operates every 30 minutes. and provide through service from Burbank at 800.743.3463 or online at: The special Thursday evening service will Airport to Warner Center. Line 645 will be th th th foothilltransit.org operate on July 10 and 24 and August 7 (Continued on Page 7) renumbered 169 and 21st. There will also be a special service

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This month in Transit Topics we have a few seum bus other historic Greyhound buses RTA Continued Santa Clarita Transit things you might have missed from the will be displayed. The tour reaches southern Route 55: Will not operate from June 16th to From June 7th to August 31st, Santa world of transit. California with a stop at Six Flags Magic August 8th and will resume on August 11th. Clarita Transit will once again operate week-

Mountain on December 20-21, 2014. For end Beach Bus service to Santa Monica. Metro-North Bar Cars: On May 9th the last Route 61: New Saturday service operates more information and a complete schedule every 65 minutes from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM. Routes 100 and 101 will operate on Satur- Metro-North “Bar Car” left Grand Central visit: https://www.greyhound.com/EN/ days and Route 102 on Sundays. Fares are Terminal bound for Connecticut ending a Route 74: New Saturday service operates CentennialTour.aspx Greyhound has also $3 one-way ($1.50 senior/disabled) and long standing tradition on the New Haven every 75 minutes from 6:30 AM to 7:60 PM. created a history page for their 100th fares can be paid in cash (exact fare only) or Line. The popular service was a holdover Route 79: The weekday route alignment has Anniversary: http://greyhoundhistory.com/ with a TAP stored value card. Monthly from the day of the old New Haven and Penn been adjusted for the regular routing in Old passes will not be honored. Passengers can Central Railroads when traditional commuter Lombard Street to close: In May the San Town Temecula via Pujol & Main. New Satur- bring beach chairs, coolers, and surfboards. trains were operated on this line with a par- Francisco Metropolitan Transportation day service operates from County Center lor car in the consist. The New Haven line Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors voted to Drive to the Hemet Valley Mall every hour From June 7th to August 30th Santa Clarita service was the last “Bar Car” service oper- close Lombard Street between Hyde and from 6:15 AM to 7:45 PM Transit will be operating late night service on ated by a commuter railroad in the United Leavenworth Streets. The famous crocked Route 202: Additional summer trips on Line 757 to North Hollywood on Friday and States. Metro-North and the Connecticut street has become a congested with tourist weekdays and weekends will operate from Saturday nights. The last bus on both nights DOT (CDOT) are retiring the 1973 era M-2 driving down it and the local residents have June 16th to September 1st. will leave North Hollywood at 12:15 AM with electric M.U. cars which were the last fleet complained. SFMTA will close the street on Route 216 several trips operating to and from North order with special “Bar Car.” In the future Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 PM to Four weekday trips will be added during Hollywood before midnight. st th Metro-North and CDOT have considered 6:00 PM from June 21 to July 13 . The peak hours. For more information contact Santa Clarita “Café Cars” that may operate on the New street will also be closed on July 4th. Pedes- The following routes have had their weekday Transit at 661.294.1287 or online at: Haven line. trians and local residents will still have ac- schedules adjusted to improve on-time per- cess to the street. If the closures are suc- santaclaritatransit.com formance or to improve connections with cessful the SFMTA may consider closing the other routes: 8, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, street again next summer and possibly even 22, 29, 30, 33, 40, 42, 49, 202, 206, 208, BYD Bus Plant Tour installing a gate that would restrict access to 210, 212 and 217 the street which has been dubbed a “do-it- This is the chance of a lifetime! The yourself amusement park ride.” The following routes have had their weekend Southern California Transit Advocates schedules adjusted to improve on-time per- have arranged for a tour of the BYD bus RTP News and Views: I will conclude this formance or to improve connections with manufacturing plant in Lancaster on Fri- month with some shameless self-promotion. other routes: 10, 12, 15, 27, 30 and 42 I have recently completed RTP News and day July 11th. If you are interesting in Views Jr. Volume 12½ , Issue 1. Celebrating For more information contact RTA at joining us on this trip make your reser- my 20th year in the amateur newsletter 951.565.5002 or online at: vation with Dana Gabbard at business, this issue contains my 2013 year www.riversidetransit.com 213.388.2364 or via email at in review and Part 2 of 10 Years of the Metro [email protected] Gold Line. If you are interested in a print or PDF copy of this newsletter contact me at Greyhound Museum Tour: To commemo- We will likely take Metrolink to Lancaster [email protected] or via USPS at: Post rate 100 years of operation Greyhound has a and details will be provided to registered trip Office Box 2383, Downey, CA 90242. dedicated museum bus that will be touring participants. We hope to see you there! the country starting in the east and working west across the country. Along with the mu- aAz

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We were among the stakeholders who sug- come riders. The panel should be asked to At least his brown bag lunch at Los Angeles recession easing, construction costs are gested Metro consider widening the pro- consider alternative revenue generation city hall with planning professionals had a starting to escalate again and we may be posed transfer window from 90 minutes to strategies as well as provide recommenda- decent attendance thanks to the efforts of approaching the point where sticker shock two hours as part of the recent fare restruc- tions on opportunities to expand ridership; Carter Rubin of the Mayor's office. I am just means a fork is finally put in this debate and turing proposal. Agency staff in their final and report back to the Board by July 2015 starting Ben's book and it is a fascinating the project is official declared dead. Or recommendation to the Metro Board con- with their recommendations". exploration of the history of American urban maybe that is a fanciful notion on my part. curred with the change and it was approved. Want to bet the result will be a few tweaks, development and sprawl. I'm glad to note After 40+ years of stalemate can this war Meanwhile the Bus Riders Union pulled out maybe some recommendations for revenue the Dorothy Peyton Gray Library at Metro ever end? all the stops to blanket the process with via parking fees etc. but in the end it will has a copy in its collection. One hopes it will emotionalism and empty demands without simply confirm the obvious that there is no soon find its way into other collections used showing any sign of being willing to accom- miracle money to make the other two in- by transportation professionals, students Are you buried in paper? modate a reasonable compromise or offer and scholars. creases unnecessary? Well, I guess we any viable means to keep the agency solvent should just let the process go forward, how- A weakness of the panel at the recent Are you interested in getting your beyond an empty request for an audit. ever predictable. Maybe the politicos hope to Zocalo Public Square forum “What does SO.CA.TA newsletter in PDF? One can be sure Eric Mann will convert this use the Task Force to provide cover from the Southern California need from the 710 free- We now offer the SO.CA.TA newsletter in carefully engineered defeat into a pile of do- likely next wave of firestorm to be stage- way?” (In re the ongoing battle over extend- PDF format to our members. The PDF nations at the upcoming Labor Community managed by Mann. Words fail me. ing the 710 at the northern end to connect newsletters are available a week before Strategy Center annual fundraiser, to be On a happier note one of the more interest- with the 210) was having someone from out the printed version and are in full color. held at the Wiltern Theater. I realize Mann ing ideas I have heard of late is the mobility of the area (Linda Adams) represent the en- has managed to fool some to this day that If you would like to get the PDF newsletter hub concept being floated by Fixing Angele- vironmental community who wasn't familiar he is an authentic activist but I know many instead of the printed version email us at: nos Stuck in Traffic (FAST). I first heard with the specifics. The proponents seem to who have long since tumbled to his cynicism [email protected] about it at the recent MoveLA Conference be believe that the environmental im- and greed (although I admit an avowed followed by a presentation with more details pact study Metro and Caltrans are undertak- Marxist paying himself a six figure salary is a made by Executive Director Hilary Norton ing of the corridor will endorse their view the concept that is hard to wrap you head and a representative of Famima at a Sierra tunnel is the best option to improve air qual- around). ity. Club Transportation Committee meeting. I Transit Industry Readers! Among other actions the Metro Board took in am working to have a presentation about I have to question how viable tolling (which relation to the fare change was a motion this at a special meeting of our group in the the proponents extolled) is to fund a project With our new club format we are looking made by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. next few months. From what I have seen of this magnitude. Would it involve some to arrange tours of transit facilities and County Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and thus far it appears to merit our enthusiastic sort of public-private partnership with the yards or ride new services. Mark Ridley-Thomas that the agency support. revenue stream paying back the builder? Or

"postpone implementation of the proposed do the proponents think bonds could be is- I was disappointed at the paltry turn out to If your agency would be interested in 2017 and 2020 fare increases until after the sued that the tolls pay off? I am not clear on the signing I helped arrange for Ben Ross having our group visit, or would like to Chief Executive Officer convenes a Transit that point. Despite the claims made that and his new book Dead End: Suburban speak to our group please contact us via Ridership Best Practices Task Force, in coor- “something” has to be done I keep coming Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urban- email at: dination with the American Public Transpor- back to my simple feeling the tunnel is so ism at Skylight Books in the Los Feliz area of tation Association, to provide guidance on ghastly expensive the proponents hopes of [email protected] Los Angeles. fare structuring strategies that optimize finding the funds to build it are rather far- or by phone at: 213.388.2364

MTA’s financial performance while minimiz- fetched and at this point continued pursuit of (Continued on Page 9) ing the burden on the system’s lowest in- the project is just a waste of time. With the

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routes now begin at Carson Street just west -Russ Jones Photo of Norwalk Boulevard instead of Civic Center

at Ibex.

Routes 111 and 112: Select stops were re- moved on Broadway to improve the speed of the service. Service operates every 20-40 minutes on weekdays and 30-60 minutes on weekends. (Continued on Page 6)

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14 The TRANSIT Advocate www.socata.net 3 Photos of the Month Yearly Dues for SO.CA.TA: THE TRANSIT Individual Members: $30.00 (Print or PDF) Low Income: $18.00 (Print Newsletter) ADVOCATE Low Income: $12.00 (PDF Newsletter) On May 1st, SunRail Dues are prorated on a quarterly basis. began commuter rail Newsletter of the Southern operations in the California Transit Advocates Submission of materials: ALL materials Greater Orlando area for the TRANSIT ADVOCATE newsletter go to of Florida. A SunRail Volume 22, Number 4 Andrew Novak at P.O. Box 2383, Downey Train lead by MPI May/June 2014 California 90242 or to [email protected]. built MP32PH-Q 103 Issue 257 Please enclose a self addressed stamped en- at the San Lake Road velope for returns. Submission are used at Station south of Or- the discretion of the editor and may be ed- lando on May 6, ited for space constraints. 2014. Inside This Issue:

Archivist: Edmund Buckley July 12th: FAST Mobility Hub Presentation and Schedule swap 1:00 PM Angelus Plaza (Our old meeting room)

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