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Inside This Issue: Metro NABI 8092 at CMF on February 25, 2012. • Bulletin Board (pg. 2) —Andrew Novak Photo • Members in Action (pg.2) • Transit Updates (pg. 3) • NCTD Service Changes (pg. 5) • Public/Legislative Affairs (pg. 6) ISSN 1525-2892 • 2011 DAT Trip (pg. 8) • Photos of the month (pg. 11) Bulletin Board / Members in Action Photos of the Month

Bulletin Board: On the front page of our website (and also February 18th we held a special event in the pasted on our Facebook page) are the text Angelus Plaza auditorium with past Governor of letters we have sent regarding the status of Massachusetts and Presidential candidate of the Municipal Area Express in the South Michael Dukakis speaking on The Future of Bay and questioning Metro's extension of Rail and Transit in America. Attendance dur- route 201 to serve Glenoaks Park. ing the hour-long event hovered just under Joe Dunn informs us the radio frequency 40. This was a joint effort of our members used by operators testing the Expo line is that enabled us to have a successful event. 160.935. Also that Dash frequencies are Ken Ruben handled relations with the Gov- 472.2375 (Hollywood & San Fernando Val- ernor, publicity with local train groups and ley) [this frequency also covers Veoila's con- was Master of Ceremony/Moderator. Curtis tracted services MTA lines 96, 218, 603] and Raymond was Ruben's right hand per- 472.3625 (all downtown Dash Buses). son. Dana Gabbard did publicity, prepared sign in sheets, signs, coordination and Members in Action: the agenda. John Ulloth supplied food Robert Meinert attended the February 8th and organized the set-up. Jerard Wright Regional Connector Final EIR/EIS open supplied comment cards and also helped house in Little Tokyo. Santa Barbara MTD will be testing a NovaBus articulated bus on Route 15X from Isla Vista with set-up. Kent Landfield brought food/ice, Edmund Buckley, Andrew Novak and Dino to UCSB during March 2012. The photo above ©Paul Wellman/ Santa Barbara Independent. signage, arranged for videotaping and Mandros were the only three attendees of helped with clean up. Dominick Falzone the February 21st Anaheim Resort Transit helped with miscellaneous set-up. Nate meeting for the proposed Anaheim to Buena Zablen brought some refreshments, veggie Park Service. chips, napkins, and bowls plus introduced the program and oversaw coordina- Joe Dunn attended the Access Services Feb- tion. Charles Hobbs placed the event an- ruary 22nd community meeting at Plummer Park in West Hollywood and the February Michael Dukakis during nouncement on the front page of our web- the special SOCATA site. 25th City of Los Angeles Mobility Element Think Lab workshop at LACMA West on the event on February Dominick Falzone, along with Ken Ruben Miracle Mile. 18th. Member Ken and Nate Zablen, escorted the Governor Ruben is in the back- from Hill Street to the auditorium. Alan LA on the Verge of a Transit Breakthrough - ground. Weeks gave the Governor a ride back to Move LA's 4th Annual Transportation Con- Westwood (he was pressed for time to at- versation on February 24th was attended -Alan Weeks Photo tend a wedding reception that afternoon by Bart Reed, Numan Parada, Ken Ruben, that he would officiate at). Perias Pillay, Kent Landfield, Alek Friedman and Jerard Wright. At the March 10th meeting we will have guest speakers discussing the proposed statewide high speed rail project (L.A. to Palmdale and L.A. to Riverside segments). (Continued on Page 6)

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Routes 358-359: From Escondido Transit Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Gold Coast Transit Long Beach Transit center will travel south on Quince and east On February 12th Big Blue Bus made some Effective February 12th Gold Coast Transit in Effective February 12th Long Beach Transit on 2nd to Broadway. changes to there service. Below is a sum- Oxnard has made the following changes to made several changes to their service. Be-

mary of those changes. their system: low is a list of those changes. The downtown Route 388: From Escondido Transit center Route 1: service frequency has been in- transit center has now been renamed the will travel south on Quince, east on 2nd, and Route 4: Schedule changes were made to creased to every 20 minutes. First Street Transit Gallery. north on Valley Boulevard to Valley Park- the weekend and holiday schedules. Trips to Route 8: Improved weekend service to re- way. downtown Santa Monica that change into Route 93: Service was increased on the Route 8 trips to UCLA will now do so from place discontinued Route 38X route during weekdays to improve the fre- Routes 303, 304, 305, 316, 323, 444, 445, Route 17: New route that connects the Es- Broadway at 4th Street. quency. and 446:will undergo minor schedule adjust- planade Shopping Center, St. John’s Re- ments. Rapid 7: a new stop was added on Pico at gional Medical Center, and Oxnard College Route 96 ZAP: Select trips now service Avenue of the Stars in both directions. via Vineyard, Central, and Rose. Woodruff at Spring during morning and af- FLEX Route 371: Ramona trips departing Route 8: now ends service on 6th at Broad- ternoon runs. The line now ends at 7th Escondido Transit center will travel south on Street and Long Beach Boulevard instead of Quince, east on 2nd, and north on Valley way instead of on 2nd Street at Broadway. the First Street Transit Gallery. Boulevard to Grand. Rapid 10: Minor schedule changes.

Route 103: now heads north on Bellflower Flex Route 373: Southwest Carlsbad zone instead of Clark from Carson. will be expanded south to La Costa Avenue San Diego MTS between Carlsbad Boulevard and El Camino Effective March 1st MTS introduced new Route 111: now deviates to Carson at Clark rules and procedures for carts, strollers and on its 9:35 PM trip from the Transit Gallery. Real. Subject to vehicle availability, trip re- quests by walk-up passengers at Poinsettia carry-on items taken aboard MTS buses and Route 171: now has increased service west Coaster Station will be accommodated. Trolleys. The new rules were designed to of Cal State Long Beach from 25 to 20 min- create a safer environment and improve utes. Select trips now at Cal State. For more information and to download the boarding and travel times for all riders. For revised schedules visit NCTD at: more information and to review the policy: Route 181/182: now stops at Shelter H in- GoNCTD.com Also information available by http://www.sdmts.com/cartpolicy.asp LADOT - DASH stead of Shelter E at the Transit Gallery calling: 1-855-287-6283. along with minor schedule adjustments. Effective February 13th the southbound bus stop at Townsend Avenue and Oak Grove Route 192: late night service was increased Drive was discontinued on the DASH High- Are you buried in paper? on weekdays. The last northbound trip now land Park/Eagle Rock route. stops at the Del Amo Blue Line at 10:41 PM

Are you interested in getting your LADOT - Commuter Express and the last southbound service from Los SO.CA.TA newsletter in PDF? Effective January 4th at stop was added at Cerritos Center serves Del Amo until 1:00 We are now offering the SO.CA.TA newslet- AM. Loyola High School on Line 431. One east- ter in PDF format to our members. The PDF bound trip stops there at 7:20 AM and one Minor schedule adjustments were made to newsletters will be available a week before westbound trip stops at 5:31 PM. the following routes: 1, 21-22, 51, 61, 63, the meeting and will be in full color. If you 71-72, 172-173, A, B, and D. would like to get the PDF newsletter in- Effective January 16th Route 438 will pro- stead of the printed version email us at: vide passenger service at Imperial Highway For more information call 562-591-2301 or and Main Street in El Segundo in both by visiting www.lbtransit.com [email protected] directions. (Continued on Page 4)

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Metrolink Pass Transit Also affecting ridership was that the main the procrastinating gentleman "come on, On February 15th Metro added a Line 794 Recently Pass Transit started a new com- destination of our bus was a college. We pay so I can get underway--we're going to stop at the Sun Valley Metrolink Station. muter service between the Beaumont Wal- have found during past DAT trips that routes be late! Pay the full fare or I'm going to that serve educational institutions generally have to ask you to get off". The guy even On March 25th Metrolink will be providing Mart and the San Bernardino Metrolink Sta- have little ridership on the day after Thanks- started asking those of us on board to help special train service to/from the Fontana tion. Buses depart Wal-Mart at 4:00 AM, giving, since they are closed that day. We him out and finally somebody gave him a Speedway for the Auto Club 400. 5:00 AM, 4:20 PM, and 5:45 PM. Buses depart Metrolink at 4:30 AM, 5:30 AM, 5:00 passed Main Street Liquor, which was large quarter so the bus could pull out. Then he Route 1 will stop at Oxnard, Moorpark, PM, and 6:45 PM. The fares are $3.00 one- enough that it looked more like a Market. tried to claim he had put two stacks of bills Chatsworth, Van Nuys, Covina, Montclair, way and reservations are required 24 hours Signs brought to our attention the street we (two singles and three singles) constituting Rancho Cucamonga, and the Speedway. in advance. Reservations can be made by were on also was historic US 80. The street- five dollars into the farebox and that he

Route 2 will stop at Lancaster, Santa Clarita, calling Pass Transit at 951-769-8530 week- scape included merchants offering military should get a day pass. The driver was as- Sylmar, Downtown Burbank, LA Union Sta- days from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. surplus, lumber, tee shirts and payday tonished at this whopper of a tale and loudly loans. As we turned off Main onto Jamacha noted the farebox is designed to count bills tion, and the Speedway. On April 2, 2012 Pass Transit fares will be most of the passengers deboarded. We con- even when stuffed in a stack. "This machine increasing. Fixed route fares: $1.15, 65¢ Route 3 will stop at Oceanside, San tinued through residential areas alternating isn't stupid" she declared in rebuffing him. (Senior/Disabled), and $1.00 for youth 17 Clemente North Beach, Irvine, Orange, Riv- with upscale commercial zones as exempli- After a moment the guy gave up and went and under. Dial-A-Ride fares: $2.00 per trip erside-La Sierra, San Bernardino and the fied by as a Gelson's-like market called Har- to a seat mid-way on the bus. and $3.00 for an attendant and no-shows Speedway. vest Ranch with the slogan "purveyours of will be charged $2.00. For more information We were now in Rancho San Diego, the sort Tickets are $19 round trip per person. Tick- fine food". visit: www.ci.beaumont.ca.us of subdued suburb where the McDonald's ets are available from the Speedway only By now we were down to 4 passengers and RTA has to make do with a small lawn sign in- and mailed prior to the race. For more infor- the scenery had a rural-like vibe. We arrived Beginning February 26th Routes 1, 13 and stead of the usual golden arches. Briefly we mation or to purchase tickets visit: at Cayamaca College at 11:13 AM, getting 15 will begin using regular routing on Mag- zipped along Highway 94, followed by www.autoclubspeedway.com off at its bare bones transit center consisting nolia Avenue. Routes 1 and 15 will no longer County Road 517 which led us past tumble- or call 800-944-7223. of a paved loop with benches. Fall leaves detour on to Brockton and Jurupa avenues weed strewn hillsides imparting a rural feel. Angles Express Trains are back for the 2012 blanketed the adjacent park space (which and Route 13 will no longer detour on Ju- "Welcome to Spring Valley" a sign pro- Angels baseball season beginning March even had picnic tables but at the moment rupa, Riverside and Central avenues. Stops claimed as we re-entered suburbia. 19th. Trains operate to all weekday home was totally deserted). The solitude of the on those streets will be discontinued for games that start at 7:05 PM. This year addi- place and moment was profound even with those routes. Routes 1, 13 and 15 will re- To be Continued... tional service will be provided on the IEOC two buses parked there laying over. MTS sume regular routing an Magnolia Avenue. Line for every Friday night games. Fares are bus line 856 vehicle #8123 was the other For more information call the RTA Customer all roundtrip and $7 for adults, $6 Senior bus and at 11:30 AM we boarded it to con- Information Center at 951-565-5002. disabled, $4 for youth ages 6-18, and free tinue our travels. for kids 5 and under with a fare paying Just after leaving the college a 20ish gentle- adult. man of a woeful demeanor boarded and held For more information and for train schedules up the bus while paying the final few cents visit: www.octa.net/angelsexpress.aspx of the $2.25 fare. He kept digging around in

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This year Andrew Novak devised our Day- at 9 AM. Tour participants explored the his- Effective March 11th, NCTD will be making Fireside Drive, Mission Avenue, Rancho Del After-Thanksgiving trip. When I asked him toric Santa Fe station and encountered a several changes to their system. Below is a Oro Drive, Via Rancho Parkway., Ivy Ranch, what inspired this tour of suburban San volunteer at traveler's aid who was reluctant summary of those changes. Mesa Drive, Rancho Del Oro, Ocean Ranch, Diego County north of San Diego he men- to hand out more than 1-2 transit schedules Corporate Center, and Oceanside Boulevard. Route 101: will have minor schedule adjust- tioned looking over a regional transit map per person. Since the America Plaza trolley ments on weekday evenings to better serve Route 313: between Oceanside Transit Cen- and picking the routes that seemed worth station was closed for renovations we V.A. employees and on weekend mornings ter and Mesa Drive/El Camino Real is un- exploring or had unusual attributes. Unfortu- caught the Blue Line car #1054 at 9:27 AM to allow for better Sprinter connections. changed. From here Route 313 will use Mesa nately family obligations prevented Andrew for a short 4 minute ride to Civic Center sta- Drive, Rancho Del Oro Drive, and Highway from joining the trip but on Friday Novem- tion where we waited to catch the Orange Route 302: on weekdays and Saturdays will no longer serve Jefferson Street or Vista 76 to Town Center North. It will operate ap- ber 25th Dana Gabbard, Ken Ruben, Dave Line. The weather was ideal - bright, clear proximately every 45 to 60 minutes in the Snowden and Robert Meinert met up before and cloudless with a temperature of 54 de- Way west of El Camino Real. On Sundays and holidays, Route 302 will still serve Jef- peak period and every 90 minutes in the sunrise at Union Station and boarded Pacific grees and around 9:40 AM we boarded car midday. For alternative service in the area Surfliner #562 departing at 6:05 AM #2046 on the Orange Line for the trip to El ferson Street and Vista Way west of El Camino Real. Weekday service will now op- north and east of Mesa/El Camino Real use southbound for San Diego. We were on the Cajon. Along the way we passed thru indus- routes 309, 311, 315, and 316. bottom level of coach car 6951 (with very trial and suburban areas along the former erate every 15 minutes during peak and comfortable seats). freight right-of-way. every 20 minutes during midday. Route 318: will be extended from the El

Route 306: its weekday schedule will be ad- Camino Real Sprinter Station via Oceanside As we left Union Station there were some of By 10:25 AM we arrived at El Cajon. Dave Boulevard, Bobier Drive, Anza, Arcadia, Oak, the new Metrolink cars arriving that passed Snowden caught a charter bus to visit one of justed to improve on-time performance and connections at Vista Transit Center along Foothill, E. Vista Way, and Vista Village us. Then we spotted Division 20 (the Red the local casinos. The rest of us checked out Drive to Vista Transit Center. This extension Line yard) as we made our way away from the transit center which includes a mini mart with minor weekend schedule adjustments. replaces Route 334-335 service between Los Angeles amid a lightening sky promising with restroom. At 10:45 AM we boarded Route 308: will shift its schedule 30 minutes Bobier/Melrose and Vista Transit Center. The an impending dawn. Next we passed the MTS route 816, bus #8166. The route on Saturday and Sunday morning connec- service will operate every 60 minutes on Amtrak maintenance facility with famed skirted downtown El Cajon traveling along tions to Sprinter. Buses will arrive at Escon- Monday thru Saturdays with no Sunday/ steam train 3751 barely visible hidden un- East Main. Our bus carried few passengers dido before and depart after the half hour holiday service. der a tarp. We chatted and watch the pass- (although two riders with bikes did board at along with minor weekday schedule adjust- ing scene as the world awoke. At Fullerton one point) and the streets seemed mostly ments. Route 332: will now operate every 20 min- Kirk Schnieder joined our small band. Con- empty confirming our impression despite utes during weekday peak period and every Route 309: Most trips will now use Mission tinuing south we marveled at the level of being a weekday the day after a holiday has 30 minutes during weekday midday. Addi- Avenue, Frazee Road, and College Boulevard amenities Irvine station sports (places to sit a slower pace that usual, especially during tional service during school commute peri- between El Camino Real/Mission and Town on the platform, an eatery, etc.). The trail the morning hours. ods. Center North. Select weekday midday trips alongside the right-of-way in San Clemente will continue to serve Douglas Drive and Route 333: will be discontinued. Route 332 is evidently new, Kirk remarked, as he didn't will provide service to Vista Courthouse, remember seeing it the last time he rode the Vandegrift Boulevard. During weekday peaks, service on Douglas and Vandergrift Route 334-335 on Melrose Drive, Route 318 line a year or two ago. on Oceanside Boulevard, and Route 315 for will be provided by Routes 303, 311, and Ken Ruben returned from visiting the cafe 315. service on Avenida Del Oro, Old Grove Road, and noted the train was running virtually and Frazee Road. Route 311: is a New weekday peak-period empty. It was wondered if this is mostly an route operating between Town Center North equipment move which seemed confirmed and Rancho Del Oro Sprinter station using by the crowd of north-bound folks waiting (Continued on Page 7) College Boulevard, Vandegrift Boulevard, for our train at San Diego when we arrived (Continued on Page 9) Douglas Drive, Pala Road, Los Arbolitos,

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Looks like David J. Armijo has recovered Authority buying his property in Monrovia Route 334-335: will be revised and will now Route 351-352: will be shortened to operate from his tumultuous tenure as CEO of Hills- needed for the Gold Line rail yard (San be a smaller loop. The revised route will only to Midway Drive with select trips serving borough Area Regional Transit Authority Gabriel Valley Tribune February 10th "Gold serve Olive Avenue, Melrose, North, Los An- Orange Glen High School at bell times. It will (HART) in Tampa Florida. He has been Line Officials Reach Multimillion dollar settle- geles, Townsite, E. Vista Way, Williamston, now operate every 15 minutes during week- named general manager for the AC Transit ment with Monrovia Property owner"). Vale Terrace, Alta Vista, Coventry, Beau- day peak, every 20 minutes during weekday District in Oakland, California, beginning mont, and Eucalyptus, and Santa Fe. Route midday, and every 30 minutes weekday eve- I'll conclude with more bad Expo news. Gök- March 1st. He was previously a Metro sector 334 (clockwise loop) will operate every 30-40 nings, weekends, and holidays. It will also be han Esirgen, who monitors all the meetings general manager in the San Fernando Valley minutes all day while Route 335 (Counter- the only bus service on Grand Avenue in of the Expo Authority Board, reports at the and Westside/Central and Chief Operations clockwise loop) will operate during peak peri- downtown Escondido. Routes 355-357 will March 1st meeting Authority staff an- Officer at the Transportation Corridor ods. Alternate service for discontinued seg- provide replacement service on El Norte nounced the Flower Street/Washington Agency in Orange County. ments: Route 318 on Bobier, Anza, Arcadia, Parkway east of Washington, and on Valley Boulevard junction is still a problem. There Oak, Foothill, service. Riders on Melrose Parkway east of Midway Drive. th On February 9 , Bill Bradley of the blog New is a possibility of opening the line to Culver north of North Avenue will need to walk to West Notes noted pushback for the bullet City in May. However the station plaza in The Route 353: will replace portions of exist- Route 334-335 or to Route 318. Riders on ing Route 347. It operates between Avenida train has started ("JERRY-RIGGING: RIDING Culver City is having issues with the fire South Santa Fe can take Route 305 to Vista THE RAILS") with radio ads being run in alarm, which could also delay opening. Ricardo/Center and Palomar Medical Center Transit Center while riders on Civic Center via the Escondido Transit Center and serves Northern California by a building trades coa- YIPES! My thanks to Ken Ruben to passing Drive can walk to Route 305 or Route 334- Avenida Ricardo, Center, Nordahl, Auto Park- lition, the California Alliance for Jobs. U.S. along Esrigen's e-mail. 335. way, Citracado Parkway, Andreasen, Enter- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood did a Route 340 will be discontinued. Route 347 prise, Hale, West 9th, and Valley Parkway/ tour of the state touting the project. Bradley will now provide service between CSUSM Grand. This route will also serve the new concluded "It’s a good beginning for the Sprinter station and Craven Circle. Palomar Medical Center West campus when it high-speed rail comeback, but only that." I opens in 2012. The route operates every 30 agree; the Governor needs to be front and Route 347: will operate from CSUSM Sprinter minutes on weekdays and hourly on Satur- center as advocate #1! Station to Palomar College Transit Center on days. No Sunday/Holiday service. San Marcos Boulevard and Las Posas be- Reading the agenda of the February 9th Ac- tween San Marcos/Via Vera Cruz and Las Po- Route 354: from Escondido Transit center cess Services Transportation Professionals Members in Action ctd. sas/Linda Vista. It will operate every 30 min- buses will now travel north on Quince and Advisory Committee meeting I was startled utes between CSUSM Sprinter and Craven east on Washington to Escondido Boulevard. to learn since July 2011 the L.A. County The Transit Coalition February 28th meeting Circle, replacing Route 340. Passengers on Routes 355-357: a new two-way loop route Sheriff's Department has made over 68 ar- was attended by Pat O'Connor, Tom Rubin, Barham Road should either walk to the rests concerning fraud and abuse of the Ac- Ken Ruben, Bart Reed and Justin Walker. serving Broadway, El Norte Parkway., and Sprinter station or Route 347. Passengers on Valley Parkway. Weekday peak-period ser- cess TAP card. Access staff continues to Reed attended the February Metrolink Woodland Parkway, Mission, and Bennett work with LASD to proactively investigate and Metro Board meetings plus vice, operating every 60 minutes. Route 355- should walk to Route 305. Passengers on 357 replaces Route 351-352 on El Norte the alleged abuse of Personal Care Atten- the Westside Mobility Plan special commu- Knob Hill and on Nordahl north of Center Parkway between Washington and Valley dant rides but the growing number of fare nity briefing held January 31st. should either walk to Route 305 or to the new Parkway, and on Valley Parkway between El evasion reports continues to threaten the Attending the Metro San Fernando Valley Route 353 at Center/Avenida Ricardo. Route Norte and Midway Drive. integrity of the free fare program. 353 will also provide service between Avenida Service Council meeting on February 1st Ricardo and Escondido Transit Center. Funny comment of the month: "It wasn't were Bart Reed and Nate Zablen. about him getting money". Lawyer Christo- Dana Gabbard and Ken Ruben attended the Route 350: will now operate earlier on Satur- (Continued on pher Sutton on his client whose numerous February 22 Metro Citizens' Advisory Coun- day morning connecting with MTS Route 20 Page 10) at Del Lago Transit Station. lawsuits and accusations have been dropped cil meeting. following a big payout from the Gold Line

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pockets in a display of trying to find twenty five cents after depositing two one dollar (Continued on Page 10) bills in the farebox while the driver delayed pulling away from the stop and admonished

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