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The Transit Advocate How to join SO.CA.TA: Yearly dues are $30.00 cates. In all other cases, permission must be ($12.00 low income). Dues are prorated on a secured from the copyright holder. quarterly basis. Disclaimer: The Southern California Transit THE TRANSIT ADVOCATE Submission of materials: ALL materials for the Advocates is not affiliated with any governmental TRANSIT ADVOCATE newsletter go to Andrew agency or transportation provider. Names and Newsletter of the Southern California Transit Advocates Novak at P.O. Box 2383, Downey California 90242 logos of agencies appear for information and or to [email protected]. Please enclose a self reference purposes only. April 2011 Vol. 19, No. 04 ISSN 1525-2892 addressed stamped envelope for returns. SO.CA.TA officers, 2011 Newsletter deadlines are the Fridays a week President: Nate Zablen before SO.CA.TA meetings, at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Vice President: Kent Landfield time, unless otherwise announced. Recording Secretary: Dana Gabbard Executive Secretary: (VACANT) Opinions: Unless clearly marked as "Editorial" or Treasurer: Edmund Buckley "Position Paper", all written material within, Directors at Large: Ken Ruben including all inserted flyers and postcards, are the J.K. Drummond expressed opinions of the authors and not Dave Snowden necessarily that of the Southern California Transit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advocates. Newsletter Editor: Andrew Novak Newsletter Prod. Mgr: Dana Gabbard Copyright: © 2011 Southern California Transit Webmaster: Charles Hobbs Advocates. Permission is freely granted to repro- th th duce/reprint ORIGINAL articles from the Transit NEXT SO.CA.TA MEETINGS : Apr 9 and May 14 at Angelus Plaza, 4th Floor, 255 S. Hill, Los Angeles Advocate, provided credit is given to both the au- thor and the Southern California Transit Advo- April 2011 — Issue 221 Southern California Transit Advocates 3010 Wilshire #362 Los Angeles, CA 90010 44¢ First 213-388-2364 Class http://www.socata.net Postage [email protected] FIRST CLASS MAIL Inside This Issue: RTC Wright Streetcar 027 travels along a bus only • Bulletin Board (pg. 2) lane in downtown Las Vegas on March 5, 2011 • Members in Action (pg.2) — Andrew Novak Photo • Transit Updates (pg. 3) • Public/Legislative Affairs (pg. 6) • TAP Q and A (pg. 8) • AC Transit’s Freedom Bus (pg. 9) • Get to know Local Transit (pg. 10) • Photos of the month (pg. 11) Bulletin Board / Members in Action Photos of the Month Bulletin Board: Martin, Ruben and Reed attended the LOS- Due to a last minute bit of mis- SAN Meeting in the Metro building on March communication, the presentation by Gordon 30th. RTC New Flyer Robinson of the Orange County Transit Ruben attended the Westside/Central Metro 919 approaches Authority on its Transit System Study has Governance Council meeting on March 9th Las Vegas Boule- been rescheduled for our April 9th meeting. vard on Tropicana and again presented SOCATA's positions on Boulevard while Metro has activated the nextbus GPS-based proposed Metro service changes. operating on the arrival time system for bus riders waiting at Ruben and Joe Dunn made comments at the Westcliff Airport stops. It is available via handheld electronic Westside Subway extension meeting held on Express Route. devices at: March 21st. The photo was http://www.nextbus.com/predictor/ taken on John Ulloth's letter on Metrolink appeared in stopSelector.jsp?a=lametro March 4, 2011. the March 18th issue of the Daily News. Metrolink CEO John Fenton has a bi- weekly e-newsletter, Making Headway, that Thomas Rubin contributed to a recent Finan- (Andrew Novak you can subscribe to via a form on the cial Plan Assessment of the Honolulu Rail Photo) agency website: Transit Project prepared for the Hawaii http://metrolinktrains.com/e-newsletter/ Department of Transportation. Fenton also has an e-mail address that com- Andrew Novak had a photo in the February ments and concerns can be submitted 2011 issue of Western Transit. to: [email protected] Alek Friedman was quoted in the March 31st Thursday May 12, 2011 at 7:00 PM the Beverly Hills Weekly article "Beverly Hills Glendale Historical Society is sponsoring a subway route discussed at Metro meeting." free program with historian Paul Ayers: Ride This painted of a Pacific Electric PCC the Red Cars to Glendale, a slideshow on the was recently history of P.E. service in Glendale. It will be discovered on the held at the Central Library Auditorium, 222 Are you buried in paper? wall of the Floyd’s 99 East Harvard Street in Glendale. Further in- Are you interested in getting your SO.CA.TA Barbershop in formation: 818-548-2042. newsletter in PDF? Burbank. The image Members in Action: is an accurate Ken Ruben, Dana Gabbard, Bart Reed, Jerry We are now offering the SO.CA.TA newslet- portrait of a Pacific Martin, Nick Matonak and Nate Zablen ter in PDF format to our members. The PDF Electric PCC. Photo attended the RailPAC/NARP Steel Wheels in newsletters will be available a week before taken on California Annual Join Conference held at the meeting and will be in full color. If you March 19, 2011 the Metro building on March 19th. At the would like to get the PDF newsletter instead (Andrew Novak Photo) meeting Chris Flescher was re-elected as a of the printed version email us at: Director and Ken Ruben as an Associate [email protected] Director. Jerry Martin is now an Associate Director. Page 2 The TRANSIT Advocate www.socata.net Page 11 Getting to know Local Transit by Andrew Novak Transit Updates Bellflower Bus Dodger Stadium Express Train 6501: Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to This fixed route system operates within Bellflower City Limits. Hours of service are Once again Metro is providing express bus Anaheim Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Fares are 50¢ (25¢ senior/disabled) and service to and from Dodger home games Departs Laguna Niguel - 5:50 PM kids 5 and under are free. Routes begin and end each half hour at the Bellflower Transit during the 2011 season. Buses will depart Departs Irvine - 5:59 PM Center, located on Oak Street east of Bellflower Boulevard. Gateway Plaza at Bay 3, 90 minutes before Departs Tustin - 6:07 PM the game starts. The service will run every Departs Santa Ana - 6:13 PM For more information on Bellflower bus you can call at 562-865-RIDE or 562-804-1424, 10 minutes through the 3rd inning. A limited Departs Orange - 6:18 PM ext. 2267 or by visiting the website at: amount of service will operate throughout Arrives Anaheim - 6:22 PM http://www.bellflower.org/home/index.asp?page=286 the game and return service continues for Train 6503 to Union Station and Train 6500 45 minutes after the final out. Regular Metro to Oceanside will depart 30 minutes after “Getting to know Local Transit” is a new semi-regular feature were we will profile some of fares apply and same day Dodger game the smaller, lesser known transit agencies in southern California. If you know of an agency the game ends. tickets are valid. Southland Transit is once you would like to see profiled here, please contact the editor with your ideas. again operating this service for Metro. Tickets for the Angels Express trains can be purchased at: - www.octa.net/angelsexpress - By calling 714-560-5932 - At Metrolink Ticket Machines under the “Special Ticket Option” - By visiting the OCTA Store at: 550 South Main Street Orange, CA 92868 Metrolink late night service New Metrolink Express Trains In conjunction with Metro’s Dodger Express Effective May 9th, Metrolink will begin op- service, Metrolink is offering 11 PM depar- eration of new weekday express trains on tures from Union Station to Ventura, the Antelope Valley and San Bernardino Lines. Lancaster, and San Bernardino for weekday home games. Antelope Valley Express Trains Metrolink Angels Express Trains Train 282 Effective April 8th, Metrolink will begin oper- Departs Palmdale - 5:32 AM ating special trains to Angel Stadium for Departs Santa Clarita - 6:18 AM 7:05 PM home games. There is a special $7 Departs Downtown Burbank - 6:45 AM round trip ($6 senior/disabled) fare for the Arrives Union Station - 7:00 AM Angel Express Trains. Train 285 Schedule for special Trains: Departs Union Station - 5:25 PM Train 6502: Union Station to Anaheim Departs Downtown Burbank - 5:39 PM Departs LA - 5:50 PM Departs Santa Clarita - 6:06 PM Departs Norwalk - 6:11 PM Arrives Palmdale - 6:53 PM Departs Buena Park - 6:17 PM Trains 282 and 285 only stop at the above Departs Fullerton - 6:24 PM mentioned stations. Arrives Anaheim - 6:33 PM (Continued on Page 4) Page 10 The TRANSIT Advocate www.socata.net Page 3 Transit Updates Continued AC Transit’s Freedom Bus Metrolink Express Trains continued For more information on the parking fees at To celebrate the 55th Anniversary of Rosa Park’s historic bus ride in Montgomery, Ala- the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station visit: bama, AC Transit in conjunction with the Alameda County Office of Education, West Contra San Bernardino Express Trains www.ntsfsparking.com Costa Unified School District and Art IS Education created the Freedom Bus Project. Train 383 Students from the Berkeley High School Arts and Humanities Academy created the Civil Norwalk Transit Departs San Bernardino - 5:45 AM Rights themed artwork on the side of the bus. The base colors of the bus patterned after Norwalk Transit has proposed several sys- Departs Rancho Cucamonga - 5:58 AM the National City Lines yellow, green, and white scheme that was on the bus Rosa Parks tem changes that may take effect on May Departs Covina - 6:19 AM refused to give up her seat on.
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