IMSJITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL snJDltS UBRARY Two decades of ~wy+q~ celebrated

CAKE BREAK - The October I S~ stem-wide celebration iTY Or C.4UrJ7 ~n ~ ~ ded that mainstay of all such occasions - food. '. Among the calories dis­ pensed at all divisions during the day were long line-ups of cakes like this, decorated for - : ~ , the two-decade salute. I want to take this opportunity to praise Yesterday I gave the driver of the F one of your drivers with whom I had the bus (Berkeley to San Francisco) my The 20th anniversary celebration distinct pleasure to ride during the two transfer obtained on the 65 bus, plus 50 which began October 1 came to a festive days that I spent awaiting a flight to the cents. He refused to accept the transfer conclusion at the October 15 Board of east coast from Alameda Naval Air Sta­ and insisted I put in a total of $1. Thus, I Directors meeting when the winners of tion. paid 50 cents on the 65 and $1 minutes the "Thank You" sweepstakes were Purely by chance I took one of your later on the F (total $1.50) to get to San drawn from among approximately 7 ,500 buses into town from the NAS, and the Francisco. entries. First prize - the use (with up to driver was Mr. A.H. Weir. Not only did This driver said that local transfers 44 friends) of "a bus for a day" - went he offer me every consideration as an were not good at all on San Francisco to Vicky Slaymaker of Alameda. A year's out-of-town visitor when I asked ques­ bound buses. I would appreciate a copy of worth of free Monthly Passes went to 20 tions about what I might want to see in your policy in this regard in writing. additional entrants, while 200 others won Oakland (it was the first time I had ever Bonnie Jean Baraff free November, 1980, Passes. spent time in your fair city), but he did Berkeley the same with all passengers. (Ed. Note: AC Transit 's policy for transfer­ He waited patiently for elderly folks to ringfrom a local bus to a Transbay bus is as get on or off his vehicle. He offered follows : passengers boarding a local bus information about transfer points; he re­ must purchase Form i 200 (Transbay cognized daily riders and greeted them Transfer) from the driver. The portion of WINNiNG NAMES - Board President William E. Berk, along with other Directors, most courteously. this form which the passenger retains must took a turn at pulling winning entries in the 20th I have ridden the Metro Transit be deposited in the farebox of a Transbay anniversary sweepstakes. System in D.C'/Maryland for about 20 bus. It must be used on the same day years. In all of my years of local commut­ purchased, and it is valid only for the San ing, I never have met the likes of Mr. Francisco trip.) Weir. He is an asset to your transit * * * system and should be a model for which Last night at the busy time of 5 p.m. all professional drivers in your system your bus driver, J.D. Rose, on the 913 should aspire. from Oakland to Richmond, did an Captain Richard I. Meyer exceptionally nice deed. USNR As he was rounding the corner, an old * * * white haired lady slipped and fell in the Yesterday I left my purse on the 33 crosswalk. He stopped and gently lead REMEMBERING WHEN - Above, Driver B. bus. I was alarmed to realize I had left my her to safety on the other side of the R. McCaslin shows Director Jean Holmes and purse on the bus. I telephoned AC Tran­ street. Driver Eugene Tinsley a model of the first bus sit. We were told to wait for the bus on I know he is on a tight schedule to that he drove when he joined Key System. Some patrons were too young to remember the the way back. We did. The driver, R.B. make all stops on time, but there wasn't old Key System logo appearing on two vintage Malone, handed me my purse. anyone minded his taking that minute to buses restored for the celebration through the I asked if I could give him some help. In fact, the bus seemed to be joined efforts of (right) Maintenance Department's money. He said, "No". This letter is to into a fellowship even though the passen­ Walter Sandoval, left, advised by Foreman Ernie Passarella, right, a Paint Shop veteran show my appreciation. gers were tired. who remembers working on the old green-and­ Ethel Mengel Ann Patton orange fleet before A C Transit's takeover in Berkeley Pinole 1960. 3 2 Thirty-third driver marks 25-year safety milestone . .. CAKE MARKS MILESTONE - AC Transit's 33rd recipient 0/ the 25-year Safe Driving Award - George Phillips - was honored/or his accomplishment September 30 at SeminGlY Divi­ sion. Helping him with the cake-cutting was Wife Georgia. Ph illips qualified as an operator in 1951 at Emelyville Division. He has been at Seminary Division since 1956. The Phillips /amily includes three children and four grand­ children. Smile, riders, you May soon be seen Via candid cameras As one step toward discouraging misbehavior and vandalism on District buses, 60 coaches will soon be equipped THE COVER - AC Transit's two­ "PEOPLE LIFT" - Berkeley resident Hale SMART SIGNAGE - Director Ray Rinehart with surveillance cameras similar to decade birthday provided patrons, Zukas (above) appeared pleased with the per­ eyes the Flyer 's electronic destination sign - a employees, and the public with a com­ formance of the elevator-type lift installed on the new traveler's aid that ./lashes an eye-catching those used in banks and retail stores. parison of coaches, past and future. new Flyer bus. On hand at thisflrst public dem­ sequence of messages signalling route number, Cost of cameras, installation, film and The past was represented by two vin­ onstration of the device were ' (teft to right) destination and route by which the destination is processing will be covered by an alloca­ tage buses bearing the old Key System General Manager Robert E. Nisbet and District reached. All 175 Flyer buses will have/rant and tion from the Metropolitan Transporta­ logo and color scheme (with one bus Directors Ray Rinehart, Roy Nakadegawa and side electronic signs. And riders in a hurry to tion Commission for the one-year William E. Berk. A II 175 new Flyersfeature the catch the right bus should appreciate the third also featuring an interior photo "People-liji", for wheelchair users and people sign being added to th ese buses: one showing security demonstration project. Other graphic display). The future wa s using crutches and walkers. route number on the rear 0/ each vehicle. regional transit organizations plan to test­ represented by the newest addition to use similar surveillance installations. the AC Transit fleet - the first of 175 Melodic signature will Buses selected for camera installations new Flyer buses which, for contrast, APT A elects McDonnell will be those which operate over AC was displayed alongside a vintage Announce shuttle buses coach in downtown Oakland (lower AC Transit Director John L. Transit routes where onboard incidents photo) . Posing with a "golden oldie" Next month's addition to downtown "Jack" McDonnell was elected to a are most likely to occur. Other California coach were (Jeft to right) Director Oakland bus service will be a singular second term as Chairman of the transit operators which have reported John McDonnell, Director Roy stand-out - coaches which will be plea­ American Public Transit Association very favorable results from the use of Nakadegawa, Director Ray Rinehart, santly noticeable to the ear as well as the (APT A) at Us annual convention in such surveillance systems include San Assistant General Manager Larry eye. San Diego on October 6. APT A is the Diego Transit Corporation and Fresno Rosenberg, General Manager Robert 2,OOO-member association represent­ Nisbet, Director Jean Holmes, Assis­ The new "Downtown Shuttle" will ing public transit operations Municipal Transit. sport colorful murals reflecting a musical tant General Manager Robert Sha­ throughout the United States and moon, and Director William Berk. theme, and each bus will have a muted Canada. musical signature - pleasant walking A member of AC Transit's policy­ music that will signal its approach. making Board since its formation in Research and Planning, Finance add new staff members Once in operation (after November 1956, McDoiineli represents Ward 24), shuttle buses will run at lO-minute III, which includes Alameda, Pied­ WELCOMED ABOARD - Four new administrative intervals midday via Broadway, First St., mont, and parts of Oakland. staff members have assumed duties in General Office. 1n the left photo three planners confer over a Central Contra (the one-way couplet of) Oak/Madison Costa service map in Research & Planning. They are (te.ft streets, and 20th St., linking commercial to right) Eric Harris, Anita Winkler, and David Yazhari. and residential areas with city and county Newark gets top safety tally Below, Stella Lassey tackles some a/the detail work which offices, BART stations, financial institu­ Three divisions met September's safe characterizes her job as a grant accountant in Finance. tions around Kaiser center, and recrea­ driving goal, with Newark Division dri­ tional facilities and establishments on the vers taking the top spot with their tally of Embarcadero and at Lake Merritt. 39,772 miles per chargeable accident. 4 5 Energy, Transport Governor notes top safety record Events help tell Newark Division employees cele­ The time period measured extended Of transit's role brated a five-year all-time safety record from the opening of the Southern on October 23, high-lighted by cabled Alameda County facility in October, congratulations from California Gover­ 1975, through September, 1980. nor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Brown's congratulatory telegram to TRANSIT TALK - AC Transit people took The division recorded 60 consecutive Newark employees stated: part in two October events pointing up public months of beating the system-wide safe "I am pleased to extend my greetings transit's key role in energy conservation. Above, driving goal of 13,250 miles per chargea­ to all of you celebrating 60 consecutive Billy Bishop (Training) mans the display at the Moraga Energy Expo, which drew 3,000 per­ ble accident. Their average: nearly months of safe driving. sons, including Helen Rosenberg, center, wife of 50,000 miles per mishap. "In these energy-conscious days when Assistant General Manager L. A. Rosenberg. more people use mass transit, achieve­ Right, Cynthia Isom-Dorsey (PBX Information) ments such as yours take on added offers data at San Francisco's Transportation Monthly Pass patrons surveyed Day. importance. I commend the efforts of To aid inter-system planning everybody-drivers, maintenance per­ Want a Pass? Call BASS Users of the local $18 East Bay sonnel, management-responsible for Grant hearing scheduled Monthly Pass and of the three Transbay this remarkable safety record. The public is invited to a November It's even easier to buy an AC Transit Monthly Passes ($36, central zone; $45, "Best wishes for continued safety on 12,4 p.m., hearing on two AC Transit Zone 2; $54, Zone 3) were invited this capital improvement applications. Monthly Pass now that the Bay Area the road." One application to the Urban Mass Seating Service (BASS) is offering the month to participate in a survey to com­ During the day of celebration Transportation Administration is for cards for sale by telephone. pile data on the kinds of trips Pass-users employees were served breakfast and $26,435,395 to purchase buses and Pass buyers may place orders by dial­ make and the times of day and week that lunch in recognition of the achievement. support equipment for use in the ing BASS at 835-4343. BASS accepts Passes are used. AC Transit operates 90 buses on 25 urban East Bay; the second applica­ telephone orders only from credit card This statistical information will be used lines from Newark Division. tion is for $1,660,150 to purchase holders, verifying each transaction while by planners at AC Transit, San Fran­ buses and equipment to use in the buyer is still on the line and then cisco's MUNI, and Metropolitan Trans­ southern Alameda County. NO FINANCIAL PAGE - Figures sending the Pass by mail. portation Commission to design for revenue and service miles, which Hearing site is 508 - 16th St., Oak­ improvements in existing Pass programs land, third floor. Passes available are an East Bay local normally appear in this space, were Pass and three Transbay zonal Passes. and to facilitate future inter-system not available at press time. Three retirees die who had combined transit service of 100 years transfers. Robert J. Ballard, 64, who retired in Hayward. Joining AC Transit's pre­ 1976 as an employment supervisor in decessor in 1945, Suydam completed FOCUS: Transit People and Projects Personnel, died September 14 at his more than 33 years of transit serv"ice. home in Hayward. His transit service Surviving are his widow, Marjorie, and TOP HONORS - Bus Driver spanned nearly 36 years. son John Suydam, Jr. Tom Huey took the top award in the "Mr. California Over Forty" Ballard is survived by his widow, competition at this year's State Marjorie; daughters Madrien, Louise, Fair. Even when driving a bus out Lori and Nancy; and sons Chester and of Emeryville Division, Huey Jerry. Board Actions habitually pays close attention to Chester MacArtney, 83, who was a (Continuedfrom back page) the regimen that results in his award-winning physical form. Mechanic A at the time of his retirement • Authorized General Manager to His lifestyle includes modest in 1962, died September 16 while hospi­ seek bids for a two-year demonstration intake of healthy foods, neither talized in Hayward. At retirement, he project of a computerized run cutting and smoking nor drinking (though he had completed 31 years of service. scheduling system, on motion of Direc­ doesn't consider total abstinence tor Fajans. necessGlY, as long as such habits MacArtney, whose home was in San aren't indulged to excess), and a Leandro, is survived by his widow, Iris, • Authorized General Manager to carefully-executed program of and daughter, Adrienne Reed. enter into agreement with Wilbur Smith body building and conditioning. John Suydam, 65, who retired as a & Associates to conduct an on-board He's worked 20 years at the heal­ driver at Seminary Division in 1979, died survey in District 2, on motion of Direc­ thy habits that led to this statewide September 18 while hospitalized in tor Fajans. recognition. 7 6 Actions of th@ Boord At a regular meeting September 10, the Board of Directors: Transit • Authorized travel of one represen­ ·limes Published monthly by the tative to the First National Urban Mass ALAMEDA· CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT Transportation Management Seminar in 508 t 6th St.. Oakland. California 94612 Telephone (415) 654-7878 Human Resources Development at the BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILLIAM E. BERK ...... President University of Pennsylvania, held Decem­ Ward II ber 1-12, on motion of Director Betten­ ROY NAKADEGAWA ...... Vice President Director at Large court. RAY RINEHART...... Director at Large • Authorized General Manager to MICHAEL H. FAJANS ...,..- c:·:·.·. :, .: ...... Ward I ~~mA~c~OBNE~~~~co0j;i;i : , ."' .' • \ ...... ••••.' :Z:~~ :~ participate in joint procurement, with JEAN A. HOLMES . { . /. .. Ward V Regional Transit Association, of automo­ ~.' .'. ' MA"'AGEM~NT'''> Robert E. Ni$bl:il:::·;::::;. •~·/ . ; ..L • •• • : : • •• • / . General Manager tive filters, on motion of Director Betten­ Lawrence A. Rosenberg . ....c Assi~l

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