Number 6 Volume 18 JUNE 1990 n Flower Station opening in June, 1991 Metro Blue Line n P ico Rail Alignment Grand n 1 San Pedro Station Location n Washington Bua Unart Serving Bus Lines Serving Future Stations Vernon Station Washington Station RTD 56: Winington Av n Vernon RTD 56: Wilmington Av n Stations with Parking RTD 105: Vemon Av BM 65: Washington 5 Bus Unea Serving n Slauson Bus Unea Serving Florence Station Slauson Station BW 56: Whington Av RTD 56: Wilmington Av RTD 110: Gage Av n RTD 108: Slauson Av MD 111: Florence Av Florence Map not to Scale RTD 112 Fbrence Avetis St n Firestone Bus Linas Serving Effective June, 1990 Firestone Station Bus Unes Serving RTD se. Wlmington Av 103rd Station RTD115: Manchester BI RTD Bus Lines Serving RTD 117: Century BI n 103rd St RTD 254: 120th St MD 119: 108th St Metro Blue Line Stations in Downtown Los Angeles Bus Unea Serving P leo Station: Imperial Imperial Station RTD Unes 30,31,70,81427,434,436,439 RTD 55: Wilmington 442,443,444,445,446,447, BlJe Une Shuttle 601 Bus Unes Serving RTD 120: Imperial Hwy Compton Station RTD 124: El Segundo BI Grand Station: GAR 3: Compton RTD 254: 120th St RTD Unes 143738,65,68,71,76,78-378,79-379 RTD 51351: Compton Av RTD 55: Wilmington Compton San Pedro Station: RTD 124: El Segundo Av BM Lnes 51351, 65 RTD 125: Rosecrans Av RTD 127: Compton 5 Bus Unsre Serving RTD 128: Atorx1ra BI Artesia Artesia Station LBT 51: Long Beach BI Bus Lines Serving RTD 130: Artesla Del Arno Station CC-D: Del Amo BI Bus Lines Serving CC-G: Hartar Genl Hospital Wardlow Station LBT 15: Del Arno Del Arno LOT 1: Easy LOT 21: Santa Fe Av-Cheny St LBT 41: Magndia LBT 22: Santa Fe Av-Downey LBT 42: Pacific Bus Linas Serving LBT 23: Santa Fe Av-McHelen LBT 43: Magnolia-Anaheim Pacific Coast Highway Station LBT 161: South St LBT 44: Pacific-Anaheim LBt 1: Easy LBT 51: Long Beach BI Bua Lines Serving Wardlow RTD 93-360: Lang Beach BI Wiliow Station LOT 172: PCH-Palos Verde LBT 51: Long Beach BI LBT 173: PCH-Studsbeker LBT 52: Lang Beach 81-4th St Wiiiow RTD 260: Atlantic Av RTD 60360: Long Beach BI RTD 456: Long Beach FwyEnsress LBT 101: Carson St LBT 102: 1MIlow St Pacific Coast Highway RTD 260: Atlantic BI Bus Lines Serving RTD 456: Long Beach Fv.y Express Anaheim Anheim Station LBT 1: Easy Pacific 5th St LBT 41: Magndia LBT 4a Pacific Transit Mail OMR 1st St LBT 43: Anahelm St•PCH LBT 44: Anaheim St-CSULB <-1 WD 60360: Long Beach BI Stations opening in September, 1990 LBT 172: PCH•Prdos Verde CC - Canon Circult LBT 173: PCH Studebaker GAR - Gardena Transit MD 232: Anaheim St LBT - Lang Beach Transit RTD 260: Atlantic Av RTD Southorn California Rapid Transk District RTD 456: Long Bach Fee Epress Almost Ready To Go! rTABLE The Headway... 0FCONTENTS The Headway is published by the Southern California Rapid Transit District for the employees, retirees, and its friends every month. Headway is guided by a policy ap- proved by the General Manager and published in the Human Resources Policy Manual. A copy is available on RTD, SoCalGas Unveil First 10 Natural Gas Buses 4 request. Views and opinions contained herein do not necessar- Driving Force Behind Clean Air Workshop 6 ily reflect official District policy. The Headway welcomes contributions from RTD District Reports Bus Facilities Construction Boom 8 employees and retirees—letters to the editor, story ideas, opinions, employee and stall activities, and other submis- Parry Appointed Scheduling Director 9 sions. Deadline is the first day of the month for inclusion in the following month. Submissions should be typed double- Non-Contract, Transit Police Pension Plans Revised 10 space and signed by the author or on disk using the Word- star 4 program. Opinion pieces and letters to the editor Have You Claimed Your Pension? 10 should not be more than 500 words and should be submitted on disk whenever possible. The editor reserves the right to Commendations 11 select, edit, and position all copy. Stories may be reprinted with acknowledgment of Humongous Roadeo Planned for 1990 12 source. Editorial Office: Administration Building, 425 S. Main CMF's Engine Teardown/Steam Rack Section 13 St., Personnel Department, Second Floor, (213) 972-7165. Printing Services Stall: Photo Lithographic Opera- Quest for Improved Transit Never-Ending for Supt. 14 tors—Rob Hartert and Ferrol Yeakle; Pressmen II--Pat Bates, Eliud Castellanos, Oscar Arzadon, Roberto Arrivil- Schedule Changes 15 laga; and Bindery Operators II—Manny Alvarez, Walt Billingsley, and Luis Melendez. Shifting Gears 16 Editor: Mary E. Reyna Business Manager: Carolyn Frazier In Memoriam 17 Contributing Editors: Paul Lonquich, M.D., Sue Harvey, Axel Heller, Carolyn Kinkead, and Luanna Urie. Public Commendations 17 Member: International Association of Business Com- municators and California Association of Public Information Cholesterol Screening Results 18 Officers. The Headway is printed on recycled paper. Expert Eager to Supervise Blue Line 19 Hanson Resigns Herself to Private Sector 20 Your Guide to RTD's Metro Blue Line Train 21 appy Father's Day The Support Organizations Within One 40 RTD Goes to Abilities Expo 42 Disclaimer RTD Bus Finds Home at LB Children's Museum 43 Neither the Headway nor the RTD endorses the products or verifies the accuracy of the claims Earthquake Awareness at Division 3 44 made in the advertising, which has appeared, appears, and will appear on the pages of the To Your Health—Diabetes...How Sweet It's Not 46 Headway. The advertising is simply a revenue- generating measure. Further, we reserve the right Physically Challenged Give Blue Line a Test Run 49 to reject any objectionable ad. Recent Retirees 51 JUNE 1990 HEADWAY 2 We Sell INSURANCE Disability INCOME PAYS — ACCIDENT OR SICKNESS $1,000.00 A Month 2-Year Age 35 Guaranteed Renewable to Age 65 30.25 A Month 2-A Standard Issue LIFE Life Insurance 250,000 A.R.T. Non/Smoker Conv. Std. Issue 31.45 A Month (M) 29.75 A Month (F) AND Medicare Supplement How to max your Pension benefits Rollovers Don Jacobs & Associates P.O. Box 6860 Torrance, CA 90504 (213) 768-8174 • (213) 768-8175 • FAX (213) 324-5587 JUNE 1990 HEADWAY 3 RTD Board President Gordana Swanson and RTD and SoCalGas Unveil the Southern California Gas Company Chairman Dick First 10 Natural Gas Buses Farman joined Mayor Tom Bradley on April 17 to unveil by Andrea Greene, News Bureau Representative the first of 10 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to be placed into service starting April 23. "RTD, in its commit- ment to meet new, stringent 1991 federal emissions stan- dards for urban buses, is a pioneer in clean air technol- ogy and in experimenting with alternative fuels," said Mrs. Swanson. "These represent the nation's largest fleet of buses powered by natural gas." "These represent the nation's largest fleet of buses program will demonstrate The underside of a natural gas-powered bus, put into revenue powered by the important role natural service in Los Angeles during the latter part of April 1990, natural gas." gas can play to power features six fuel storage cylinders which can hold 16.000 transit buses and improve cubic feet of natural gas—equivalent to 125 gallons of diesel air quality." fuel. "Improving our air Spealdng at the CMF quality and relieving traffic before policymakers, congestion are two of the regulators, environmental- city's top priorities," said ists, and others, Mrs. Mayor Bradley. "Natural Swanson noted that the gas powered buses will help District will take delivery on us make great progress in the last of the buses by the meeting both of those goals." end of this summer. Added Mrs. Swanson: SoCalGas has been "When compared to diese], working with RTD on the natural gas emits less par- development of the natural ticulate matter, or soot." In gas bus engines, which are addition to the clean air among the first in the benefits, "natural gas is nation to be designed and readily available and in built to run on compressed plentiful supply." natural gas. "These buses Built by Fixible represent a clean air break- Corporation of Delaware, SoCalGas Chairman Dick Farman (center) and RTD Board through using the latest Ohio, the buses have President Gordana Swanson receive congratulations from technology today," said Far- modified Cummins-L10 Mayor Tom Bradley at the RTD-SoCalGas press conference man. "We're confident this continued on page 5... to unveil the new compressed natural gas-fueled buses. JUNE 1990 HEADWAY 4 minutes to refuel at a natural gas buses to the temporary refueling station District's clean-air testing at RTD's Division 15 in Sun program, RTD soon will Valley. A permanent "fast" have the facts it needs to fueling station, designed by make a major decision on SoCalGas engineers and which fuel will be used in its funded by the Urban Mass next large bus procurement. Transportation Administra- "RTD is responding to tion, soon will begin con- residents who demand an struction. atmosphere unsullied by To refuel buses, pollutants," Mrs. Swanson natural gas is drawn from said. "The results that come SoCalGas pipelines fed into from these tests will dictate compressors which compress the clean-air solutions of the the gas to about 3,600 future." Mrs. Swanson noted One of the first CNG-powered buses to be used in Los Angeles pounds per square inch. It was unveiled the first day of Earth Week in April.