V 5 f LfL/ 0 't<i~ · MTA LIBRARY S.C.R.T.D. LIBRARY I ONE GATEWAY PLAZA, 15th Floor LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 LINE 72 LOS ANGELES - WHITTIER - FULLERTON OPERATING RESULTS - 1969 '-I Route No. 72 System Total Cost per mile $ 0.779 $ 0.762 Revenue per mile $ 1. 030 $ 0.923 Margin per mile + $ 0.251 + $ 0.161 I Passengers per mile 2.66 3.3 Daily passengers 7,770 I Daily bus miles 2,924.2 FUNCTION I Suburban line with arterial travel on arterial streets. Route f~om downtown Los Angeles east through Whittier and Brea to Fullertor:.. I AREA SERVED Departing the LA CBD along East Sixth St., the line served the I wholesale-industrial area of the city; Entering Boyle Heights, an area of mixed low income ho.using is served along Whittier Bl v-j. Through East Los Angeles, the area consists of lower income,single family housing. A commercial conce·ntration is located along I Whittier Blvd. between Eastern and Atlantic Aves. Montebello co:1- sists of single family, medium income residences with commercial concentrations along Whittier Blvd .. near Mcntebello Blvd. In Pi·~o ,. Rivera, single family residences of medium income are served. B~th commercial and industrial areas and areas of employment -are l :>ca-ted on Whittier Blvd. The Whittier CBD is traversed along Philad;lphia St. The line also serves Whittier College and a co;nmercial c:in­ centration on Whittier Blvd. at Whitwood Center. The Cities ~f I La Habra and Brea are of lower density, single family residential areas of medium income. Commercial areas in La Habra served are along La Hab!'a Blvd. and along Brea Blvd. in Brea. Between Brea and Fullerton, along Bastanchury Road, the lin~ vasses I St. Jude Hospital. Continuing south along Harbor Blvd., the iine terminates in downtown Fullerton, a major commercial area. I I I I ~ I I l'j •; ' I ROUTE MAP I I I I I STREETS TRAVERSED Leave,Fifth and Hope Sts, via Fifth St,, Figueroa St,, Sixth St,, Whittier Blvd,, Philadelphia St,, Comstock Ave,, into Whitti"r I Sttltion, Bailey St, , Mil ton Ave,, Philadelph-ia St,, Pain tel' Jive, , Whittier Blvd,, Beach Blvd,, La Habra Blvd,, Central Ave,, Brea Blvd., Bastanchury Rd., Harbor. Blvd., and Commonwealth l'.Ve. to .. Fullerton Station, TURN BACK LOCATIONS ..' I Whittier Blvd, at Second St, Wlii'ttier Station HISTORY ' I Motor coach service between Los Angeles, Whittier, and Fullerton was operated as early as the 1920' s by Motor Transit Company as part of their through routes to Santa Ana. This was designated line 58 by Pacific Electric Railway in 1943, The Whittier.route was separated I from the remainder of line 58 in 1966, and became line 72. I OPERATIONS - 1969 Number of Average passengers one-way trips 131 per trip 59.3 I Round trip Round trip running time (min,) 201 route miles 61.0 ' Average overall -Average I schedule speed (mph) 15,4 .layover time (min,) 36 rI I I SCHEDULE - 1969 Headways (min. ) Buses Assigned AM Base P/1 9 P/1 A/1 Base P/1 9 P/1 Weekdays1 6 20 6 40 ·18 9 18 .3 ~ Saturdays 20 30 20 40 7 6 7 3 I Sundays 65 65 45 40 3 3 4 3 lnuring weekday rush-hour the headways east fr_om Whittier Blvd. at 2nd St. (Montebello) average 13-15 min., and from Whittier to Fullerton, 45 to 60 minutes~ A 60 min. headway prevails between I Whittier and Fullerton 6 days a week and 100 min. on Sunday. I PERIOD OF SERVICE First Departure Last Arrival Far Terminals: I Fullerton Station 5:47 AM 8:55 PM Sixth & Hope Sts. 5:24 AM 12:30 PM Short Line Location: I Whittier Station W 4:55 AM E 1:27 AM I TRAFFIC CONDITIONS One-way running times: Minimum 75 min., Maximum 120 min., 73% increase Lccation of heaviest traffic congestion: i East Los Angeles .. Montebello T:i.mepoint for heaviest traffic congestion: Whittier Blvd. - Indiana St. 4:39-5:34-PM I . ;I FARE STRUCTURE The far.e from Los Angeles to Fullerton is $1. 10. I From the LA CBD the fare zone increments are as follows: To selected areas Montebello $ • 46 I Pico-Rivera .54 Whittier .70 La Habra .94 I Brea or Fullerton 1.10 First two zones for one fare applies from Whittier Blvd. at Lorena St. to Fullerton. I Pe.ssengers boarding in the LA CBD must pay a minimum ·fare of $. 3 8. I • I f I I PASSENGERS PER TRIP Peak Load Points Average for ~ Passing AM Base PM 17 hour count Whit.tier & I Indiana E 30.1 26.3 70.3 39.8 I w 59.9 26.2 35.0 34.8 EXPRESS ... Whittier & Indiana I E 46.9 w 42.3 I Other Load Points Average for 17 Hour Count Whittier & I Fifth & Sixth & Whittier & Second St. Whittier Hope Central Indiana (Montebello) Station E • 0 E 29.4 E 40. 0 E 18.0 E 16.9 I W 1.8 W 31.5 W 40.4 W 17.7 W 9.3 TREND OF TRAFFIC I Estimated Average Weekday Vehicle Passengers Passengers 1, Miles Per Mile Sept. 1965 .. Sept. 1966 5,630 2,614 2.2 Sept. 1967 5,667 2,713 2.1 Sept. 1968 6,230 2,885 2.2 Sept. 1969 6,492 2,916 2.2 I Sept. 1970 6,256 3,042 2.1 I 1':Transfer passengers excluded. I I I I ' :- 1 I FARE STRUCTURE From Manchester and Crenshaw Blvds. to 2nd Ave. and 54th St., t~e fare is $.38. From Manchester and Crenshaw Blvds., the fare zone increment ·'-I is as follows: North of I Van Ness at Florenoe Aves. $.38 PASSENGERS PER TRIP Peak Load Points I , Passing AM Base __PM Average for Day 5th Ave. & 85th I N 4.0 1.7 5.4 1.6 Van Ness & 65th Pl. •• s 6.3 1.7 3.2 1. 3 I Other Load Points Average for Day Van Ness & I Florence. N • 8 .. S 1.1 TREND OF TRAFFIC Estimated Average· Weekday Vehicle Passengers I Passengers"' Miles Per Mile Sept. 1965 127 199 • 6 Sept. 1966 99 199 • 5 Sept. 1967 91 199 • 5 I Sept. 1968 97 181 • 5 Sept. 1969 107 180 • 6 I Sept. 1970 103 181 • 6 *Transfer passengers excluded. I I I ' . ,.I I I LINE 73 VAN NESS AVENUE OPERATING RESULTS - 1969 Route No, 73 System Total Cost per mile $ 0.782 $ 0.762 Revenue per mile $ 0.205 $ 0,923 Margin per mile $ 0.577 + $ 0.161 I Passengers per mile 1.06 3, 3 Daily passengers 191 I Daily bus miles 180,3 FUNCTION I Local central line within the Leimert District. AREA SERVED Operating entirely in a medium income area of Leimert Park and I Morningside Park, the line serves South Van Ness Ave., an area of medium density, single family units with light·manufacturing interspersed. This line also serves a commercial concentration in the vicinity of Manchester and Crenshaw Blvds. at the line's south I terminal. I ROUTE !',AP -- IUl"TU t:iUTE 01 LIit 10 .. mmm• IUlt.lTtl tt'JTt a, LIH n I I I ·I I I ' ,.I· I I STREETS TRA.VERSED Leave 54th St. and 2nd Ave. via 54th .St., Third Ave. (Second Ave.), Slauson Ave., Van Ness Ave., 78th Pl., Fifth Ave., and Manchester ~ Blvd. (85th St.), to Crenshaw Blvd. I TURN BACK LOCATIONS I None HISTORY Starting as motor coach line 23 in 1930, bus service on Van Ness Ave. I operated between Second Ave.·& 54th St. and Fifth Ave. & 76th St. Renumbered line 60, the line was extended to 78th Pl. and 8th Ave. in 1934. In 1940 the line was extended to operate north on Crenshaw Blvd. from Manchester Ave. to 67th St. Eight years later I the Crenshaw Blvd. part of the line was replaced by an extension of Los Angeles Motor Coach line 85. In April 1958 the present route I number of 73 was adopted. I OPERATIONS - 1969 Number of Average passengers one-way trips 60 per trip 3.2 I Round trip Round trip running time (min.) 22 route miles 6.0 Average overall Average .. schedule speed (mph) 12.0 layover time (min.) 8 SCHEDULE - 1969 I Headways (min.) Buses Assigned AM Base PM 9 PM AM Base PM 9 PM Weekdays 22 30 29 1 1 1 I Saturdays Sundays I PERIOD OF SERVICE First Departure Last Arrival Far Terminals: Manchester & Crenshaw Blvds. 5:40 AM 8:26 PM I Second Ave. & 54th St. 5:31 AM 8:37 PM TRAFFIC CONDITIONS I One-way running times: Minimum 18 min., Maximum 24 min., 33% increase Location of heaviest traffic congestion:· No specific area I Timepoint for heaviest traffic congestion: Second Ave. - 54th St. 2:00-7:00 PM ••I I I ~ LINE 7 5 VENICE BOULEVARD - ECHO PARK AVENUE OPERATING RESULTS - 1969 I Route No.· 75 System Total Cost ·per mile $ 0.7.82 $ 0.762 · Revenue per mile $ 0.972 $ 0.923 I Margin per mile + $ 0.190 + $ 0.161 Passengers. per mile 3. 08 3.3 Daily passengers 9,672 I Daily bus miles 3,135.8 I FUNCTION Local central line with arterial travel on arterial streets. Route from downtown Los Angeles north to the Echo Park District and west through the West Adams District, and Venice District to downtown I Santa Monica. Peak hour, peak direction freeway flyer service on the Santa Monica Freeway between La Cienega Blvd.