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AllAboardMetrolinkA "How-To"

n October 26, three Metrolinklines will begin operation, con-necting communities in LosAngeles and Ventura countieswith Union Station in downtown

L.A. Metrolink service operates Mondaythrough Friday, except on certain holi-days. See page 2 for schedules.

1. Plan Your Commute

Call 1-800-371-LINK forPersonal CommutePlanning. We'll teil youexactly how to get fromyour door to your destina-

tion. Beginning next month, a personal-ized computer itinerary and a Line andStation Map will be sent to you as well asyour specific fare.

2. Figure Your Fare Basedon Distance Traveled

Metrolink fares are based on commutingdistance, measured in "zones." The priceof any ticket or pass is based on thenumber of "fare zones" traveled.

The map shown above right illustratesthe fare zones.

Locate your starting and destinationstations on the map, then count thenumber of zones you will pass through onthe trip, including the zones in which youbegin and end your trip. For example, atrip from Pomona to Union Stationtravels through three zones.

Then, refer to the fare chart above. Selectthe row which represents the correctnumber of zones and the column for thetype of ticket you wish to buy.

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1 25.00 3.50 6.00 80.00

2 35.00 4.50 8.00 112.00

3 45.00 5.50 10.00 144.00

4 55.00 6.50 12.00 176.00

At the station, purchase your ticket orpass prior to boarding the train. Ticketvending machines are located at everystation. The type of ticket best suited foryou will depend on how often you plan toride Metrolink.

Close-up of ticket vendingmachine ticket type choicebuttons— If you plan to rideMetrolink often, buying a monthlypass saves you time and money.

A clean break — Powerful low-emission Metrolink locomotives giveboth you and the air a break fromautomobiles.

There are four types of tickets you canbuy as well as a monthly pass. If you aretaking a bus to catch the train, ask for atransfer on the bus. At the train station,buy the discounted "transfer upgrade"ticket and be prepared to show both afteryou board.

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4 . Transfer to a Busor Shuttle at Union Station

The main Metrolink passenger terminal islocated in Los Angeles. From there,passengers can make connections to acombination of user-friendly services.

During the first weeks of service, MetroAmbassadors will guide you to the follow-ing connections :• You can transfer free to Metrolink

Shuttle buses, operated by the city ofL.A. Department of Transportation.Buses will make frequent runs alongtwo downtown routes, one serving theCivic Center and Bunker Hill, and oneserving the Financial District and SouthPark. The Metrolink Shuttle busesservice the bus plaza adjacent to thetracks. See routes below.

• RTD buses will pick up and deliverpassengers either at a street-level busplaza on the northern end of UnionStation, or at surrounding streetcorners near Union Station or acrossfrom Union Station on AlamedaStreet.

• Amtrak Intercity Service buses,corporate-operated shuttles, and taxiswill serve the street-level loacling arealocated at the southern end of thestation.

• DASH routes B and D will also beavailable to serve Metrolink riders.Board at the DASH bus stop locatedon Alameda at Los Angeles street,directly across from the entrance toUnion Station.

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Please note — Stations listedwithout times are those that willbe opening soon.

Bargain Ride — Taking Metrolink saves you the costs of gas, parking andmaintenance for driving the same distance. It also can reduce your stress andthe unreliability of freeway driving time.

Business connections — About 200 high-tech business owners from Los AngelesCounty participated in the first Standard Light Rail Vehicle workshop sponsoredby the LACTC. The workshop was an opportunity for companies capable of pro-ducing products and services for the rail industry to meet international car-builders and subcontractors.

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has formulated a strategy for stimulatinga local surface transportation industry.

The LACTC's efforts come at a timewhen regional firms, most notably inaerospace and defense, are scaling backdue to a decline in federal funding. Thesecutbacks are causing the loss of thou-sands of jobs. Converting local industriesto the development and manufacture oftransportation products can bring manyof These jobs back.

The commission's strategy for building asurface transportation industry includesfour elements that address both short-and long-term goals.

• Identify local companies nowable to supply rail products and

services. To accomplish this, theLACTC created a business directory ofarea firms that rail contractors can useto find local suppliers. The newtory, completed in August, lists morethan 500 Southern California compa-nies capable of providing services tothe rail-car building industry.

• Include 60% domestic contentrequirement in all Requests ForProposals. While rules requiring thatcontract bids include local and statejobs would jeopardize $31.5 billion infederal matching funds for localtransportation programs, the LACTCcan and will require a high domesticcontent in all of its contracts. Thecommission's new 60% DomesticContent Requirement is the maximumlevel feasible.

• Facilitate local developmentof high-tech transportation

products. By encouraging rail manu-facturers to work with local high-techfirms, especially in aerospace anddefense, the LACTC will help developinnovative products with proventransportation applications. Thecommission's new Advanced TransitProducts Development Program(ATPDP), now included in all Requestfor Proposal (RFP) requirements, callsfor rail car builders who receiveLACTC contracts to invest in develop-ing high-technology solutions tomodern transportation challenges.

• Research and Development. TheLACTC has set aside $12 million tofund product research and develop-ment for prototype products developedby the partnership of hi-tech, aero-space and defense firms with the carbuilding community.

The LACTC can't single-handedly createan economic revival in Los Angeles. Butit can leverage public dollars to encour-age the development of a lucrative localsurface transportation industry. Thecommission's new policies are now inplace. If Southland defense and aero-space industries respond, a town bestknown for traffic jams could turn into atransportation industry mecca.

LACTC Creates Strategyfor Developing LocalTransportation Industry

CommissionBuys S. P.Saugus LinePact includes propertiesin Canoga Park,Chatsworth, Burbank

The LACTC has reached a $67.8million agreement with theSouthern Pacific RailroadCompany to purchase the 67-mileSaugus line from downtown Los

Angeles to Palmdale and other proper-ties in Canoga Park, Chatsworth andBurbank.

The Saugus line will be used for futureextensions of Metrolink to Saugus andLancaster. Metrolink is the commuterrail service scheduled to begin operationOct. 26 (see cover story).

"The purchase also gives us additionalaccess into downtown's Union Station viaSouthern Pacific's bridge over the LosAngeles River, and paves the way forfuture service to Ventura County,"LACTC Chairman and L.A. CountySupervisor Mike Antonovich said whenthe agreement was announced.

Rights-of-way forGlendale/Burbank rail lineIn addition to the Saugus line, theLACTC's latest Southern Pacific acquisi-tion includes:

• The Canoga Park and Burbank seg-ments of the Burbank Branch: Thesewill provide the fall right-of-way forthe proposed Burbank/Glendale lightrail line while assuring minimalinterference with railroad serviceduring construction;

• Two non-operating parcels inChatsworth for future Metrolink park-and-ride lots and other uses;

• Additional properties and rights,including radio frequencies for trainoperations.

The agreement also opens the door forVentura County to purchase the SantaPaula Branch, a 28-mile line locatedentirely within Ventura County, for afuture rail connection between Venturaand Santa Clarita.

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LEGISLATIVEUPDATE

Congress Finalizes$110 Million for Red LineIn a tremendous victory for LosAngeles County, Congress recentlyapproved $110 million for the MetroRed Line — the spine of a planned400-mile rail transit network.

The funds are provided by the 1993Transportation Appropriations Bill(H.R. 5518) which slashed the"new start" projects of most othercities by 15%.

The action represents the first federalfunding to extend Metro Rail to EastLos Angeles. Sixty million dollars willbe divided equally among each of thethree extensions that comprise theRed Line's Segment 3 — the Ea st L.A.,North Hollywood, and mid-city lines.The Red Line's Segment 2, now underconstruction along WilshireBoulevard, will receive the remaining

50 million.

State Law SpursTransportation ResearchGovernor Wilson recently signed intolaw a bill dealing with the CaliforniaTransportation Research andInnovation Program. AB 3096 (Katz)provides direction for Caltrans in thedevelopment of a transportationresearch and developmentprogram. (Z)

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Fish Fossils — Paleontologist Trudy Stubbs examines marine sediments found65 feet below Wilshire Boulevard, where Segment 2 of the Metro Red Line subwayis under construction.

New FederalReportDeclaresRed Line Safe

In a long-awaited report, the MetroRed Line construction project hasreceived a clean bill of health for itssafety standards from the U.S.Department of Labor, Division of

Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration (FedOSHA).

Low potential for"catastrophic event"FedOSHA's report said that the agency"did not find any evidente that thepotential for the occurence of a cata-strophic event in the tunnel or stations

SomethingFishyDiscoveredDown Under

Signs of early marine life believed tobe from the Miocene period (five to10 million years ago) are beingdiscovered in the undergroundconstruction sites of the Metro Red

Line Segment 2.

was high . ." The 120-page report,released earlier this month, went on tosay that "the lower-than-expected viola-tion yield was an indication that employ-ee safety on the Metro Rail project wasgenerally being adequately addressed."

Inspectors spent a total of 824 hoursinspecting Red Line tunnels and sta-tions. According to the report, theamount of time inpectors spent on theRed Line for this report was equivalentto 51 separate standard tunnel safetyinspections.

Restores Red Line'sgood name"The FedOSHA report vindicates theLACTC, its subsidiary, the RailConstruction Corporation, and theconstruction crews who are doing such agreat job in the tunnel," RCC Presidentand CEO Ed McSpedon said. "It restoresthe good name of the Metro Red Lineproject." (Z)

Several hundred small fossils have beenfound on the site, including a rare, fullyintact sand dollar and the rib bone of awhale.

"The types of things we are looking forare seashells, plant material and skeletalpieces," said paleontologist Trudy Stubbs,who is working on the project.

Teams of archaeologists and paleontolo-gists monitor Metro Red Line work siteson a regular basis. The fossils are pro-tected by the California EnvironmentalQuality Act and will eventually bedonated to the Los Angeles Museum ofNatural History. CD

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The restored Angel's Flight Funicular (shown here as it appeared in the 1960s)will enable Red Line passengers debarking at the Pershing Square Station toreach Bunker Hill destinations such as the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Metro Red Line station, Bunker Hilland the Broadway and central shop-ping districts.

"It's a very important transportationlink. It will complete one piece of thepuzzle," said LACTC CommissionerNick Patsaouras.

The city's funicular is one of more than100 transportation improvementprojects throughout the county thatthe commission approved inSeptember. Both the Angels FlightFunicular and Segment 1 of the RedLine are slated to open in March.

Angels FlightGets WingsAgain

0 efunct since 1969, the AngelsFlight Funicular will soon becarrying passengers up anddown Bunker Hill again. TheLACTC recently allocated

$785,000 in Proposition C and federaltransportation funds to help theCommunity Redevelopment Agencyrebuild the historic hill-climbing line.The funicular, shown here as itappeared in the 1960s, will run fromThird and Hill streets to Olive Street atthe summit of Bunker Hill, sporting itsoriginal design as well as new safetyequipment and provisions for thedisabled.

Transportation officials see AngelsFlight as an important connectionbetween the nearby Pershing Square

Inner City Students Beat Job Market Blues

Twelve engineering and architec-ture students from such localschools as Manual Arts HighSchool, L.A. Trade Tech andCompton City College aren't

worried about getting jobs after theygraduate. They're already gaining price-less — and paid — experience inadvanced computer aided design (CAD)that makes them confident employerswill want to hire them.

The students, part of the RailConstruction Corporation's (RCC)Transportation Occupations Program(TOP), work for Daniel Mann JohnsonMendenhall, an engineering designconsulting firm employed by the RCC onthe Metro Red Line and the PasadenaBlue Line extension.

The firm has been hiring TOP studentsfor several years, thanks to the efforts ofCharles Daniel Sr., supervisor of engi-neering applications. After working withthe RCC's TOP program to design atraining curriculum for drafting andCM), Daniel convinced his firm to hire afew students part time. Now he has adozen working for him, doing sophisticat-ed CAD systems tasks previously per-

formed by workers with several years ofexperience.

Inner city kids are aresource"There's an idea out there that highschool and college students can't operatethis technology. I say they can. Engineersare just now realizing that inner city kidsare a resource. These kids are nowbasically driving the success of DMJM'sCAD implementation systems," saidDaniel. "If you prepare them and givethem opportunities, they can do the job."

TOP courses preparestudents for real jobsAll 12 youths in the DMJM CM) depart-ment went through a year of special TOPafter-school and Saturday classes toprepare them for work experience.

Now they support the engineering staffwith such vital CAD systems manage-ment tasks as scanning drawings intothe computer and updating CM) manu-als. Each has a special assignment andresponsibilities, including writing weeklyreports to their supervisor, Daniel. "It's

training they couldn't get anywhereelse," Daniel said.

"I never learned any of this at LongBeach. I learned Auto CAD from TOPclasses," said Victor Altamirano, a LongBeach City College civil engineeringmajor.

"We have the opportunity to learn theMicrostation software — something a lotof engineers don't even know. It'll beeasier to get jobs," added L.A. Trade Techstudent Sylvester Maya, also a civilengineering major.

Cutting edgecomputer aided design"They're on the cutting edge of theemerging CAD technology," Danieldeclared. "We're implementing approach-es and applications with CAD thathaven't been used before in the trans-portation industry. Workers with thiskind of experience don't exist here; mostof our employees are imports. These kidsare the foundation of a new high-techtransportation industry work force inLos Angeles."

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TelecommutingLets YouWork Closeto HomeBusinesses and public agencies withemployees in the Antelope Valley willsoon be able to save money and boostproductivity by taking advantage of anew Telebusiness Center sponsored bythe County of Los Angeles.

First year's rent offered freeScheduled for a December opening, the2,500 square foot facility in Lancasterwill offer 20 offices and cubicles rent freefor the first year.

Telecommuting tenants will sacrificenothing in amenities. The state-of-the-art center will include computers andcommunications equipment, copy andfax machines, conference and meetingrooms, access to a teleconference facility,security and free parking.

The new Antelope Valley center, whichwill receive $154,000 from the LACTC tohelp offset first year operating costs, isonly one of 22 Transportation DemandManagement projects being funded bythe LACTC with Proposition C andfederal Intermodal SurfaceTransportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)monies.

Telecommutingboosts worker productivityThe telecommuting rationale is increas-ingly powerful. A 1991 study of hundredsof telecommuting L.A. County employeesreported that measurable productivityincreased by 20 to 40%. In addition toraising employee productivity andmorale, telecommuting enables business-es to avoid the costs of sponsoring van-pools and other trip reduction measuresrequired by the Air Quality ManagementDistrict's (SCAQMD) Regulation XV.

The regulation requires companies withmore than 100 employees to file trafficreduction plans outlining how theyintend to reduce employee car trips. TheSCAQMD reports that 12.6% of employ-ers filing plans currently offer telecom-muting and work-at-home programs

Telecommuting on the riseNumerous employers, including PacificBell and the County of Los Angeles, are

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ArtworkMakesBlue LineStationa Better"GatheringPlace"To artist Jackie Dreager, a rail station isnot just a stop on the way to somewhereelse. Each is "A Great Gathering Place."The title of her sculpture, recentlyunveiled at the Wardlow Station inNorth Long Beach, refers to the way thepiece entices passengers to get close, toread its inscriptions, to touch, and to sit.

At the station's drop-off area, Dreagerhas installed a fiberglass and bronzecircular table-top that serves as theresting place for a large globe made intoa sundial. Observers can actually teil thetime anywhere on Earth simply bycounting the meridians, spaced one hourapart. On the table next to the globe liesa book entitled "Adobe Days," an histori-cal novel set in nearby Rancho LosCerritos.

The poem inscribed on the tabletop,"Planet on a Table" by Wallace Stevens,focuses on humankind's place in theworld. To tie the work's elements togeth-er, said Dreager, "All the materials havea translucent quality so that they playwith the sunlight."

Passengers standing on the stationplatform or riding on the train can viewthree large abstract forms installed on

Timely contribution — Artist JackieDreager poses beside her sundialinstallation, entitled "A GreatGathering Place", at the Blue Line'sWardlow Station in North Long Beach.

the station's embankment. A fourthstands by the table in the parking lotdrop-off area. The pieces reflect space-age design. "The repetition of the geo-metric and circular shapes of the podsand comets are symbolic of universalunity," Dreager explained.

Artworks are planned for each MetroRail station through a process thatinvolves input from a community adviso-ry group of residents and businessleaders. The group produces a communi-ty profile that assists artists in develop-ing their ideas. Artists are Chosen by apanel consisting of two communitymembers and three arts professionals.

Other artworks for the Metro Blue Lineare currently on display through Nov. 21at the FHP Hippodrome Gallery in LongBeach. CD

New Pylons Point OutMetro Red Line StationsThis sleek 12-foot stainless steel columnin front of the new Metro Red Line CivicCenter station is the first of nine current-ly being installed at Red Line SegmentOne stations throughout downtown LosAngeles in preparation for the subway'sMarch opening.

"The pylon is an immediately identifiablemarker that will provide clear, directaccess to the new Metro Rail stations,"said LACTC Executive Director NeilPeterson. "It is part of the LACTC'scommitment to provide a system that isboth user-friendly and meets highdesign standards. " (Z)

"Telecommuting" continued from page 6

already reaping the benefits at Southlandtelecommuting centers in Riverside,Ontario and North Hollywood, in addi-tion to telecommuting from homes.

With telecommuting expected to continueincreasing by about 30 % a year, accord-ing to the New York-based researchcompany Link Resources, working awayfrom the office is on its way to becoming apermanent and commonplace part of theurban business scene.

For information about obtaining space atthe Antelope Valley center, call theAntelope Valley Telebusiness CenterHotline, (213)974-2634, or Nancy Apeles,(213) 974-2637. 0

Final Draftof CongestionManagementPlanReleasedAfter nearly two years of work, theLACTC is dose to completing its firstever countywide CongestionManagement Program (CMP).

The Final Draft 1992 CMP, released inmid-Septcmber for review by the CMPPolicy Advisory Committee andTechnical Forum, local jurisdictions andthe public, will be presented to thecommission for adoption in November.

As the county's legally designatedCongestion Management Agency, theLACTC is responsible for creating andimplementing a CMP by Dec. 1. The planrequires that urbanized areas controlincreased traffic and air pollution due tonew development before receiving theirshare of 1990's Proposition 111 gas taxfunds.

The Final Draft CMP includes changesmade after numerous comments by L.A.County's cities, businesses and citizens.One important change eliminates aproposed mitigation fee that developerscreating more congestion would havepaid in heu of meeting CMP trip reduc-tion requirements.

The mitigation fee was being consideredas part of the CMP's "deficiency plan"guidelines. The CMP requires localjurisdictions to either maintain currentlevels of traffic flow on streets and high-ways, or to prepare deficiency plans toreduce the Impact of increased conges-tion.

For more information about the CMP, callthe CMP Hotline at (213) 244 6599. 0

NEINSBRIEFSII Criteria Set for

Evaluating CandidateCorridor Projects

The process of deciding which candidatecorridor projects will be the first toreceive transportation improvementsmoved another step forward last monthwhen the commission approved a list ofevaluation criteria.

After the draft Los Angeles CountyIntegrated Transportation Plan wasreleased in May 1991, interest inincreasing the number of rail lines to bebuilt prompted the commission to makeroom in the plan for eight more projects.These eight candidate corridors, plus twoadditional corridors, are now beingevaluated according to criteria developedwith extensive input from cities, agenciesand individuals

The criteria include such factors asexisting corridor congestion levels,corridor employment and populationdensity (current and projected 2010),local land use policies, projected rider-ship, project cost and cost effectiveness,and system connectivity.

The commission expects to review evalu-ations of the 10 corridors and select thefirst projects for funding in about sixmonths.

Corridors Under Evaluation

Los Angeles to Glendale/Burbank

Exposition Park Branch Lineto Vermont Avenue

Green Line Easterly Extensionto Norwalk Transit Center

Green Line Multimodal Transit Centerto Westchester Parkway

Pasadena to Irwindale or Azusa

Exposition Right-of-Way from USCto Santa Monica

Green Line South Coast Extensionfrom El Segundo to Torrance

1-10/Route 60 Corridor

Crenshaw Corridor

Santa Monica Boulevardfrom 1-405 to Beverly Hills

11 Metrolink TrainsRoll in Orange County

Starting Sept. 1, the Orange CountyTransportation Authority (OCTA) beganusing new bi-level Metrolink trains forits popular daily commuter rail servicebetween San Juan Capistrano andUnion Station in Los Angeles.

The double-decker Metrolink passenger

cars and low emission locomotives werepurchased with Measure M fundsapproved by Orange County voters inNovember 1990.

The new Metrolink trains now plying theSan Juan Capistrano route replacedequipment on loan from Caltrans.

The OCTA will also use Measure Mfunds to expand the service in December1993 to include three more round-tripruns daily, service to Oceanside, anddouble the number of stations. To fulfillMeasure M's mandated transportationplan, OCTA will add six more round tripsby late 1995.

Using Metrolink trains in Orange Countyis part of the Southern California RegionalRail Authority's plans to create a 450-mileregional commuter rail network that willbe the nation's sixth largest.

II Metro Award forMonterey Park

This quarter's Metro Award goes to theCity of Monterey Park for its expandedand improved Spirit Transit Systemservice. The LACTC honors Southlandcities four times annually for demon-strating outstanding initiative andachievement in the area of mobilityimprovement.

The four-route, 25-cent Spirit TransitSystem run by the MontereyDepartment of Parks and Recreation wasoriginally designed to transport peoplefrom residential areas to Monterey ParkCity Hall during daylight hours. Afterstudying local transit demand, the citydecided to reconfigure Spirit's routes to

Harry Panagiotes, Monterey Parksuperintendent of recreation, andYukio Kawarantani, chairman ofthe recreation and parks commission,accept an LACTC Metro Award forMonterey Park's Spirit TransitSystem.

stop at shopping centers, businesscenters, recreation facilities, movietheaters and schools, including Cal StateL.A.'s bus center, where passengers cantransfer to RTD buses.

In addition to redesigning routes, SpiritTransit switched from trolley-style busesto higher capacity, air-conditioned, low-emission diesel buses equipped with liftsfor the disabled.

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