BUS RIDERS TO GET EXPANDED SERVICE; TRANSIT AGENCY INCREASING ROUTES, FARES.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
Starting Tuesday Tuesday: see week. , bus riders will have shorter waits and access to more areas of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley under a $400,000 expansion by the Antelope Valley Transit Authority Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster and their suburbs. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by Veolia Transport, and is affiliated and offers connecting services with Metro and Metrolink. . Riders will also see higher fares: A one-way bus trip goes from 80 cents to $1 and monthly passes will increase from $21 to $30. Fares for the elderly and disabled will go from 40 cents to 50 cents, but their monthly passes will stay at $10. The transit authority is providing free rides for senior citizens 62 and older between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. ``The new service provides 30-minute service on many of the routes that previously had 60-minute service,'' said Bill Budlong, executive director. ``With this change, we've given our customers 28 percent more service, making AVTA AVTA Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity an increasingly attractive travel alternative.'' The authority overhauled its transit schedule in response to growth in passenger loads, officials said. Its business has doubled since 1992 to 2 million riders. The expansion, which includes a 28 percent increase in the number of miles the transit agency's buses travel, is being funded through a combination of Metropolitan Transportation Authority funding and money from fares, Budlong said. Among the highlights of the expansion are two transfer stations - one at the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. and the other at the park-and-ride lot at Avenue K-8 and 10th Street West. All but one route will go into one or the other of the two stations, making it easier and faster to transfer, Budlong said. ``In the past, passengers would have to wait 10 minutes to 50 minutes for the cross-street bus,'' he said. ``That's not an easy way to travel.'' Buses traveling Route 2, an east-west Lancaster route, and Route 3, an east-west Palmdale route, will be increased in frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes. The transit agency will increase service for Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. as well, going from two round trips daily to service every two hours. It also added a west-side Palmdale route and a north-south Lancaster route. The expansion, which brings the authority's annual mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his to 1.1 million, involved adding 12 drivers. The agency did not need to add buses, Budlong said. CAPTION(S): Map Map: (Color) (New bus routes in the Antelope Valley) Daily News |
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