CITY SPLITS TRANSIT HUB PROPOSALS; PLAN IS TO LANDSCAPE RANCHO ROAD FACILITY.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer A proposed hub linking commuters with both local and regional bus services has been split into two facilities and appears headed down the road to approval, nearly a year after the city received $1.8 million in transit center grants. The split was prompted by complaints from residents near the proposed Community Transportation Facility site at the Rancho Road and Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. interchange. ``Residents in the area were concerned that they didn't want this to turn into a Greyhound greyhound, breed of tall, swift, sight hound developed nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt. It stands about 26 in. (66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 65 lb (29.5 kg). Bus terminal,'' said Councilwoman Linda Parks For the DC Comics character, see . Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a Korean American actress who is best known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series . , a professional transportation planner A Professional Transportation Planner (PTP) is a certification program sponsored by the Transportation Professional Certification Board, Inc., and promulgated by the Institute of Transportation Engineers. who shared their concerns. Under the proposal the City Council will consider Tuesday, the popular park-and-ride lot at Rancho Road would be converted from a dirt patch to a landscaped and paved lot with 180 to 225 parking spaces for bus, car pool and van pool commuters. City traffic planners also propose developing a Transit Transfer Facility in the central city to connect Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Transit buses A transit bus (also known as a commuter bus) in the United States is usually operated by an urban-suburban bus line, a governmental public transit agency, or a contractor. A transit bus is normally used on public transit routes. with the intercity VISTA buses. The council meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Forum Theatre of the Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. In December, the council approved a single site for bus and commuter services at the 20-acre Rancho Road site now used by dozens of park-and-ride car- and van-poolers. A month later, the council stopped the project, saying a mass transit mass transit, public transportation systems designed to move large numbers of passengers. Types and Advantages Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public shared transportation, such as buses, streetcars, and ferries, open to all on a center doesn't belong in a residential area. The council revived the plan in April, calling for a scaled-back design. Driving that decision was the prospect of losing both the $1.8 million in federal and state transportation funding and the option on the land owned by Calvary Community Church. The Rancho Road facility as now designed would feature three bus bays, one for TOT, one for VISTA, and one shared by Greyhound, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the 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. Department of Transportation and Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run . Enclosed waiting areas and retail food and gas services have been removed. An electric car recharging station and bike racks or lockers remain. Traffic planners are seeking council approval to complete designs, an environmental review, and both an appraisal and purchase. If the council backs the proposed transit transfer facility in the central city, traffic planners said they need to select one of three favored sites and then complete design and possible acquisition. Parks said the move makes sense compared with the previous proposal to create retail services at the Rancho Road site. ``It belongs in a commercial hub instead of putting a transit transfer facility in a residential area,'' Parks said. ``Also, from a transportation planners view, you want people to be able to ride their bikes there and to be able to walk there,'' she explained. ``So you need to put it in a convenient location so that people who arrive there can easily access shopping centers and other destinations.'' Two of the proposed sites are on the grounds of the former civic center at 401 Hillcrest Drive. The third is at Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Taylor Court. |
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