COUNCIL PANEL TO MONITOR SAFETY.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Despite steps to promote traffic safety along the new Orange Line busway in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , a city panel called Wednesday for monthly reports outlining any safety issues with the system. 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. City Council's Transportation Committee said it wants the reports to ensure bus passengers on the buses as well as motorists are kept safe along the 14-mile route. ``I think we need a report back every 30 days to make sure we can respond quickly to any problems that develop,'' Councilwoman Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. said. ``We don't want to have to wait to deal with problems as soon as we can.'' Traffic safety has been one of the primary concerns about the busway, and it was highlighted this week when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. and other officials took a test ride on the line and saw car and truck drivers trying to cut across intersections to beat the buses. Officials with the city Department of Transportation said the system is incorporating precautions precautions Infectious disease The constellation of activities intended to minimize exposure to an infectious agent; precautions imply that the isolation of an infected Pt is optional, but not mandatory. used elsewhere in the nation at the 34 intersections the Orange Liners will cross. The measures include special street paving and signs, including flashing warnings. Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. , whose agency is responsible for law enforcement along the line, has said he plans to have a beefed-up officer presence - particularly as the Orange Liners start running this weekend. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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