CRITICS HIT MTA STUDY ON VALLEY RAIL LINK.Byline: JASON Jason, in Greek mythology Jason, in Greek mythology, son of Aeson. When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion. KANDEL Staff Writer The MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. will spend $150,000 to study the feasibility of building a light-rail route or busway connecting the Red and Orange lines in North Hollywood to the Gold Line in Pasadena. The study is designed to provide in-depth analysis for a $90,000 report commissioned by Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena of the ``Missing Link'' route, which would run parallel to the 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. from the North Hollywood subway subway: see rapid transit. subway Underground railway system used to transport passengers within urban and suburban areas. The first subway line, 3. station to the Gold Line in Pasadena. ``This connector line is critical in linking the two great valleys in metropolitan L.A. -- the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and San Gabriel valleys The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. ,'' said Ara Najarian, a member of the Glendale City Council and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. ``The benefits to commuters in the region will be tremendous.'' But officials note the route would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and isn't included on the MTA's long-range list of transportation priorities. ``There's a host of projects out there,'' MTA spokesman Rick Jager said. ``How do you get the funding for all of them?'' Paul Dyson, a member of the Burbank Transportation Commission, believes the MTA study is a waste of money, saying previous studies have already shown that a light-rail link would simply be too costly. ``I think that the proposed study has good intentions, but the choices available are so few because there is no readily available rail route in that area,'' said Dyson, who owns Dyson Rail, a transportation consultant for the freight industry. ``So the conclusion of any study would almost certainly be that a bus-based system is the only reasonable alternative.'' jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3306 CAPTION(S): photo |
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