EDITORIAL EVERY BIT HELPS ORANGE LINE'SCANOGA PARK STATION IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.THERE was much fanfare at Wednesday's official opening of the Orange Line Canoga Park station and parking lot, which had its unofficial un·of·fi·cial adj. Of or being a drug that is not listed in the United States Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary. opening earlier in the month. Various political leaders came to celebrate, including 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. , who boasted: ``We have truly entered a new era of transportation in this city.'' Let's hope he's right. The station, the line's 14th, includes a 611-space Park and Ride lot, and has the potential to lure more commuters away from their cars. Although the line has vastly exceeded ridership rid·er·ship n. The number of passengers who ride a public transport system. predictions, it hasn't yet taken many cars off the road, at least not if the largely empty Park and Ride lots are any indication. But in a gridlocked grid·lock n. 1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets. 2. city, every bit helps. And the new station could lead to a much needed north-south Orange Line extension. It's a far cry from a new era of transportation, but it's a good start. |
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