FREE SHUTTLE BUSES TO GET TRIAL TRANSIT PROGRAM TO RUN 1-YEAR PILOT.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer ACTON - A yearlong experimental program starts next week to offer shuttle buses two days a week between Acton, Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
The free shuttle will gauge the need for permanent public transit services from the rural communities to the Santa Clarita Valley and will be financed by Supervisor Michael Antonovich's Proposition A Transit funds, officials said. ``It's just the supervisor's effort to provide the services that are needed in the Acton area that are long overdue,'' said Norm Hickling, field deputy for Antonovich in 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 . Service is scheduled to begin Jan. 6. The shuttles will stop at the Acton McDonald's, on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling at Crown Valley Road, and at the Agua Dulce Women's Club Women’s clubs first arose in the United States during the post-civil war period. As a result of increased leisure time due to modern household advances, middle class women had more time to engage in intellectual pursuits. on Agua Dulce Canyon Road south of Sierra Highway. Residents older than 60 or disabled can arrange to be picked up at home and dropped off at their destinations if they call 24 hours in advance, county officials said. In Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , the shuttle stops at Sierra Highway and Soledad Canyon Road, where passengers can transfer to Santa Clarita Transit Authority buses. The shuttle service is free for passengers during the one-year demonstration program. If the service is continued, a fare will be charged, officials said. The shuttle will only operate on Mondays and Wednesday, with one bus each way in the morning and one bus each way in the afternoon. It will not operate on New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day or Christmas. The morning shuttle will leave the Acton McDonald's at 9:15 a.m. and Agua Dulce at 9:40 for Santa Clarita, where it is scheduled to arrive at 10 a.m. The shuttle departs Santa Clarita at 10:40 a.m. and returns to Agua Dulce about 11 or 11:15 a.m. and to Acton about 11:30 a.m. The afternoon shuttle departs the Acton McDonald's at 2:15 p.m. and Agua Dulce at 2:40 p.m. It arrives in Santa Clarita at 3 p.m. The afternoon bus departs Santa Clarita at 3:40 p.m., arrives in Agua Dulce about 4 to 4:15 p.m. and in Acton about 4:30 p.m. Curb-to-curb service for the elderly and disabled can be scheduled by calling (661) 259-9444. First-time riders must show identification to the driver to verify their age. Physicians letters may be necessary for people whose disabilities are not apparent, officials said. |
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