HEARING SET ON BUS ROUTE CHANGES MORE NORTH-SOUTH LINES PROPOSED.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer The MTA's 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. Governance Council will hold a public hearing today on bus route changes coming this summer as part of opening the new Orange Line busway. Proposals call for doing away with key east-west routes across the Valley, while adding new bus service on north-south routes to connect with the Orange Line. The council will vote on the changes March 23. ``I think we have an opportunity for a pretty good dialogue,'' said council chairman Coby King. ``What I'm really hoping to hear from the public is how they use the system, how they see these changes benefiting or harming them. I'm hoping we do get some good information, so when we do make our decisions on March 23 we'll have all the information we need.'' However, transit advocates complain that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's proposed cuts are too drastic. They protest eliminating east-west express routes that carry up to 3,000 riders a day, and they are skeptical of new routes being proposed. ``We absolutely are opposed to the suggestions about removing the rush hour services from Roscoe and Topanga, and Sherman Way and Topanga,'' said Bart Reed, executive director of Sylmar-based The Transit Coalition. ``Our motto is fix it, don't destroy it.'' 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. wants to beef up north-south connectors to the Orange Line - ensuring that buses that now come only once an hour in some cases will come at least every 30 minutes. Originally, MTA expected to simply add more bus service to connect with the Orange Line. But faced with a $40 million budget shortfall it is trimming service across 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. County to pay for running the busway. The changes come ahead of a systemwide overhaul expected over the next year as the MTA puts its bus routes on a hub-and-spoke system Noun 1. hub-and-spoke system - a system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available hub-and-spoke - with routes focused around regional centers - rather than a traditional grid. The Orange Line will run buses every six to eight minutes along the former railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. route between North Hollywood and Warner Center. It is slated to open by Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. . Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO MTA's San Fernando Valley Governance Council will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. today at the Marvin Braude Marvin Braude (August 11, 1920—December 7, 2005)served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 11th district from 1965 to 1997. At various times Mr. Braude (pronounced BROW-dee) served as chair of the Finance and Revenue Committee, the Environmental Quality and Waste Constituent CONSTITUENT. He who gives authority to another to act for him. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 893. 2. The constituent is bound with whatever his attorney does by virtue of his authority. Service Center, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd. For more information, visit dailynews.com. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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