TO THE BEACH BUSES, SHUTTLE LINK UP.Byline: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. M. SODDERS Staff Writer MALIBU CREEK STATE PARK Coordinates: Malibu Creek State Park is a California state park near Malibu, in Calabasas. It opened to the public in 1980, using property purchased from 20th Century Fox that the studio had owned since 1946 along with adjoining properties. -- With the launch Saturday of an Orange Line connection to a National Park Service shuttle, a trip to the mountains or the beach can be as cheap and easy as buying a bus ticket. The connection uses bus Line 161 to take riders from 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. Valley's busway to the ParkLINK Shuttle, a weekend service that connects 13 parks in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table). . The cost of a day pass to ride the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's buses is $3. ``Anyone can get from virtually any part of the city to the Orange Line, to the 161 to here,'' Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. , an outspoken advocate of the busway, said at an opening ceremony at Malibu Creek State Park. ``The more we grow this system, the more access people will have. A day pass is $3, and with gasoline prices where they are, it's a steal.'' Ron Schafer, district superintendent of the state Department of Parks and Recreation, said the more people visit the recreation area, the more they're going to want to protect it. Selected 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. 161 buses will stop at Warner Center terminus of the Orange Line at four times daily on weekends and holidays, then connect with the ParkLINK shuttle at Las Virgenes and Agoura roads. The 20-passenger shuttles are air-conditioned, wheelchair accessible and have bike racks and storage space for backpacks and picnic baskets. ParkLINK shuttle stops include Malibu Creek State Park, Tapia Park, Malibu Lagoon State Beach, Solstice solstice (sŏl`stĭs) [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). Canyon, Zuma Beach, Point Dume Trailhead, Peter Strauss Ranch The Peter Strauss Ranch is a unit of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area operated by the National Park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains near Agoura Hills, California in the United States. , Paramount Ranch and two Backbone trailheads, Kanan Road and Malibu Canyon Road. ``This is fantastic -- it's just the kind of thing we need,'' said John Ulloth, a member of the Sierra Club's transportation committee. A survey of riders on the year-old ParkLINK shows that 33 percent are visiting the parks for the first time, said Woody Smack, superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Twenty percent connected to ParkLINK from another Metro bus, showing that the system is drawing in visitors from outside the immediate area. Mark Langton, with the Concerned Off Road Bicyclists Association, said the shuttle is an asset for mountain-bike enthusiasts like himself. ``I think it's great,'' he said. ``I wish more people would use it. You can visit a bunch of different areas of the park in one day.'' lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3663 For information on the Orange Line connection, call (800) COMMUTE or see www.metro.net. For information on ParkLINK, see www.parklinkshuttle.com. CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: Riders ride for free on the ParkLINK Shuttle this weekend as part of the celebration of its connection with the MTA Orange Line. The shuttle connects 13 Santa Monica Mountain parks. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News Map: SHUTTLE TO THE SEA SOURCE: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open Warren Huskey/Staff Artist |
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