[The Transit Advocate]
Public Transit Policy, Analysis, Advocacy and Education
Newsletter of the Southern California Transit Advocates
Vol 12, No. 1, January 2004
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Transit Updates January 2004SO.CA.TA
Metrolink schedule changes (eff. Jan 26) include an additional round trip between Covina (leaving 7:21 a.m.) and Union Station (leaving 5:20); this is designed to reduce overloading on other San Bernardino Line trains. Also a new train will leave Union Station for Burbank at 7:15 a.m,

A public hearing is tentatively scheduled for February 3, 2004, at 6:30 pm at the MTA San Gabriel Valley sector office, next to El Monte Station. Three changes are proposed:

  • New peak hour limited #376 along Valley Bl.

  • New Rapid Bus #751 via Soto St. This might be extended from South Gate to the Green Line Station at Long Beach Bl.

  • #484 and #490 will terminate at Cal Poly Pomona. The two remaining route tails would be combined into a new Line #684 between Pomona and Brea.
If approved, these service changes would go into effect June 4.

A number of MTA service changes are to go into effect February 4:

  • A new Rapid Bus line (#710) would operate via Crenshaw Bl, replacing Limited #310.

  • New Limited Stop routes on La Brea (#312) and Slauson (#358) as well as improvements to existing #340 and #357.

  • Portions of the following routes would be deleted: #121 east of Norwalk Station; #124 between Willowbrook (Rosa Parks Station) and Compton; #127 between Compton and Cal State Dominguez, and possibly the 120th St. segment of #207/357 (not confirmed as of this writing)

  • The routes of #42 and #305 would be modified (exact route unknown at this time)
The City of Redondo Beach is considering implementation of a fixed route system (it already runs a general-public dial-a-ride called The Wave). Exact routing is unknown at this time, but it may replace some of the less productive MTA route segments in the Beach Cities.

The Riverside Transit Agency has approved a new Rapidlink bus service. Similar to MTA's Rapid Bus, the initial line would connect Corona and downtown Riverside via Magnolia Avenue. Service would start around July 2005.

RTA proposes to realign its #36 (Banning-Yucaipa) route to serve Redlands via I-10 (connections to Omnitrans routes) and to extend #41 (Perris-Mead Valley) to a new housing development called May Ranch. #41 would also serve the Riverside Community College campus in Moreno Valley.

RTA will also discontinue #99 (Moreno Valley-Riverside Metrolink feeder) due to low ridership. (Connecting service is still available on #16 and #16E)
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