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CITY OF LYNWOOD
CITY CLERKS OFFICE
NOV 131987
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AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AT 7 1 8 1 9 0 0 AI 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 14I NIS
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
LYNWOOD TRAFFIC AND PARKING_C MMlSSTON--�
TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 19, T987 A 6:00 P.M.
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OPENING CEREMONIES
1. CALL FOR ORDER — CHAIRMAN WRIGHT
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF POSTING
4. ROLL CALL OF COMMISSIONERS
ROBERT ARCHAMBAULT
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM
VICTORIA SIMPSON
JOE DARYL BATTLE
RONALD WRIGHT
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
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SCHEDULED MATTERS
6. ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS FOR THE TRAFFIC AND:
PARKING COMMISSION
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
COMMISSION ORAL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD
October. 22, 1987
A regular meeting of the Traffic and Parking Commission of the City
of Lynwood was held on the above date in the Council Chambers of
Lynwood City Hall, 11330 Bullis Road, Lynwood, California at 6:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Wright.
Commissioners Archambault, Battle, Cunningham, and Chairman
Wright answered roll call. Present were Sergeant Eshelman,
Lynwood Sheriff's Department, Deputy Rosenbauer, Lynwood
Sheriff's Department, James Devore, Associate Civil Engineer,
Jahanshah Oskoui, Civil Engineering Assistant and Oretha Williams,
Engineering Division. Commissioner Simpson was absent:.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF POSTING
James Devore stated that the Agenda of October 22, 1987, was duly
posted 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Cunningham motioned to accept the minutes
of September. 24, 1987 and Commissioner Archambault seconded the
motion. The motion was passed unanimously.
PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were none.
SCHEDULED MATTERS
There were none.
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INFORMATIONAL, ITEMS
James Devore discussed the following Informational Items:
1. Sidewalk Reconstruction Project:
FAV Engineers will do design work for the construction
of approximately 45 locations. The project will be funded
by Gas Tax Funds.
2. Street Improvement Project - San Miguel Avenue,
Alpine Avenue and Norton Avenue:
KaWES and Associates was selected to provide professional
services for the preparation of the design for the Street
Improvement Projects - San Miguel Avenue, Alpine Avenue and
Norton Avenue.
3. Atlantic Avenue Reconstruction Project:
The bid opening was held on October 22, 1987 and the
Contractor, Sully Miller Contracting Company was selected as
the lowest bidder to complete the work.
4. City Entry Marker.
The City Council authorized staff to invite bids for the
subject.project. The bid opening will be held on
November 19, 1987.
5. Gas Company 16 Inch Main Construction:
Food Construction Company is trenching across Long Beach
Boulevard at Josephine. The project will continue going
south along Josephine Street into Peach Street and Weber Street
and into the City. of Compton. Alameda Street, (East) from
southerly to northerly City limit will be under construction
as well.
6. Complaint Report for September, 1987
The increase in total number of complaints is due. to a sharp
increase in the street sweeping complaints The Diton
Contracting Company's contract will soon expire. The
City is considering utilizing the City crew and facilities to
continue sweeping operations since Dixon Contracting Company
is .going to ask for a substantial increase to the contract
chich will not: be feasible
James Dexore informed the Commission that on Friday, October
1987, there was a water mainline rupture on Franklin
Avenue. 'File regui.red rtepairs were completed b% a contractor•
the following Monday, October 19, 1987.
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Commissioner Archambault discussed the possibility of retiming
the traffic signal lights at the intersection of Imperial Highway -
and Cornish Avenue. He stated that since the markets have been
closed, there has been a sharp decrease in the vehicular traffic
and there is a need to retime the traffic signal lights.
James Devore stated that Engineering Division will look into
the possibility of putting the light signal on Cornish Avenue
"on call". That could be done if the detector loops could be
utilized.
Commissioner Archambault informed the Commission that a street
sweeping sign has been removed from in front of 11038 Penn
Street.
COMMISSION ORALS
Commissioner Archambault expressed concern regarding the
maintenance of the storm drain catch basins in the City.
James Devore stated that the Los Angeles County Flood Control
is responsible for maitaining the storm drain catch basins.
Chairman Wright announced that it is time to appoint new officers
for the Traffic and Parking Commission.
Chairman Wright stated that at the rear of 11634 Virginia Avenue,
between Virginia Avenue and Pope Avenue near Fernwood Avenue
furniture and other items have been left in the alley behind the
property.
James Devore informed the Commission that the City has a new
program for maintaining alleys which is more effecti%e and
efficient.
James Devore announced that on October 31, 1981, there will be
the annual fall clean up day in the Lynwood Park.
Commissioner Archambault motioned to change the time of the
regular scheduled meetings to 6'00 p.m. starting November 19,
1987, meeting. Commissioner Battle seconded the motion.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Archambault to adjourn the
meeting to No% -ember 19, 1987, at 6 p.m., of the Traffic and
Parking Commission in the City Council. Chambers It was seconded
by Commissioner Battle The meeting adjourned at (7 05 p.m.).
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DATE' NOVEMBER 19, 1987
TO: THE HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION
FROM: JOSEPH Y. WANG, P.E., DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS FOR THE
TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION
See the attached Ordinance No. 968.
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ORDINANCE NO. 968
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD ADDING SECTIONS 19 -26 AND 19 -27
TO THE LYNWOOD CITY CODE RELATING TO THE ES
TABLISHMENT OF A TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMIS-
SION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD HEREBY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1, Section 19 -26 hereby is added to the Code of the
City of Lynwood to read as follows
Sec. 19 -26 Traffic and Parking Commission -- est-
ablished; composition. There is established here-
by an advisory traffic and parking commission con-
sisting of five members, to serve without compen-
sation. Said commission shall consist of five per-
sons appointed by the City Council who shall be
residents of the City not holding a position for
which compensation is paid by the City. Three of the
members of the commission first appointed by the
City Council shall serve for terms of four year
each, and the remaining two members of the commission
first appointed by the City Council shall serve a
term of two years. The determination as to which
of the members serves ar. initial term of two years
shall be by lots drawn by them. Thereafter, all
members shall be appointed for terms of four years;
provided, however, the City Council may remove any
member from the commission at any time and without
cause. The City Council shall fiil any vacancy
curring in the Committee by appointmert for the re-
mainder of the term.
SECTION 2. Section 19 -27 hereb, is added to the Code of
the City of Lynwood to read as follows:
Sec, 19 -27. Same -- Duties. (a) With respect to
parking matters, the Commission shall exercise all
such powers and duties over vzhicle parking dis-
tricts in the City as are accorded to such commis-
sion by the Vehicle Parking District Law of 194'3.
(b) With respect to traffic matters the commission
shall suggest the most practical means for coordin-
ating the activities of all officers and agencies of
the City having authority with respect to the admin-
istration and /or enforcement of traffic regulations;
stimulate and assist in the preparation and publica-
tion of traffic reports; receive complaints having
to do with traffic matters; and recommend to the City
Council and to the City Engineer and Chief cf Police
and other City officials ways arid meats of improving
traffic conditions and the administration and eeforce-
ment of traffic regulations.
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Section 3 . The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause
the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper
of general circulation, printed and published in the City of
Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City
Council of said city held on the 2nd day of July, 1974, and
finally adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 16th day of July, 1974, by the following
vote:
Ayes Councilmen Byork, Green Morris Rowe
Noes Councilmen None
Absent Councilmen Liewer
Mayorvof the City of'Lynwood
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I, the undersi- City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, and ey- officio clerk of the Council of said 'city, do
hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance Ne 968 adopted by the City Council of the City
of Lyn and that same was passed on the date and;by the
vote therein stated
Dated this 19th day of July , 1974
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INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
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Bus Pad Construction:
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The construction of five bus pads at various locations
along Atlantic Avenue and Tweedy Boulevard started on
October 26, 1987. The construction is expected to be
completed by November 20, 1987. The total construction cost
is $52,000 and is funded by Proposition A.
Sidewalk Reconstruction Projects FY 1987 -87:
The pre -job meeting was held on November 3, 1987. Subse-
quently, a Notice to Proceed has been issued to the con-
tractor, FAV, Inc. Construction started on November 9, 1987,
and will include the reconstruction of approximately 4,152
square feet of sidewalk, 1,000 square feet of asphalt
pavement, 500 linear feet of curb and gutters. The project
is funded by Gas Tax.
Southern California - Edison Underground District.
As part of the underground district, SCE has been
undergrounding power lines and other facilities along
Imperial Highway from Norton Avenue and Pine Street.
Christmas Decoration Project:
As part of the Christmas Decoration Project, FY 1987 -88, the
City will replace ten existing street light poles along
Atlantic Avenue and Century, that are incapable of carrying
the additional loading due to christmas decorations. The
contractor is C.T. & F., Inc. and the total construction
cost is estimated at $30,000. The completion date is
expected to be November 20, 1987.
City Project Entrance Signs:
The City Entrance signs will be installed on Long Beach
Boulevard at Minnesota, Imperial at Wright. Road, and
Atlantic Avenue at McMillan Street. The bid opening for
this project will be held on November 19, 1987. The cost of
this project is estimated at $55,000.
Reconstruction of Atlantic Avenue From Century Boulevard To
Beechwood Avenue.
The bid opening for the subject project was held on October
22, 1987. The lowest responsible bidder is Sully Miller
Contracting Company. The total cost of the project is
estimated at $300,000. This,project is funded by HCDA and
SB 2107.
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7. Request For Installation of One Handicapped Street Parking
Space - 11136 Duncan Avenue
Staff has received an application from Mrs. Taylor for
installation of one handicapped street parking space in
front of her residence at 11136 Duncan Avenue.
The submitted application (attached) provides sufficient
information to demonstrate that all guidelines as set by
Resolution 79 -89 (see attached) are met which warrants the
installation of a handicapped street parking space at 11136
Duncan Avenue.
8. Com plaint Report For October, 1987
Department of Public Works received a total of 172
complaints during the month of October. This is a 16%
increase comparing to the month of September. A sharp
increase of street sweeping complaints, 36 %, has had a
significant impact on the total increase. (please see
attachment).
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CITY OF LYNWOOD
• APPLICATION •
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DISABLED PERSONS ON- STREET.PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS,
Important Please read instructions on reverse side before filling out
(Please Type or Print)
Applicant's Name N� fiu ;' 1 Iny
Address
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Telephone No. l.�ii!L'� /•�1 '
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1. Is the above address the proposed location for the disabled
parking space?
Yes X i i
2. Do you own the property at this address or are you renting it?
I own the property / I am renting it other
If other, explain
3. Is the applicant the disabled person? Yes No
If not, what is the relationship to the disabled person?
Spouse_ Parent_ Guardian_ Relative_ Other_
4 Do you have valid "disabled persons" license plates (DP or VT
plates) issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles
on your vehicle? ,
Yes \/ `:o
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5 Is there a driveway or other off- street space atailable at this
address -that may be used for off - street parking?
Yes No
6 Is there sufficient space in front of this address to accommodate
an on- st. parking space?
Yes No
I have read and understand.the preceding instructions and havelanswered
the above questions truthfully and to the best of my ability. .I also
understand that the disabled parking space is not exempt from street
sweeping parking restrictions or other applicable part -time parking
prohibitions at this location,
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MEDICAL DOCTOR'S STATEMENT
I testify that the subject "disabled perso in this application
constitutes a special hards case who i able to travel more than
50 fee*_ (even with crutches ces, a wheelchair or other
support') without the assi' i cbf d person.
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• RESOLUTION NO. 9 -8q
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD REQUIRING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION;
FORM FOR THE INSTALLATIO14 OF ON- STREET HANDI-
CAPPED PARKING ZONES
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lynwood adopted
Resolution No. 77 -89 recognizing the need to provide disabled
persons handicapped parking zones, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lynwood intends
to provide such handicapped parking zones in an orderly, fashion,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Lynwood that
Secti 1. Any requests for the installation of handicapped
parking zones shall conform to Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B" attached
hereto and made a part by this reference to be known as Instruc-
tions and Application for Disabled Persons on Street Parking, res-
pectively.
Section 2 . Any handicapped parking zones existing at�the date of
execution of this Resolution will be required to conform to Section 1
herein within 90 days thereafter, except that the initial application
fee shall be waived for these existing handicapped parking zones.
Section 3 . The Public Works Director is herebl ordered to
administer the application and installation of Handicapped Parking
Zones as required herein and to remove Non- Conforming Handicapped
Parking Zones as required by Section 2 herein
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 6th day of
November 1979.
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/s/ F. L M orris. '
E.L. MORRIS, Mayor
City of Lynwood
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ATTEST
/s/ Laurene Coffey _
LAURENE COFFEY, City Cler:
City of Lynwood
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EXHIBIT A
STATE OF CALORNIA ) •
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held
in the City Hall of said City on the Fth day of Nnvpmhpr
19 79 , and passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BYORK, GREEN, HIGGINS, ROWE, MORRIS.
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONF.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NONE.
/s/ Lauren e COffey
City Clerk, City of Lynwood
STATE OF CALIFORNIP )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersignea City Cierk of the City of Lynwood,: arid clerk
of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution NO.7 -89
on file in my office and that said resolution was adopted on the date
and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this pth day Of November , 1979 .
City Clerk, City df Ly'hwood
DISABLED riMSONS ON- STREET PARKING IN R£SIDENTIAL'AREAS
INSTRUCTIONS
The City of Lynwood does not provide on- street parking for private
individuals. It must be emphasized that even "disabled parking
zones" do not constitute "Personal reserved parking," and, that
an person with valid "disabled persons" license plates (DP or
VT plates) may park in such stalls. Persons parking in such stalls
without valid DP or VT plates may be cited and towed away as
resolved by City Council Resolution No. 77 -89.
Normally, in establishing on- street parking facilities for the
disabled there shall be a reasonable determination made that the
facility will serve more than one disabled person and that the
need is of an on -going nature. The intent is to prevent the pro-
liferation of special parking stalls that may be installed for a
short -term purpose but later are seldom used. Unjustified
installation of.such parking stalls unnecessarily increases the
City's maintenance and operations costs, reduces available on- street
parking for the general public and detracts from the overall
effectiveness of the disabled persons parking program_.
However, exceptions may be made, in special hardship cases, provided
all of the following conditions exist:
(1) Applicant (or guardian) must be in possession of valid license
plates for 'disabled persons" or ' veterans" issued byy - the
California Department of Motor Vehicles on the vehicle. !
(2) The proposed disabled parking space must be in front of the
disabled persons place of residence.
(3) Subject residence must not have off - street parking available
or off- street space that maybe converted into disabled parking.
(4) Applicant must provide a signed statement from a medical doctor
that the disabled person is unable (even with the aid of crutches,
braces, walker, wheelchair or similar support) to travel more than
50 feet between his or her home and automobile without the
assistance of a second person. I '
(5) Applicant must pay an initial fee of $15.00 to cover the cost
of field investigation, installation, maintenance and future removal.
(6) Applicant must pay an annual fee of $10.00, after the first
year, to cover the cost of yearly investigation to confirm the pre-
sent need for the handicapped parking zones.
Note: Please do not send check until after this application has
been reviewed by the Traffic and Parking Commission and approved
by the City.
Return application:
City of Lynwood
public Works Denartrnent,
Transoortation Division
11330 Bullis Road
Lynwood, CA 90262
EXHIBIT B
CITY OF LYNWOOD
APPLICATION
DISABLED PERSONS ON- STREET PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS
Important Please read instructions on reverse side before filling out
(Please Type or Print)
.Applicant's
City Zip Code
Telephone No
1. Is the above address the proposed location for the disabled
parking space?
Yes No
2 Do you own the property at this address or are you renting it?
I own the Property_ I am renting it other_
If other, explain
3. Is the applicant the disabled person? Yes_ No
If not, what is the relationship to the disabled person?
Spouse_ Parent_ Guardian_ Relative_ Other
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plates) issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles
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Yes No
5 Is there a driveway or other off - street space available at this
address that may be used for off - street parking? '
Yes_ No
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an on- strc,t parking space?
Yes No
I have read and understand the preceding instructions and have answered
the above questions truthfully and to the best of my ability. I also
understand that the disabled parking space is not exempt from street
sweeping parking restrictions or other applicable part -time parking
prohibitions at this location. i
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50 feet (even with crutches, braces, walker, wheelchair or;other
support) without the assistance of a second person.
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Police Find Sobriety Checkpoints Helpful
people for driving under the influ-
ence, Booth suit However, alto-
one of the most enthusiastic users
of the checkpoints, screened
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hol- related traffic fatalities contin-
107,055 vehicles at 164 checkpoint"
ued to rise during that thee.
on major thoroughfares and Iris&
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By LAURIE BECKLUND, Times Staff Writer
- Alcohol - related fatalities have
way access roads between Decem
declined 4% this year as the Los
tier, 1984, and August,'1986, ac-
Many California .law enforce-
.Supreme Court. on Thursday that
disagreement as to the effective-
Angeles Police' Department has
cording to Maas. During that time"„
men[ agencies, while not in cam-
upheld the legality of the check-
nem -of; these checkpoints," said
instituted a new.field- booking sys=
officers made 931 arrests for dr[0 = '
plete agreement as to the effee-
points. I
Cmdr. William Booth, spokesman
tom that shortens the time it takes
. mg under the influence, he said.
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tiveness of sobriety checkpoints,
The roadblocks were stopped in
for the Los Angeles Police Depart-
to make an arrest, Booth said.
However, law enforcement
say the roadblocks are helpful.
December, 1986, by the state Su-
ment. "At LAPD we're sort of in
The arrest rate strikes at the
spokesmen stressed that the
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enforcement tools and will berein-
preme Court pending the decision.
the middle on the issue. But we
heart of one of the principal legal
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eckpoints are perhaps effective
fecti
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stated soon.
"We've been waiting for the
think the decision is a good
issues before the court: Is it reason-
because the drunk
no ecause o
C K POINT
That means California drivers
decision." said Caps Martin Mitch-
one. We see a value ui them,
able to subject large numbers of
arrests, but because they raisg
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will likely find once- famihar drunk
ell, acting police chief of Anaheim.
"Well
especially during the holidays."
presumably law - abiding citizens to
Public awareness about drur♦S
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driver checkpoints cropping up
justpull our signs out and
Booth said the Los Angeles po-
roadblocks in order to arrest a
driving problems. Many,
around the state just in time for the
dust them off. We'll be right back
lice probably will begin using the
relative handful of drunk drivers?
hve rs
also pass out information to dnverp
holidays, when they are considered
in the market agam."
sobriety checkpoints during the
Data cited.by the three dissent-
screened to the checkpoints.
effective because of the high met-
"This decision has paved the way
holiday season.
ing justices in Thursday's opinion,
dente of drunk driving.
for all law enforcement agencies to
He stressed, however, that the
for example, charged that in a
CHP spokesman Ken Dail 'm
Law enforcement, agencies say
reinstitute the sobriety check-
department doesn't see the check -
series of roadblocks in Missouri, 831
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the "sobriety checkpoints;' as the
points, and vve will be shooting for
points m "the total answer."
innocent dnvers.weie subjected to
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roadblocks are called, are likelyto
the holidays," said California High-
Los Angeles police stopped
an invasion. of their privacy for
place, considerably fewer tilts
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be put up throughout the state as a
way Patrol spokesman Mike Maas.
23,099 vehicles at the checkpoints
every drunk driver arrested.
were arrested on the roads and the
rA sign of the changing times.
result of the ruling by the.state
"In law enforcement there is
in 1985 and 1986, arresting .606
The California Highway Patrol,
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By KEVIN RODERICK,
Times Staff Writer
Commuters In some parts of Vos
Angeles figure to gain a little break
under a plan unveiled Wednesday
to keep the curb lanes free W
delivery trucks during rush hour$.
The answer is simple —just move
the trucks off the street and: into
nearby parking lots. But if has
taken years to bring off, requiring
the clout of Mayor Tom Bradley's
`This agreement leaves
no excuses for parking
curbside at rush hour;
and we can assure
violators that they wild
be towed.'
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office and the threat of towing; to
win over truck operators and
parking lot owners. I
By far the biggest impact will; be
downtown, where stopping at the
curb to make deliveries on the
narrow streets has been ille al
during rush hour for many years.
But couriers wishing to drop o a
package and other delivery drivl rs
have often flouted the laws, cldg-
ging traffic by forcing commuters
to squeeze around the trucks. .
Rush hour congestion has be-
come a major problem in many
areas of the city, and the plan; to
remove trucks will also target so
of those other trouble spots— , il-
shire Boulevard in the mid- il-
shire area, 6th Street from down-
town to Alvarado Street, Brooklyn
Avenue in Boyle Heights and Ven-
tura Boulevard in Encino.
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Trucks No Longer Barred
Truck drivers have co I
ad
ed
that they are forced to stop at e
curb, since most parking lots ar
oversize vans and trucks and he
delivery businesses need to.guor-
antee customers pickup and der v-
ery-during rush hours. But Brad ey
Wednesday said truck drivers i rill
no longer have the excuse that t ey
were barred from parking lotsw
The Parking Assn, of Calif rdis,
which represents most privat�, tots
in Los Angeles, "has agreed after
negotiations to open its parking
spaces to delivery vans during3he
peak traffic hours, Bradley s
In the next few weeks th j aid.
ty
will post new signs in cur - de
loading areas, reminding de v ry
drivers that stopping is ban at
rush hour.
"This agreement leaves n �x-
cuses for parking curbside' r sh
hour and we can assure vic a rs
that they will'be.towed," Bi a ey
said. =
Will Become Fair Game
City -hired tow trucks op
down regularly on cars p red
illegally during rush hours, b the
city has been reluctant to ' ck
down on the delivery trucks. , n er
the mayor's plan, which will e a
few weeks to begin, the de very
trucks will become fair gatiie;;for
the towing sweeps, a Bradley aide
said.
In addition to parking lot opera-
tors, the plan has won support from
two of the largest delivery firms
using downtown streets —Uni ed
Parcel Service and Federal c-
press —and from groups represept-
ing other delivery companies. il
New development has slowed
rush -hour traffic downtown to its
most sluggish pace since the 19$0s,
when cars and trucks had to share
the streets with trolleys and an
occasional horse - powered wagoj .
But the crunch has been particu-
larly troublesome since construc-
tion began on the Metro Rail
subway
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By ASHLEY DUNN, Times Staff Writer ' -
PASADENA — Speeders beware.
Beginning Nov 2, the Pasadena
Police Department will begin a
one -month test of a photographic
radar device that clocks a vehicle
exceeding the speed limit, and at
the same time snaps a picture of the
license plate number and the driv-
er face.
Unlike a human traffic officer,
who lumbers along at a top speed of
about 10 tickets an hour, the photo
radar blazes away at a rate of up to
260 photographs an hour.
Police Cmdr. Gary A. Bennett
said the department will issue only
warnings to the registered owners
of the vehicles photographed dur-
ing the one -month period.
But he said if the test is as
successful as city officials believe it
will be, the city will begin using the
device.full time as early as Janu-
a ,
"We know this is going to be
- controversial, but if it means up-
setting a few people, I'm willing to
take it on the chin," Bennett said
"There's a controversy about
speeding, too. People don't like it."
The trial will ,mark the first
extended operation of the machine
in California and the fourth in the
nation.
The test follows a one -day dem-
onstration Sept. 25 along a busy
stretch of Oak Knoll Avenue when
50 speeders were photographed out
of the 300 drivers that passed the
device that day .
"Basically we were already con-
vinced of the machine's efficien-
cy," Bennett said. "We just wanted
to see it work in person."
The Swiss -built Zellewger Ul-
ster photographic Doppler radar
consists of a standard highway
radar unit coupled with a micro-
computer, a camera and ,a-.flash
unit.
The device is usually mounted at
the back of an innocuouslooking
station wagon and pointed toward
the road.
A police officer dials in., the
desired speed, and the device auto-
matically photographs any vehicle
Crave ling faster.
Information from the photograph
is later printed on a violation notice
that is sent to the registered owner
of the vehicle.
-'- So faf,'the device has only been
used in three areas in this country.
La Marque, Tex, parts of Galveston
County, Tex, and Paradise Valley,
Ariz. La Marque and Galveston
County abandoned using the device
because of public outcry Paradise
Valley has just begun using the
machine.
The machine's U.S. distributors,
Traffic Monitoring Technologies
headquartered in Friendswood,+
Tex, say it is used in more than 301
countries, including Germany,,
Switzerland and Brazil.
Critics say the violation notices
are difficult to enforce and the
notices are sent to the registered
owner of the car, who may not
have been driving at the time of the
violation.
Car owners are not obligated to
pay the speeding fine, but they
could be subpoenaed to identify the
alleged violator and arrested if
they ignored the subpoena.
Under California law, the viola-
tion notices are not tickets, which
must be signed by the alleged
violator.
Galveston County Constable
Paul Bess said many violators in his
area threw the tickets away Pass -
--dena-officials-are concerned -that-
they could face the same situation.
Police officers could track down
the violator and issue a summons.
Although that process was time
consuming and rarely followed in
Texas, Pasadena officials said they
intend to follow up the violations.
Bennett said the speed of traffic
on major streets, such as Oak Knoll
Avenue, South Orange Grove
Boulevard, North Wilson Avenue
and North Hill Avenue will be
monitored before and after the test.
Bennett said he is planning to
mail a questionnaire about the
device with each warning notice.
"It's kind of risky; I mean who
likes getting a speeding ticket,"
Bennett said.
If the device is used full time,
Bennett said the city could either
buy it for $42,500, or lease it under
a program in which Traffic Moni-
toring Technologies would operat�
the machine for a fee of $20 pe
violation notice.
The company would maintain
the machine, develop the film,
identify the vehicle's registered
owner and produce the violation
notice.
The arrangement, although con-
- venient and -- inexpensive for -the
Police Department, can create a
rather unsavory reputation for a
community as a revenue- hungry
speed trap, opponents say
But city Director Jess Hughston
said that having a speed trap
reputation may not be all that bad.
"If it makes people drive slower,
I could care less," he said.
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Product of Prosperity -
Rome= Copes
With- Dernal
Woe: Traffic
By WILLIAM D. MON.TALBANO,
Times Staff Writer
ROME —Like the Caesars before
them, Rome's city fathers have
concluded that the Eternal City is
too often also infernal, and they are
waning anew on an incessant
problem, traffic jams.
Nobody is predicting victory
"Traffic is the first, the'most
prolonged and the most important
issue we discuss," said City Comi-
cilor Luigi Celeste Angrisani, who
is Rome's public safety director.
"One fine day, it will just stop
altogether, everything, all of it,"
growled taxi driver Claudio De
Falco, wishing aloud he had stayed
.home in Sicily
Julius Caesar sought peace 2,000
years ago by banning vehicular
traffic from Rome during the day
Less imperial remedies are in the
offing in these more complex mod-
ern times, but their sum could
eventually change the face of
Rome as it is seen by residents and.
tourists alike.
No Dictatorship Now
"Caesar was' a dictator," Police
Chief Francesco Russo said. "If I
tried to close the historic city
center to traffic entirely, as many
would like, I'd get a call from the
Pope asking to be let through. Then
the president of Italy would call to
say he couldn't get to work. Then
the president of the Senate.
Then. "
If Rome's traffic mess is not new,
it is at least of newly historic
proportions. Traffic is, in fact, the
untrammeled and, many would say,
savage, celebration of an
dented wave of prosperity that
Italy has enjoyed since World War
'ii. Rome's snarl is echoed today in
every Italian city and most of the
cities in Western E rope.
In 1950, by Russo's count, there
were some 50,000 motor vehicles in
Rome. Today there are 1.6 million.
That is 400,000 more vehicles than
there were Romans in 1939. When
World-War II.began, the population
was about the same as in imperial
times, and farmers harvested in
sight of the old city gates.
Hefter for Chariot Days
Of particular issue in Rome now
is the splendid but vulnerable five
square miles or so that make up the
City center, which corresponds
roughly to the ancient Romans'
walled metropolis. This centro sta=
rico is a victim of both history and a
choking centralization better suit-
ed to chariotdays.
"This is a city built for another
time," City Councilor Angrisani
said. "What have the Caesars got to
do with Ferraris ?"
Bad enough that the old city.is an
international magnet for as many
as a million tourists a day, or that
some of its streets are no wider
than when Caesar decreed- that
highways should be 4.8 meters
wide (about 16 feet) and byways
19.meters.
But along these historic thor-
oughfares today lie uncountable
marble monuments, the palaces of
the president, the Parliament, gov-
ernment ministries, the country's
most important banks, dozens of
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embassies, corporate offlem major
newspapers and Rome's best shops,
restaurants and hotels.
The police estimate that more
than 2 million of Rome's 3 million
people find themselves in the his-
toric center for one reason or
another during a business day.
Driver and walker alike move at
a snail's pace No one can say for
sure how long a particular journey
will take- Passengers in Rome's
taus, where hungry meters start at
$2. often share the drivers longing
for more bucolic climes.
Pedestrians at Peril
Once, downtown 'Rome ranked
among the world's most enjoyable
promenades. Today it is too often a
pedestrian test by fine— noisy, nox-
ious and dangerou& Cars and mo-
torbikes crowd the sidewalks
( where there are sidewalks), fore
ing walkers igto narrow. cobble -
stoned streets. Safer to have been a
Christian in Nero s Rome than to
walk with your back to traffic
along a picturesque alleyway to-
day. The deaf have no chance.
It is on the back streets of Rome
that the Italian genius for building
sawed -off cars that look like fugi-
tives from cereal boxes is at its
most frightful. One such contrap-
tion, called a Panda, is merely'a
nuisance when encountered with
its sewing - machine engine on a
highway In Rome's byways,
though, Pandas pounce like griz-
zlies.
Across the Tihe from the old
city is Vatican City. The Vatican
and environs are known to the
police as the 17th Precinct. Only
111,000 people live there, but the
daily transit of people is 1.5 million,
according to Mal. Franco Pgizi,
who keeps track of such things for
Rome's 4,000- member municipal
police force.
"The city has exploded in the last
30 years, and we clearly don't have
the structures to deal with it," said
Massimo Palumbi, the city council-
or who oversees traffic control. "in
the last two years there has been a
terrific boom in car sales. Surveys
In the past two
years there has been
a terrific boom in
car sates.'
chow that despite hig:i takes, high
gasoline costs (S4 i e_lionj and
high fines for infrac ons people,
particularly those in the lower
income brackets, will bear any
sacrifice before they will sacrifice
their car."
In the middle of a debate be-
tween purists who want cars out of
the historic center altogether and
pragmatists who simply want them
better controlled, Rome is fighting
back.
By writ of a ruling center -left
coalition in the Rome Cit., Council,
traffic patterlts are being altered
olution
and no- traffic zones expanded. All
traffic is now banned from the
central portion of the historic cen-
ter between 7 am, and 10 a.m.
on weekdays. Special lanes are
reserved for buses and taxis.
There are, to be sure, many
breeches in thet wall thrown up
around the restricted area by traf-
fic police.
'People will tell any lie to get
in, a motorcycle cop said. "Most
often, their mother is dying."
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More Buses, Better Trains
Stiffer enforcement is in pros-
pect, Angrisani said - And with it,
according to Palumbi, will come a
redesigned traffic flow, 400 more
buses, better commuter trains ex-
pansion of the subwa_• system,
construction of i5 new under-
ground parking garagez and a rail
line to link Rome with its interna-
t:onal airport-
Most tellingly for visitors, traf-
fic-free pedestrian zones are grow-
ing steadily This month the area
amend the Panihtm became a
pede_irian islandi such oth-
er traffic -free attractions as the
Piazza del Popolo. Piazza Navona,
Piazza di Spagna and Santa Maria
in Trastevere. 1
A newly planted green space has
replaced the chaotic old parking lot
in the Piazza Venezia at the very
heart of the city in coming months.
Palumbi said, traffic will be banned
around such other monuments as
Santa Maria 1ta fore, the Renais-
sance -era Via Gnilia ane the equal-
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ly historic Via dei Coronari.
Still unresolved is the fate of the
thousands of buses that bring tour-
ists and pilgrims into the city every
day from all over Europe. At
present they go pretty much where
they want to go.
Palumbi, a Christian Democrat,
shares the view of commercial
interests that they should not be
unduly hindered. Angrisani, a So-
cialist, is of the school that holds
that tourists unwilling to enjoy
Rome afoot should stay home.
"Rome is a beautiful city, but
nobody gets to see it," said Massimo
Scalia, a member of Parliament
representing the Greens, a small
environmentalist party. "We've
long supported a ban on private
cars in the center. Commercial
interests complain about restric'
[ions, but they are advantageous in
the long run. We need better public
transport and more stringent con-
trols to discourage the use of
private cars."
As ever, there are trade -offs.
Freeing the Pantheon of traffic has
curtailed the route of the monu-
ment- hopping bus No. 119, a non-
polluting, electric- powered mini-
bus favored by tourists. Banning
traffic from some areas forces it
elsewhere. Arbitrarily restricting
entry into the city, by an odd -even
license plate scheme, for example,
would overwhelm the creaking
public transport system.
Romans have seen it all before.
Caesar's ban worked well by day
but as darkness fell on ancient
Rome, so did the traffic.
"The crossing of wagons in the
narrow, winding streets would
snatch sleep from a sea -calf or the
emperor Claudius himself," the
satirist Juvenal complained 1,900
years ago.
`We Will Squeeze'
"It will be some time before the
impact of the new measures is felt,"
Councilor Palumbi said. "While the
crisis continues, we will squeeze."
A hated police fleet of 25 orange
tow trucks bagged 3,227 victims in
one 10 -day period last month,
about half of them in the historic
center, according to police figures.
In the same period, traffic police
ticketed 28,388 cars for parking
violations.
Chief Russo acknowledges that
"as far as the people are concerned,
we are the enemy "-Still, there is no
shortage of Romans willing to
police their peers. A call to expand
by 800 the city force that deals with
traffic —two other forces worry
about crime —drew 44,000 appli-
cants, mostly from women, Russo
said.
Women officers, who make up
less than 20% of the force, have a
reputation of being harder to de-
ceive than men. Although women
receive the same starting pay as
men of $750 a month, they are more
expensive for the city to maintain:
Rome's lady cops are dressed, bon-
nets to boots, by Gucci.
In assaying the future of it all, it
is important to note that Rome's
assault on traffic is being waged,
appropriately, in the Italian style.
Caesar's traffic ban had excep-
tions, according to historian Je-
rome Careopino —for chariots nec-
essary for religious and civic
ceremonies, for chariots engaged in
public games and !for the carts of
contractors "engaged in wrecking
a building to reconstruct it on
better and hygienic lines."
Caesar's heirs have expanded
this to no fewer than 40,000 excep-
tions. Permits have been issued to
everyone from senators to bankers
to journalists to L cynics insist—
people with strategically placed
second - cousins. The historic cen-
ter's 140,000 residents get permits
easily, but so do many businessmen
who say their office is their home.
And how would Claudius have
dealt with color copying machines
that can produceia close- enough
permit in the blink of a plebian eye?
"We will cut :the number of
permits by a third next 'year,"
Palumbi vowed. 1
Perhaps. Such assertions of ve-
hicular order have been Rome's
will through the'centunes, but it
has never been Rome's way
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"ON �R�ROAO TO TRH !'�,4R 2000"
Congestion gridlock. potholes. Why doesn't somebody do something> Right; but first, someone had to figure out what
to do, when to do It, and how to pay for it. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC) has done just that For the
past several years, they have read reports, scanned statistics, consulted commuters, pored over projections, deciphered data - sheets,
and pondered pnonties.
The result s an ambitious, 200 -page plan called
'On the Road to the Year 2000' that Idenbfles
the problems of LA County's streets and freeways
and suggests an action agenda for preserving our
mobility The plan focuses on Improvements that can
be made before the year 2000 short and long -range
proposals for modern, practical, cost-effective meth-
ods of managing traffic and maintaining streets
There are six million registered vehicles in L A
County Driven suffer through 485,000 hours of delay
every day, coating our local economy $507 million
per year and wasting 72 mAbon gallons of gasoline
Half of our congestion results from traffic accidents
and the time it takes to clear them Congestion is also
caused by excess demand on our street and freeway
system — simply more vehicles than we have mom
to carry them
Today, we travel at a 24 -hour- average speed of 37
miles per hour By the year 2000, If population trends
continue, that average speed will be cut by more
than half, to O miles per hour -
According to the LACTC 's 10 -year plan, here's
what we must do to prepare for the future
MANAGE CONGESTION
Provide up- to-the-minute traffic Information
ro motorists via p access computer files, Silent
Court, cellular phones loss hand radio frequencies
no, used to broadcast traffic news In the LAX areal.
changeable message signs, special traffic -news phone
numbers and SO on The buried-sensor system
described below would help to supply this accurate,
real time Information
Set up traffic- management teams of state,
county and city engineers The teams would use a
computer -I n bed surveillance system andotherstate-of-
me- art[echndogy[oactas "ground trafSCContMJk,,
Test the 'smart streets" concept on the Santa
Monica Freeway corridor Including Its parallel major
streets. OlymplC Pico, Venice, Washington, and
Adams In addition to the real time trafficnforma-
hors and mmputer-Imked traffic management teams
desnbed above the smart corridor would have
burled electronic seniors beneath the street paving
With traffic readings supplied by the sensors, engi-
neers could Instantly change me timing of signals to
keep traffic roving Such a system was Installed
around the Coliseum prior to the 1984 Olympics and
has since been operated by the City of Los Angeles
LACTC believes that a test of the Santa Monica
Freeway Smart Corroor will prove successful and will
encourage the creation of similar corridors In other
heavily traveled areas I
Clear accidents faster by Increasing the number
of emergencyTesponse teams, assigning them to
fr abnme duty, and sped lop li , geographically
tiuoughout the county Test it Iv erreaiveness of mv-
Ing road - service r-I on freeways and major streets
during peak traffic
Provide more call boxes on freeways and respond
more quickly to calls, create a Service Authority far
Freeway Emergencies (SAFE) to oversee the call -box
and response system
Divert truck traffic from major freeways during
rush hours, by providing mcenovesldrsrncenaves for
truckers to use alternate routes and for businesses
to reschedule delivery times A major truck accident
paralyzes at least one freeway every workday in Los
Angeles, tying up traffic from two to four hours and
typically reducing the freeway s capacity by up to
76 percent
Enforce traffic laws, especially when drivers
block Intersections and park In no parking zones
ILI:UULL I HAV hL ULMANU
Build carpool lanes —such as the one created
by restoring the emergency lane on the eastbound
Artesia Freeway or the ones being built as part of the
Century Freeway —and Iln I them Into an extensive
rv em This will reduce travel time for Cathodes and
1010 drivers. a ja¢n „aria
Promote rldesharing and public transit by
encouraging companies and agencies to subside
their cost If each of us shared a ride or took a budust
once every two weeks, the capacity of our freeways
would Increase 10 percent —the equivalent of adding
an extra freeway lane
Encourage flexible working hours, staggered
work schedules, and working at home on office -
inked computers (telecommuting)
INCREASE CONSTRUCTION
Upgrade the freeway system by widening cer
tarn freeways, closing gaps, adding bypass lanes on
ramps, building inte¢hanges, building new on and
off ramps, restrlping to create extra lanes, and making
other Improvements specified in the plan
Improve selected major highways, by widening
and extending them and by upgrading signals and
Interchanges '
Repair streets and Implement programs of
preventive street maintenance detailed In the
plan Presently, only seven of the county's 84 titles
are spending enough money on maintenance to
keep their streets in good repair, and damage to cars
caused by cracks and potholes costs each driver an
average of s 100 every year
RAISE MONEY
LACTC 's highway plan provides estimated costs for
these proir forecasts funding shoMalls and Tc
ommentli how to close the gap between costs and
available funds In the past, federal and state taxes on
gasoline have card for most major improvemenri to
highways but, while the price ofWa has risen de-
mabCaly the flat pevgallon tax rate has not Can that
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THE FIRST 12 MONTHS
I ' - ' '
Of the recommendations contained m the ter- ear highway plan, LACTC has Identified the following actlons
as the focus of Its first year's efforts
• Test the "smart streets” concept on the -
1• Develop a carpool lane plan, Decide where ,
Santa Monica Freeway corridor . Computer-
and when futurecarpool lanes could best be
-link street and freeway signals, create Inter-
�3
,X
tion of specific carpool lanes
and emergences in the corridor, and provide
•Assemble a technfcaf task force of Cut Me
simr. the - minute traffic Informal to motor -,
ILI:UULL I HAV hL ULMANU
Build carpool lanes —such as the one created
by restoring the emergency lane on the eastbound
Artesia Freeway or the ones being built as part of the
Century Freeway —and Iln I them Into an extensive
rv em This will reduce travel time for Cathodes and
1010 drivers. a ja¢n „aria
Promote rldesharing and public transit by
encouraging companies and agencies to subside
their cost If each of us shared a ride or took a budust
once every two weeks, the capacity of our freeways
would Increase 10 percent —the equivalent of adding
an extra freeway lane
Encourage flexible working hours, staggered
work schedules, and working at home on office -
inked computers (telecommuting)
INCREASE CONSTRUCTION
Upgrade the freeway system by widening cer
tarn freeways, closing gaps, adding bypass lanes on
ramps, building inte¢hanges, building new on and
off ramps, restrlping to create extra lanes, and making
other Improvements specified in the plan
Improve selected major highways, by widening
and extending them and by upgrading signals and
Interchanges '
Repair streets and Implement programs of
preventive street maintenance detailed In the
plan Presently, only seven of the county's 84 titles
are spending enough money on maintenance to
keep their streets in good repair, and damage to cars
caused by cracks and potholes costs each driver an
average of s 100 every year
RAISE MONEY
LACTC 's highway plan provides estimated costs for
these proir forecasts funding shoMalls and Tc
ommentli how to close the gap between costs and
available funds In the past, federal and state taxes on
gasoline have card for most major improvemenri to
highways but, while the price ofWa has risen de-
mabCaly the flat pevgallon tax rate has not Can that
I Cuarn„M.tnpag^?
THE FIRST 12 MONTHS
I ' - ' '
Of the recommendations contained m the ter- ear highway plan, LACTC has Identified the following actlons
as the focus of Its first year's efforts
• Test the "smart streets” concept on the -
1• Develop a carpool lane plan, Decide where ,
Santa Monica Freeway corridor . Computer-
and when futurecarpool lanes could best be
-link street and freeway signals, create Inter-
built and haw they will link up Begin construc ,
agency teams to monitor and manage traffic
tion of specific carpool lanes
and emergences in the corridor, and provide
•Assemble a technfcaf task force of Cut Me
simr. the - minute traffic Informal to motor -,
relevant public agen6lis—.forpice, fire depart-
ists via all available commkJoicatioremedra
ments. uoee-to pick the next 'smart streets
• Test a ban on trucks during peak periods.
. Establish a Servlee Authority for Freeway
on the Golden State Freeway (Rte. SI:
Emergencies SAFE) to respond to call -box
Determine R limiting freight operations during
requests
rush hours will Improve commuting Conditions
As panofthis test, allow truck deliveries to be
,
made at drfferent Times
t
Fast and Friendly
RAIL TRANO'S
HIGH -TECH
FARE SYSTEM
Imagine that the year IS 1993, you live In Boyle
Heights, work for an aerospace company an EI Segundo,
and w ish to use public transportation to go to and
from work How will you commute?
The answer might well be you'll take a 'feeder
bus to Union Station where you'll catch Metro Rail
and ride to the station at 7th and Flower Streets Rail
rn do, mown L Al Then you'll take the esealator up
one floor and catch the Long Beach-LOS Angeles rail
line southbound to Willowbrook Station There you'll
transfer to the rail line that operates in the middle of
the Century Freeway —which will drop you within
walking distance of your company You'll have made
a total of four connections
If that sounds complicated not to worry Transpor-
tation planners are already at work to make such a
scenario both possible and attractive Clearly, Fasten
gets should not have to buy separate ticker` at each
transfer point along the way, they will need user
hientliv system for handling passes ,tokens, trans
-
fers, and cash
As part of iA responsibility for developing the
County's 150 -rifle rail transit system, LACTIC C even
seeing the desgn, purchase, testing, and Installation
of all the farPCOileco.ir Pet- vending equipment
for the system
We elected to go with self - service, barrler-free fare
collection, explainSCOmmissioner Jackl Sacharach
who chairs both LACTC's Rail Construction Commlt
-
teeanditsRapidTranstCOmmittee 'There won't be
any turnsnles—as there are oa San Frar, m f o'e BART
system, for example —so boarding will be faster And
everything win be compatible with the zoned fare
policy of the existing bus network Riders will be
allowed to use a transfer from a bus or buy a rail ticket
mat allows them to Earl to a bus at the other end'
Self- service fare machines will be located in groups
near each station entrance People will simply read
instructions Id they re not already familiar with the
ivs[eml select their has el options Insert money and
pushbuttons The machine will print their tickets to
order and return change Once poets have bought
tickets, they will wail in a specially marked 'paid'
area of the platform until their train arrives
Dunngthetnp fare inspectors will orcubteran-
domly serif ling that iders have paid their fares and
Isanincoabons to those wnchavenatpaid Ifycu
receive a ri ation, you will have to pays tine within a
time - fu lL Ice a oafic violation station A Similar self -
service tare stem has been used successfully on
the San Diego Trolley since it opened In 1981
Computer Control
State- of-tne arr computer technology will enable
the fare equipment to perform dozens of complex
tasks efficiently and reliably For example, rick en
vending machines will
• Accept tokens, coins, one-dollar and five- dollar
bills and make Change,
Print and deliver tickets for the requested num-
ber of zones,
• Recirculate coins received to give change,
which reduces the likelihood of the vending
machine s being out of change frequently,
• Instantly report any malfunction or attempted
break -In to a centralized computer by means
of a Bber-opoc System (high-frequency light
impulses sent through inmate glass fibers
c,l r, nil l by .l rr I il bull Ail,
• Alen Central Control when conic Ins
or bills are nearly full and when the p r
printing tickets needs replen "Ill so erv-
Ice people will be sent Into the field only when
they need to be.
• Interact with ticket - purchasers via an electronl-
callydisplayed readout Isuch as those used In
Readyteller menhoesl to upgrade existing
transfers or monthly passes This will sae riders
money by allowing them to use their commut-
ing passes for an Occasional trip Out Of their
commuting area
Provide special discounted tickets for elderly or
disabled passengers,
Automatically provide audit, service , and main-
tenance Information to Central Control
Other features include
• Special provisions for sighersuraired users,
• Back -up batteries in case of power failure,
• Maximum security design, to minimize vandal-
ism and burglary,
• Ability to be easily reprogrammed from a small
portable computer in the field
"I AM MANINE NUMBER SEUEN..."
The fare - collectlonlbcket- vending system that
will be used on L A s rail dandt network will bin the
I such System on the U 5 shared by light and heavy
rail lines (Heavy all lines —such as BART in San
Francisco or the Metm Rail being built by the RTD—
carry more passengers and the trains draw elPCtacal
power from a highly charged 'third rail' alongside
their tracks Because of the dangers Involved, the
trains must run In a subway or on an elevated druc
lure Light rail Imes —such as the LB LA and Century
Freeway Tines, being built by LACTC —carry fewer
passengers and usually draw their electrical power
from overhead wires)
L A s fare system also will be the first in the world
to report financial data to a central computer via
'modems — computer hookups that Interface with
telephones Operators at central control facilities for
both the Metro Rae and light rail will type passwords
into their computers to access pa mcular III
vending machines or groups of machines in the field
Then the operator S printer will type out a report with
the financial information requested
For example a report from a single machine
might read It l's now 8 05 a on on Fnday September
29, 1990 1 am machine number seven at Compton
',min I have oil ,,a, kxr — nC. — n 10 one
dollar bills and six five dollar bills Ihavecash -box
If 105 containing S50 50 in quarters, 52010 dimes,
518151n Fickle,
Information obtained in this way could be used
to determine
• How much and what kind of change to stock
does machine number seven need more quaP
ters and fewer dimes➢
Which particular machine in a group Is most
used, so that servicing may be Scheduled
accordingly,
• Who is using the system and haw often —
students, elderly persons, people who transfer
from buses,
What changes in ridership occur when fares
are Increased,
When a machine has failed for any reason
LACTIC plans to choose a manufacturcr for Its fare
collection equipment in December Two or three
prototype machines will be tested at a station on the
El Monte busway before they are Insalletl along the
route of the Long Beach Los Angeles rail line in time
for the line s opening day In mid -1990 By 1993, the
fast and friendly fare system will be printing an em
-
mated SO 000 tickers per day for passengers making
all or part of their rides on more man 45 miles of
light and heavy rail lines .
Highway Plan Continued from pege l
IF (5 1
are more fuel efficient also have cut Into the fund:
available for highway projects And the Increasing
age of marry of our streets and freeways has created
a need for more maintenance than eter reform
LACTCS plan points out that we need to
Establish a new local source of revenue deck
sated exclusively to the count s streets and freewa
L ACTC considers these nee✓ funds to be of primary
Importance Ahalf -Cent county sales tax —such as
Proposition A. tine public transit tax passed In 1920
that is helping to pay for our 150 miles rail trans[
nebvork— [would raise 5325 million a year TI'S
amount sacaud ellm moe an estimatedi scorns l) of 53
billion in funding over the next Jecade ne-de d to
construct L A County 5 Short-term feeV.9y projects,
eke those mentioned above, and to repair and main-
tain local streets!
Continue to encourage an Increase In the
state gasoline tax, which mill allow California to
take advantage of federal match mg funds that other
-
wae All beln;t' Without anincrease Ca grans will
be unable to maintain our exenng freew ay4 and may
not hat e enough funds to complete state highwas
an freeway projects that are already approved for
L A County as part of a five -year state plan The gas
tax must be exempt from the restrictions of Ca horn le
Gann lntrative
Add S I to vehicle registration feel, as hick state
law allows counties to spend to Impiose the All -bo•
system on freeways
I tqq
t
ot t.l I
nignxay apt onnere veuon :on
Marcia rahmick and v¢e Cha o Tenn LaFolerte
re to Commissioner M1,i:nzel. t lcncvac di,,,i
the de aiopmenr of high, a, plan
The conclusions and recommendations coma iced
in Onthe ROadtotheffear2000 arethoseofthe
Los Angeles County Transportation COmmeson Vital
contributions to this first -ohia kind effort were mate
by Caltrans the Southern California Association of
Gcr the Caofornia Hignway Patrol the Los
Angeles City Department of Tra¢oortauon the Los
Angeles County Public Wor4 s Department the Auto-
mobile Club of Southern California the Los Angele,
Area Chamber of Commerce and numerous cities
and members of the public
O BIG BLUE BUSES RECEIVE
APTA AWARD
Santa Monica Alurican Public Llne, sia, :ecen
(APTA a r [
honoredby the Amencan Putl,c osculation
d te Ous anding Achofroe it l¢kznpo-
on5yaeme , annually ievement Aa z:c he
a t,and IS givenannually[o e American Los
that have ve demonstrated racr and
dinar N anJe ness
rapid denary acevement inefficiency and rfeco.eness
AP ax officials presented the ail antl on September
29 during ceremonies an its annual meeting in San
Francisco Santa Monica : Director of L'a95poda[ion
Jach F Hocchison lancer, Afar dthe u,a a
behalf of the bus lines
In announcing the award APTAChan Reba
Malone cited a recent Survey indicating that 95 per-
cen t of Santa Monica Municipal BUS Lines patron,
are 5a0s srior [SService After ISO years of service
customer satisfaction and prudent fiscal management
remain the hallmarks of Santa M1lonica's Blg Blue
Buses Malone said
LACTC Commissioner and Santa Monica Councib
woman ChpIDne Peed Said, IF Santa Monica we ,C
always known we have the best bus System In the
world '" are pleased that APTA l's reccgozing us as
the best In our size categop In the USA this ,mar anti
w rut i ni li a r kt I a an ml' ynon as Lrl
Fry: nil,
illln � �iiln n1n,.n, 11111,11, ulnas
u Partmnd Cegon r,I lighoail sy uem
w . Rail Transit News
Progress oo L A County s rail trans[system keeps
picking up sf eed Hatchets and heavy equipment
can be seen dray along the !1 miles that will become
the system s first aperarmg line, between Long Beach
and Los Angeles In September, LACTC awarded
?O million- dollar contract to Homer J Olsen, Inc to
do the tunneling requned in downtown Los Angeles,
where the rail fine off run in a two mile subway The
subway will care the hne to and from a station it will
share with Metro Rail, at 2th and Hower streets, to
IZrh Street where the hne w ill continue on the surface
of Flower Street
9nother contract wiped at 538 nekton went to
Harr, Corporation to furnish and Install the hardware
inn software for the LB L A tad protect s computerized
Control System The o Coll elPCVonnally Sppe,
.rise and mstandy report an almost everything that
pertinent to operating the line For instance the sys-
remwa tell Central Control here trains are located
aranv given time whether s, gnat -arms at narrate:
non; are up or down, it an attempt is made to break
into a fare machine [fa dosed- circuit camera fails at
station and Soon
sio l also continues on LACTC s Cenmry /EI
Segundo rail crases project, which v, ill intersect wish
mn I B LA line near V em nhton Avenue and Imperol
Higr vas The Cesory mlhne whl run down me
-enter of the Century Frees✓ry -Trans us, ay currently
'c"r - o"n"i' an b C s On September 28 ir
a ceremony near L A Inmi naocnal Airport CaRrans
celebrated hitting the ha fa ay mark on the largest
Note ay project in histdry
Prospective rat designers are sharpening their
pencils m hopes of being selected as consultants for
the Cenmrylih Segundo project, including a three-mile
southward segment mat 'was added to the Cenmry
:ail line late last 3 ear The extension will carry passen-
gers or the Peev,ay line how its former aeIIernuml
station at Aviation Bouleszrd Inca the EI Segundo
emoioyment area A rat Image and .roll be located
an the edge of the Cry of Hwthorne Allenviron-
mbotal work lay the extension has been completed,
:he addition s ll open at the Same lime as the
Century Free, a, and on - freeway rail hne in 1993
In Lincoln H tights Little TOac, and Highland Park,
LACTC has been holding communrts meetings to
gyre residents a look at conceptual engineering draw-
ings for a proposed rat Inc deLWeen downcawn Los
Angeles and Pasadena Thedrawingsampart Ofan
ongoing mute - refinement study that will be com-
pleted in February 1988 After that an environmental
impact report may be prepared which would take
about SIX months to complete
Over m the San Fernando Valley, engineers have
been evaWating five possible routes for an essa
west rail hne that would link up with Metro Rail in
North Hollywood M recent public meetings held
in Chatsworth, Encino Van Nuys, and North
Hollywood, LACTC presented the engineers Initial
evaluations of the five possibilities to Valley residents
for their review, comments and questions Peace
tron of a formal environmental impact report could
begin in late October
The Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTDI
Is at work in downtown Los Angeles on the Metro
Rail portion of the county sr ad system Construction
of the Metro Rail station at Civic Center is moving for-
ward dramatically as steel beams are sunk Into 90 -foot
shafts onL II Street Approximately 250 beams will be
needed to Support the construction site. Installation
of the beams will take several months The first phase
of Metro Rail will Stretch 4 miles from Union Station
through downtown Los Angeles to Wilshire and
Alvarado It is scheduled for operation In 1992 is
Commissioners
On the Go
LACTC Chairman Tom Bradley stepped up he
work on the transportation front this past quarter,
starting ve in an eight point strategy, unveiled in
June, to ease traffic congestion At mid August press
conference Bradley announced that one strategy
would soon be put into action Scent enforcement of
his City 5 tow-away laws, aimed at motorists who park
in no- parking zones during rush hours The enforce-
ment went into effect on August 27 and Bradley
held another press conference —this one as fresco at
Highland and Fountain avenues for a look at Colorad!
culprits cars being hauled off That same day he
disclosed his traffic plan for the Pope s visit in ri
w
September Bradley also as active on the issue of
reorganization of the county s transportation agen-
cies, LACTC and SCRFD
At its meeting of August 26th the Commission
at, nowledged the contributions and regretted the
resignations of Allan Jonas and Manuel Perez,
Mro long -time members of the LACTIC s Rat Con
-
structionCommittee They seem two of bur commit
-
tee members who are private citizens, the other I've
members are an elected officials or their represerri
acres Perez and Jonas had served on the committee
since July 1984, they are leaving to devote more time
to professional commitment,
In mid August. Commissioner Michael
Antonovlch proposed measures that could prevent
traffic snarls curing upcoming construction on the
Route 101 portion of the Ventura Freeway Antonovich
called upon the county's Department of Public %tffix.
Calticans. the RTD, and the Involved cores to develop
a coordinated plan ror the period of construction'
At a press conference In early September, Antonovich
announced that the county intends to expand Its
pilot program of staggered work hours for county
employees The program is directed at curbing traffic
congestion and Increasing office efficiency
In June, Commissioner Jackl Bacharach made
the fist of several trips to Sacramento to seek support
for LACTCS position on reorganization The same
month. She taped a Iwvpaa Ialydrow for KTYM -AM
radio in Inglewood about the county s future rail sys-
tem, and she fielded questions about public transpor-
tabon floor host Larry Maotieon 'Pasadena Spectrum'
which was simulcast live from Pasadena City Hall
over KPCC -FM Radio and local cable television '
Jr, presentations to the Torrance Building Owners
and Managers Association and the South Bay Rotary
Club, Bacharach discussed transportation in the
South Bay and LACTC - s Il}year highway plan Then
Bacharach acted as installing officer at the first annual
inauguration of officers for the new Association of
Local Transit Administrators Alter that she was off to
Monterey, to facilitate a League of Cities annual ses
Sion on Statewide transportation 6sues for mayors
and counCAnlembers In August, the SOUthem
California Transportation Action Council heard
Bacharach articulate The Needs of the Commurnry,
at a conference on privatization In Industry Hills
Commissioner Deane Dana increased his aware-
ness of how technology helps keep traffic Flowing
onaJulytourofLA City Department ofTransporta-
non s computerized contact center in downtown Los
Angeles In August, Dana turned out for a dinner at
the Los Fehz Inn to welcome new California Transpor-
tation Commissioner Ken Kevorkian Dana s alternate,
Barna Szabo, also formed part of the welcoming
committee, as did Commissioners Bacharach,
Chdrar le Reed, and Mania Medirl Alternates
John LaFollette and Bob White, and Ez-0111clo
Commissioner Don Watson of Cal raps
Speaking of Commissioner Mednkk, in mid -June
she informed San Fernando Valley radio I¢teners
about LACII plans for a possible east-west rail line
in the valley, on KGIL'S live news talkshow hosted by
Jim Simon Then in July, she spoke on transportation
Issues at a luncheon meeting of the San Fernando
Krwams Club, and she outlined LACTIC s 10I
highway plan at a meeting of the Warner Center
Transportation Management Organization Medrai
spoke again on the highway plan in August, when
she appeared before the County Regional Planning
Commission
In July Chairman Bradley appointed a new Com-
mission alternate for Medmck Eduardo Bermudez
will replace Oscar Abarca, who resigned to pursue
other commitments Bermudezischarman and
founder of Bermudez& Associates, Inc , a Los Angeles -
based marketing and advertising firm speaebnng in
the Hispanic marketplace
At the annual meeting of the Californa Contract
Cities Aoporation in Palm Springs, held in June.
Commissioner Reed represented the Commss`IOn as
a member of a panel on LA County transportation
issues Commissioner Bacharach also turned out
for that gathering In July Reed represented the
Commission at another annual meeting this time
a Rancho Bernard. for Independent Cities r
Commissioners Mike Woo and Bacharach, Bob
Goeghegan, alternate to Commissioner Ed
Edelman, and Alternate Barna Szabo attended
the event as well Along with others Reed also testy
fled and lobbied heavily In Sacramento In June and
July regammg reorganization
Commission Alternate Ray Grabinski repre-
sented Commissioner Edd Tuttle at a 'briefing
breakfast' In June, at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel
in Long Beach During the morning munch, LACTC
Continued on pace 4
sort returner, valley resneres review conceptuar resigns
mey honors oucgor, xa l construction
Committee members Allan Jonas and Manuel Perez t
as parr,
construction on the Metro Rac Civic Center station
1 0 0
On the Go CorbnL'=d non nacre 3
Stott up is ed local create] brain is on the progress
of the Long beach to Le, Angeles ran tram[ line
Commissioner Pete Schabarum wa- the key
note speaker at the already - mentioned August meet
ing of the Southern Callforn13 Tra n seep nation Action
Committee Given the meeting s rneme of privarr
ration, Scnabaruin was toe Ideal chase Me has
cnampioneapnoaticarpridnd aso,drumentalln
beeeloping the orcoosal;or the an Gabriel Valley
transportation zone
Walter King, I •rho sell .es the L ACTC as alternate
to Commissioner Kenneth Hahn, was honored
last quarter at the 25th Ann,creap of the Insnm-
,onal Municipal Paring Congress as one of toe
organization foundng member,
Commissioner Woo Ile 'v r0 S3 cramenrc at the
end Of August to assert hire needs of sons In the
debate over tramooCatlon agency reorganization
Tnen in September with high napes of the pas,age
cline state s anti gnmock legislation Veo proposed
an L A C 3 ordinance trial the stiffest alto. able tines
or imposed on moon:, v no block Intersections
S ICn for the first cf'ense,:200 for the second 5500
for the third and subsequent offenses V.00,antad
thl Cr/Council toshowacaregemngtough'
an cddmebestvvasmdtthatvvas byhmmgme
pocke[booRS of Lhe viola ce
Stake Sanborn, b ecru a to Commissioner
Schabarum, chased a outlrc.hearing in EI Monte on
he proposed San Gabriel l al e t an;portacon zone
Also oancipahng „ere Commissioners Woo, Reed,
and Satiation..
Viewpoints: Stanley Hart
'An Alternative to More
Freeways"
F.v¢ai^enceroirre Sier, run Da ^app AIcn
Ccr:vne: Pas,spcno,o'o:m earlier A, pons
coli vin ay Da lid Gra.•on nude ^um Clio
T he AuMmoule Oul cf:outhern California
svantt us;o Spend S 20 billion on freeway deveiop-
men; Butthe auto Club has It all wrong It'struethat
If nothing is done Los Angeles will be up to its eye
nails in traffic problems But not in the year 2000, it's
already happened The freeways have been a failure
far years, The problem needs to be restated we
don't need more freeways, we have too many Cars
and trucks
'Transportation has overridden all reasonable con -
strama, Los Angeles urban space devoted entirely to
'car and truck use exceeds 40 percent of all Inhabited
areas, 60 percent at the downtown center We own
and operate 35 percent of an the vehicles on earth,
Americans are 5 percent of the population Vacant
some almost one half the motor fuel onethrrdthehi
production of the planet The automotive sector, If all
the costs are reckoned, uses up 25 percent of the
nation s GNP
There are not trivial concerns, the nation has
serious economic problems We do not save or invest
enough to keep productivity rising ahead of romper
ing Germans and Japanese We cannot meet their
prices in our own markets Much ofthe nation s eco
nom¢ and environmental difficulties have their origin
in our dependence on cars and trucks, the Auto Club
proposal would increase this dependence And it
would not solve the congestion problems, it would
make It far worse
We motorists pay one seventh the cost of services
provided by local government, we do not pay enough
or often enough for parking Each car, each truck
operator receives thousands of dollars In essential
benefits and services that he does not pay for The
result , grass automotive overuse, the bankruptcy of
our public trans[ Systems and the massive ineffe
crency of the world's most e +pensive transportation
network This inefficiency Is measured nationwide
In bit ions of dollars annually
'Four hundred more miles of freeways i[he Auto
Club's original esomatej would cost S 12,000 for each
LosAngeleshousehold Nor would that be sufficient—
our arterial highways areas congested, they must be
widened ParGngsmodequate, more most be pro
video The S 12,000 figure most be doubled And, If
we ever got it done, we would still be stuck with a
plague of automobiles and trucks
'There Is really only one credible solution to traffic
congestion take the economic burden off the shout
arts of the shoppers, the property and sales taxpayers,
and place It on the motorists and truckers where It
belongs They should be made to pay the full cost of
the services and resources that they use Andwe
should double the present rate of Investment in our
public transit systems Otherwise we'll be knee -deep
an gridlock from now on c
' ..-
. ids Angeles County lFansportatlon• t%
' " commhslon - " A
q t, 403scest Erghth Street Sur[e500 `t
• LOS AngeICS,Calsomri " I
Y I213I 626;0370'v P
n %us >' Commlaslone ` d
Tom Bradle)JCnarman
Mayor Cry of LOS Angeles
' .NenneN HaM1nIV¢e Chair
man "
, ;rz Supervisor _LOS Angeles Counry e.,% n "n
MI[Fael D.Antiall Ich .e
. Supewsor LOS Angeles County
Edmund D. Edelman
6, Supervis
nl County,
Supervisor LOS Angeles Comm, I �}
4 ` a Peter F. Stlpbarum
Entai or, Los Angeles County
Cuunclman LOS Angeles Cry Cm,Mf
` Jaacharach
Counulwoman City, B p' of Rancho alo
Ps>eial
t fI Edd Tkttle s - I 1
Councilman, City of Long Beach {,
K Chrlitlne E:Beed+ '
Counclimoman, city of Santa MOrnca
Marla Mednlck
Private Citizen
Donald WatsenlEx Offipo Member
District Daecter Coltrane District J
` LACTCStaff'
ltk ilkh ul
` - *R @'auto, Director'
. Paul nylor _
''p. Depury6ecuI OirenorTranat r
.y ., tT De,efdpmem
Jlm Slan %x w
Curl. Programming
"" and Fiscal Analyse
Delick mliiguea ` r
Director Finance and Admmistranon t [
' .rF Susaneral
Director Government and Public
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cracks down on illegal parker
11 the question
On the Go CorbnL'=d non nacre 3
Stott up is ed local create] brain is on the progress
of the Long beach to Le, Angeles ran tram[ line
Commissioner Pete Schabarum wa- the key
note speaker at the already - mentioned August meet
ing of the Southern Callforn13 Tra n seep nation Action
Committee Given the meeting s rneme of privarr
ration, Scnabaruin was toe Ideal chase Me has
cnampioneapnoaticarpridnd aso,drumentalln
beeeloping the orcoosal;or the an Gabriel Valley
transportation zone
Walter King, I •rho sell .es the L ACTC as alternate
to Commissioner Kenneth Hahn, was honored
last quarter at the 25th Ann,creap of the Insnm-
,onal Municipal Paring Congress as one of toe
organization foundng member,
Commissioner Woo Ile 'v r0 S3 cramenrc at the
end Of August to assert hire needs of sons In the
debate over tramooCatlon agency reorganization
Tnen in September with high napes of the pas,age
cline state s anti gnmock legislation Veo proposed
an L A C 3 ordinance trial the stiffest alto. able tines
or imposed on moon:, v no block Intersections
S ICn for the first cf'ense,:200 for the second 5500
for the third and subsequent offenses V.00,antad
thl Cr/Council toshowacaregemngtough'
an cddmebestvvasmdtthatvvas byhmmgme
pocke[booRS of Lhe viola ce
Stake Sanborn, b ecru a to Commissioner
Schabarum, chased a outlrc.hearing in EI Monte on
he proposed San Gabriel l al e t an;portacon zone
Also oancipahng „ere Commissioners Woo, Reed,
and Satiation..
Viewpoints: Stanley Hart
'An Alternative to More
Freeways"
F.v¢ai^enceroirre Sier, run Da ^app AIcn
Ccr:vne: Pas,spcno,o'o:m earlier A, pons
coli vin ay Da lid Gra.•on nude ^um Clio
T he AuMmoule Oul cf:outhern California
svantt us;o Spend S 20 billion on freeway deveiop-
men; Butthe auto Club has It all wrong It'struethat
If nothing is done Los Angeles will be up to its eye
nails in traffic problems But not in the year 2000, it's
already happened The freeways have been a failure
far years, The problem needs to be restated we
don't need more freeways, we have too many Cars
and trucks
'Transportation has overridden all reasonable con -
strama, Los Angeles urban space devoted entirely to
'car and truck use exceeds 40 percent of all Inhabited
areas, 60 percent at the downtown center We own
and operate 35 percent of an the vehicles on earth,
Americans are 5 percent of the population Vacant
some almost one half the motor fuel onethrrdthehi
production of the planet The automotive sector, If all
the costs are reckoned, uses up 25 percent of the
nation s GNP
There are not trivial concerns, the nation has
serious economic problems We do not save or invest
enough to keep productivity rising ahead of romper
ing Germans and Japanese We cannot meet their
prices in our own markets Much ofthe nation s eco
nom¢ and environmental difficulties have their origin
in our dependence on cars and trucks, the Auto Club
proposal would increase this dependence And it
would not solve the congestion problems, it would
make It far worse
We motorists pay one seventh the cost of services
provided by local government, we do not pay enough
or often enough for parking Each car, each truck
operator receives thousands of dollars In essential
benefits and services that he does not pay for The
result , grass automotive overuse, the bankruptcy of
our public trans[ Systems and the massive ineffe
crency of the world's most e +pensive transportation
network This inefficiency Is measured nationwide
In bit ions of dollars annually
'Four hundred more miles of freeways i[he Auto
Club's original esomatej would cost S 12,000 for each
LosAngeleshousehold Nor would that be sufficient—
our arterial highways areas congested, they must be
widened ParGngsmodequate, more most be pro
video The S 12,000 figure most be doubled And, If
we ever got it done, we would still be stuck with a
plague of automobiles and trucks
'There Is really only one credible solution to traffic
congestion take the economic burden off the shout
arts of the shoppers, the property and sales taxpayers,
and place It on the motorists and truckers where It
belongs They should be made to pay the full cost of
the services and resources that they use Andwe
should double the present rate of Investment in our
public transit systems Otherwise we'll be knee -deep
an gridlock from now on c
' ..-
. ids Angeles County lFansportatlon• t%
' " commhslon - " A
q t, 403scest Erghth Street Sur[e500 `t
• LOS AngeICS,Calsomri " I
Y I213I 626;0370'v P
n %us >' Commlaslone ` d
Tom Bradle)JCnarman
Mayor Cry of LOS Angeles
' .NenneN HaM1nIV¢e Chair
man "
, ;rz Supervisor _LOS Angeles Counry e.,% n "n
MI[Fael D.Antiall Ich .e
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