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AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AT
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
LYNWOOD TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMLSSI:ON
TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1987 AT 6 P.M.
OPENING CEREMONIES P
1. CALL, FOR ORDER. - CHAIRMAN WRIGHT
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF POSTING
4. ROLI, CALL OF COMMISSIONERS
ROBERT AR.CHAMBAULT
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM
VICTORIA SIMPSON
JOE DARYL BATTLE
RONALD WRIGI4T
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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CITY OF LYNWOOD
CITY CLERICS OFFICE
SEP 181987
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PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
SCHEDULED MATTERS
6. REQUEST FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE, LYNWOOD ROAD
AT ALAMEDA STREET.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
COMMISSION ORAL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
'1'02 8 '20'
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD
August 27, 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
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, Cunningham, Battle, and Chairman
Wright answered roll call.. Present were James Devore, Associate
Civil Engineer, Sergeant Eshelman, Lynwood Sheriff's Department,
Deputy R.osenbauer, Lynwood,Sheriff's Department, Jahanshah
Oskoui, Civil Engineering Assistant and Oretha Williams,
Engineering Division. Commissioner Simpson arrived at 6:45 p:m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF POSTING
James Devore stated that the Agenda of August 27, 1987 was.duly
posted i2 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commi.ssi:oner Cunningham asked for corrections to the minutes of
July 23; 1987, under Commission Orals, page 6, paragraph 6 to
read', "Commissioner Cunningham expressed that water can possibly
be trapped on Gertrude Drive because of the construction of the
street under the freeway, and under Commission Orals, page 4,
paragraph 6, he stated that the paragraph should read,
"Commissioner Cunningham expressed concern of the dump area
outside of Lynwood, North of Imperial. Highwav into South Gate.
He wanted to knot: if that area will be cleaned up."
Commissioner Archambault motioned to accept the minutes as
corrected of July 23., 1987 and Commissioner Battle seconded the
motion. The motion was passed unanimously.
. PUBLIC ORAL, COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Ger.aro Leal of 2615 Fernwood Avenue stated that the sidewalk
.in front of his property is broken, two trees were removed and
the holies were filled, bowever., the damaged sidewalk was never
repaired. He showed pictures of the area. He asked that the
Commission support his. request to'hade it repai_i-ed'..
James Devore, Engineering Division, explained that the City is
aware of the many damaged sidewalks in need of repairs. The City
has more than $800,,000 worth of sidewalk problems, however,
approximately $100,000 has been scheduled for repairs this year.
In order to establish a systematic method of handling the
problem, based on the complaints and field surveys, a damaged
sidewalk list has been developed and the most severely damaged
locations will have first priority. Unfortunately, Mr. Geraro's
property does not fall within the catagory scheduled for repairs
this fiscal 'year and the sidewalk in front of his property will
be repaired at a later time.
Commissioner Cunningham suggested to Mr. Gerar.o.that he may
notify the City Council. of his problem. The Council meetings
are held at 7:30 .p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month.
SCHEDULED MATTERS
6. A PRESENTATION OF.FRFEWAY DEVELOPMENT TO THE YEAR 2000 PROPOSAL
FOR FUTURE MOBILITY.
The presentation is scheduled for 7 00 p.m: and will be,given
at that time.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS'
James Devore discussed the following Informational Items
1. Bus Pad Construction Project - A bid opening was held and
Sully Miller Contracting Company was the lowest bidder for
this project,, with a bid under $50,000. It was approved by
LACT.0 to award the contract and it will go to Council at-
their next available,meeting to award the contract.
2. Southern California Gas Company Proposed 16 Inch Main Line -
The 16 inch gas main will transport natural. gas through the
City, the line will go through Lynwood starting from Huntington
Park and into Compton. (The Commission viewed the attached map
for route of the line.)
3. -Wilco Dump Cleaning Operation - The Operation has been completed
and dirt is now being added 'to backfill the dump site.
4. Complaint Report for July, 1987 - A monthly. report of July's
totals were included. The number of complaints received by
Engineering was 20,% higher than-the average.
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In referring to the attached article regarding bus shelters, Jim
Devore explained that most of the bus shelter companies contracted
by the cities, i.nstall shelters at various locations based on getting
maximum exposure for their advertisements, which are not necessarily
the best locations for the ridership convenience. Jim Devore
further stated that the ,City will specify the locations of the
proposed bus shelters in the upcoming Bus Shelter Project.
Discussion followed.
Commissioner Cunningham stated that several backs of bus benches
have been removed and the locations are on Atlantic Avenue on the
west side of the street.
James Devore replied that the bus benches are installed by private
companies which are responsible for maintenance and they are going
to be notified.
COMMISSION ORALS
Commissioner Archambaul.t expressed that trucks are travelling
down Penn Street ignoring the posted signs. The trucks are
coming from a business being operated on Los Flores.
Commissioner Cunningham presented an article to the Commission
from the.South Gate paper, and.it read, "Remember that it is
illegal in South Gate, and neighboring cities to.park a car on
any unpaved section of a yard. If it isn't cement or asphalt,
don't park there." He stated that the Commission may consider
adding this information to the proposed revision of the vehicle
code. He asked'that: this item be brought back to the Commission.
Commissioner Cunningham stated that two abandoned vehicles are
.parked on private properties.. One vehicle parked on the old
Zody's parking lot; an Oldsmobile, license number SKJ -356, beige
color with expired license plate and an orange water wagon parked
on the parking lot of Clark's Drug Store near Eddie's Market with
no license plate.
Commissioner Battle discussed that the private property at the
northwest corner of Carlin Avenue and Atlantic Avenue needs
cleaning and the owners need to be contacted.
Commissioner Battle stated that he is pleased that the asphalt,
pavement has been capped in the freeway construction underpass
area.
Commissioner Battle stated that in
Avenue a tow truck company business
.house and it should* be checked out.
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the 4000 block of Fernwood
is being operated out of a.
Sergeant Eshelman stated that on September 1, 1987, the Lynwood
Sheriff's Department will start enforcing a 9 month long program
that will. help reduce traffic problems at three major intersections,
Imperial Highway and Alameda Street, Imperial Highway and State
Street and Imperial Highway and Long Beach Boulevard.
Item 6 was discussed. A presentation was given by Ken Sei of the
Automobile Club of Southern California on the expected freeway
problems up to the year 2000. A question and answer period followed
the presentation.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Archambault to adjourn the meeting
to September 24, 1987, at 6:30 p.m., of the Traffic and Parking
Commission in the City Council Chambers. It was seconded by
Commissioner Battle. The meeting adjourned at (7:50 p.m.).
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DATE
TO
FROM
SUBJECT
PURPOSE.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1987
THE HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION
.JOSEPH Y WANG, P E., DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
CITY ENGINEER
REQUEST FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE
LYNWOOD ROAD AT ALAMEDA STREET
WORiiS�T
To recommend that the Traffic and Parking Commission support
staff's recommendation to deny the subject request for loading
and unloading zone
BACKGROUND.
A request for a loading and unloading zone has been received fron
Quality Metal Finishing Companv of 11754 Alameda Street The
request is for designating approximately 420 feet of vellow curl),
the south side of Lynwond Road from East Alameda easterly
ANALYSIS.
Lynwood Road at Alameda Street is a 40 foot wide roadwav with no
parking restrictions on either side Field investigation shows
that both sides of the roadway is being fully utilized for the
purpose of curb parking
Lynwood Road is carrying a heavy load of truck traffic traveling
in either direction of the roadway, with no parking restrictions
on either side. According the State of California Vehicle Code,
section 21458(b), "yellow curb indicates stopping only for the
purpose, loading or unloading passengers or freight."
The request is based on utilizing the yellow curb for standing or
Parking 7 or 8 trucks
There will be no loading or unloading at the proposed location
The trucks will be simply using the yellow curb for parking
purposes and waiting to get - inside the facilities where the
actual loading or unloading will take place. This kind of
application does not constitute the correct utilization of yellow
curb per the State of California Vehicle Code, section 21435(6)
and Lynwood Municipal Code, section 19 -103
By designating 420 feet, of Yellow curb, twenty (20) parkin;
spaces would he eliminated Field inspections has shown t''int
curb parking is being fully utilized at the subject location
RECOMMENDATION.
It is recommended that the Traffic and Parking Commission support
staff's recommendation to the request, for a loading and unloading
zone on Lynwood Road at Alameda Street.
ITEM 6,
V2G OIo
Div. —411— . § 21460
(a) king red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid
intermittent ❑ashes, a driver shall stop at a clearly marked limit line, but if
none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or
if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver
has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before
entering it, and the driver may proceed subject to the rules applicable after
making a stop at a stop sign.
(b) Flashing yellow (caution signal) When a yellow lens is illuminated
with rapid intermittent Bashes, a driver may proceed through the
intersection or past the signal only with caution.
Amended Ch. 975, Stats. 1959. Inoperative amendment by Ch. 1996, Slats. 1959, was repealed
by Ch 56, Slats. 1961. The section as
printed remains in force.
Amended Ch 46, Stats. 1972. Effective March 7, 1973
Amended Ch. 413, Scats. 1981. Effective January 1, 1982.
Curb Markings
21458. Whenever local authorities enact local parking regulations and
indicate them by the use of paint upon curbs, the following colors only shall
be used, and the colors indicate as follows:
(a) Red indicates no stopping, standing, or parking, whether the vehicle
is attended or unattended, except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked
or signposted as a bus loading zone.
(b) Yellow indicates stopping only for the purpose of loading or unloading
passengers or freight for the time as may be specified by local ordinance.
(c) White indicates stopping for either of the following purposes:
(1) Loading or unloading of passengers for the time as may be specified
by local ordinance.
'2) Depositing mail.in an adjacent mailbox.
(d) Green indicates time limit parking specified by local ordinance.
(e ) Blue indicates parking limited exclusively to the vehicles of physically
handicapped persons as described in Sections 22511.5 and 22511.9.
Regulations indicated as above provided shall be effective upon the days
and during the hours or times as may be prescribed by local ordinances.
Amended Ch. 688, Scats. 1975. Effective January 1, 1976.
Amended Ch 16n, Stats. 1985. Effective January], 1986
Dislinclive Roadway Markings - I
21459. (a) The Department of Transportation iri- respect to state
highways and a local authority with respect to highways under its
jurisdiction, is authorized to place and maintain upon'highways distinctive
roadway markings as described and with the effect set forth in Section 21460.
(b) The distinctive roadway markings shall be employed to designate any
portion of a highway where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other
curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of th
marking or to indicate no driving to the left as provided in Section e
21460, and
shall not be employed for any other purpose.
(c) Any pavement marking other than as described in this section placed
by the Department of Transportation or any'local authority shall not be
effective to indicate no driving over or to'the left of the marking.'
Amended Ch. 545, Stats. 1974. Effective January 1. 1975.
Double Lines
21460. (a) When double parallel solid lines are in place, person
riving a vehicle shall drive to the left thereof, except as permit no
ted a this
section.
(b) When the double, parallel lines, one of which is broken, are in place,
no person driving a vehicle shall drive to the left thereof, except as follows:
(1) That the driver on that side of the roadway in which the broken line
is in place may cross over
mertakin the double line or'drive to the left thereof when
g or passing other vehicles.
(2) As provided in Section 21460.5.
State of California.
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Sec. 19 -103. Designation of parking restrictions by markings
(a) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized, subject
to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and
when required by this article shall place, the following curb
markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and
such curb markings shall have the meanings as follows:
(1) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any
time except as permitted by the state Vehicle Code,
and except that a bus may stop in a red zone
marked or signed as a bus zone.
(2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at
any time between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 P.M. of any day
except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other
than the loading or unloading of passengers or materi-
als, provided that the loading or unloading of passen
Supp. No. 12 1194
§ 19 -103 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 19 -104
gers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes
nor the loading or unloading of materials more than
twenty (20) minutes.
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INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
1. Southern California Gas Company Proposed 16 Inch Main Line:
The construction phase of this project started on September
15, 1987. Prior to the construction, a pre construction
meeting was held with representatives of the Gas Company,
Hood Construction (Contractor), and City of Lynwood.
Construction methods, traffic control plans, and other
related details were discussed.
2. Bus Pad Construction Project:
On August 17, 1987, the bid opening was held. Sully Miller
Contracting Company was the lowest responsible bidder with
the bid of $49,405. An additional amount of $5,000, to
cover construction contigencies, was approved in the City
Council meeting of September 15, 1987.
3. Long Beach Boulevard Improvement Project:
A request for proposals for consulting engineering services
was advertised. After careful evaluation of the
consultants qualifications, KaWes and Associates was
selected as the most qualified firm. In its September 15,
1987, meeting, the City Council approved the consultant
selection and authorized the Mayor to execute the agreement
upon successful fee negotiation.
4. Application for Pedestrian Funds Authorized Under SB -821:
In its September 15, 1987, meeting, the City Council
approved the application for pedestrian funds authorized under
SB 821, to be submitted to the Los Angeles County Transportation
Commission. The available $13,420 funds is going to be used
to construct new sidewalks and wheelchair ramps.
5. Off -Site Improvements - Shopping Center at 5363 Imperial Highway
(Northwest corner of Imperial Highway and Atlantic Avenue)
The construction of off -site improvements at the subject
location will start; by the end of September. As a part, of
the required improvements, Atlantic Avenue is going to be
widened by 7.5 feet on the West side, in front of the subject
property to provide a right turn only lane.
6. Citizen's Complaints - Month of August, 1987:
During the month of August of 1987, Department of Public
Works received a total of 135 complaints. A total of 88.
complaints which amount, to 65% of the total were resolved
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—John Moody, an ' El Toro Road driver for 10 years
Road Congestion
Relief on Way Via
21 `Super. Streets'
By DOUG BROWN, Times Staff Writer
harmacist Charles Mee used to fill 90 prescriptions every
Saturday In the last year, however, the owner of the Right
Price drugstore in El Toro says, he's been lucky to handle
half that many
"On Saturdays, the traffic's backed up so much on El Toro Road
that I've lost a lot of.customers because they can't get in or out of
the parking lot," Mee said. -
Elizabeth Bock of Brea uses Harbor Boulevard to get around
.north, Orange County, an experience she describes as increasingly
frustrating. '
"On Harbor, it seems like you've got to stop at every light," said
Bock, a 34'- year -old piano "teacher. "I used to live in the San.
Fernando Valley, where you could catch the lights and drive.clear
across the valley without stopping. Why can't they do something
to straighten out the lights here in Orange County ?"
Mee and Bock are just two of the thousands of motorists whose
complaints about driving in Orange County have nothing to do
with the region's notoriously jammed freeways. They spend much
of their time on the county's increasingly cdhgested surface
streets.
Now, in response to a growing number complaints from
motorists and businessmen —who say that these streets not only
are a time- consuming inconvenience but also have become a
threat to their lives and livelihoods —the Orange County
Transportation Commission is gradually implementing a' "super -
streets" program to turn El Toro Road and Harbor Boulevard,
along with 19 "other major county thoroughfares, into
smooth - flowing roads.
While relief is at least a year away, under the super - street
proposal, traffic signals would be synchronized, right- and
left -hand turn lanes would be added at intersections, street
parking would be curtailed or eliminated to allow for more lanes,
and bus turn -outs would be built.
"We're not saying that you could drive non -stop from Costa
Mesa to La Habra on Harbor Boulevard," said Lisa Mills, the
super- street coordinator. But Mills, who also is OCTC's manager of
planning and programming, envisions that someday, "platoons" of
cars and trucks will be able to move non -stop through several
.traffic signals, perhaps for miles. ,
Improved intersections are a key goal of the super- street
program.
;'Intersections are what limit traffic capacity, not the rest of the
Please see 'SUPER STREETS,' Page 3
LOS ANGELES TIMES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1987
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The Orange County.Yransportation Commission will implement's "super streets" program
to transform 21 major county, thoroughfares into smooth- flowing roadways.
Under the proposal:
If Traffic signals would be synchronized.
■ Right and left-hand turn lanes would be added at intersections.
■ Street parking would be Curtailed or eliminated to•allow for more lanes.
■ Bus turnouts would be built.
RAKINUR BOULEVARD TRAFFIC; FLOW 1976 -86
?'.Betweenllmperfal, Highway and NewporfBoulevard:
Average vehicles per intersectiori per'.day:.
1976 (33 lnteisawtions): 3,360
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1. Imperial Highway between Beach and
Yorba Linda boulevards.
2. Harbor Boulevard between Imperial Highway and
Newport Boulevard.
3. State College Boulevard between the 91 Freeway
and Imperial Highway.
4. Orangethorpe Avenue between Beach Boulevard and
Imperial Highway.
5. Tustin Avenue /Rose Drive between the 91 Freeway
and Imperial Highway.
6. Retells Avenue between Beach Boulevard and 1-605.
7 Valley View Street between the 22 and 91 freeways.
8. Balsa Chica Road between Warner Avenue and 1-405
9. Balsa Avenue /First Street between Balsa Chica
Road and 1 -5.
10. Warner Avenue between 1 -405 and Harbor Boulevard.
11 Beach Boulevard between Pacific Coast and
Imperial highways.
12. Adams Avenue between Beach and
Harbor boulevards.
13. Fair Drive /University Avenue (proposed extension)
between Harbor and Mac Arthur boulevards.
14. Jamboree /Myford roads between 1 -5 and
the 73 Freeway.
15. Irvine Boulevard /Fourth Street between the 55
Freeway and El Toro Road.
16. Newport Boulevard between Pacific Coast Highway
and the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor.
17 El Toro Road between Laguna Canyon Road and the
Foothill Transportation Corridor
18. Moulton Parkway /Irvine Center Drive /Street of
the Golden Lantern between the 55 Freeway
and Pacific Coast Highway.
19. Pacific Coast Highway between Warner Avenue
and 1 -5.
20. Laguna Canyon Road between the southern terminus
of the 133 Freeway anC.Pacific Coast Highway.
21. Crown Valley Parkway between Pacific Coast
Highway and the Foothill Transportation Corridor
EL TORO ROAD TRAFFIC FLOW
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street," said Bill Weldele, chief
traffic designer for the C ` rma
Department of Transp &'Z
Weldele is working with illk_R
on a'$4 -million plan to turn Beach
Boulevard, a state road, into the
county's first super street:
"At the intersection, you have to
split time between two streets, and
that's why bottlenecks, happen,"
Weldele said. "If you can add more
lanes at the intersection, such as a
right -hand turn lane and two
left -hand turn lanes, you can allow
more traffic to move through the
intersection on the green light."
'The,super- street plan moved a
step closer to countywide
implementation when the OCTC
voted. last month to spend $75,000
during the coming year to explore
the: feasibility of signal
synchronization along the 220 -mile
super - street network.
;The 21 roadways that would
makeup the network are: Adams
Avenue, Beach Boulevard, Bolsa'
Avenue, Bolsa Chica Road, Crown
Valley Parkway, El Toro Road,
Fair Drive, Harbor Boulevard,
Imperial, Highway, Irvine
Boulevard, Jamboree Road, Katella
Avenue, Laguna Canyon Road,
Moulton Parkway, Newport
Boulevard, Orangethorpe.Avenue,
Pacific Coast Highway, State
College Boulevard, Tustin Avenue,.
Valley View Street and Warner
Avenite.
Upgrading Needed
'H'arbor Boulevard in' north
Orange County and El Toro Road in
the south county are two
thoroughfares in particular that
could benefit by being upgraded to
super streets, Mills said.
'El Toro Road stretches 11.5 miles
from Laguna Beach through
Laguna Hills and El Toro and ends
at Santiago 'Canyon Road. It is the
major connecting road to the Santa !
Margarita Parkway,. which is the
gateway to the fast - growing
planned communities of .Rancho 1
Santa Margarita and Coto de Caza,
Mills said.
, fn the last 10 years, the number
of`cars and trucks on El Toro Road
has nearly doubled,.jumping from
35,000 to 56,000 a day, according to
figures compiled by the Orange
County traffic engineering
department. "Everybody living
around there uses it to get on and
off I -5," OCTC's Mills said.
But a reporter who .conducted
inter+itews along El Toro Road
found mixed reactions to proposals
that traffic, be speeded up.
Not surprisingly, most drivers
favored any improvements that
would allow them to drive the '
route in less time. But merchants
along the route said heavy traffic
was good for business and were
reluctant to support any changes
that would decrease the number of
customers patronizing their stores.
"The traffic along here is always Dick Virginia, manager of Me's
bad," said John Moody, a Fullerton Music Center, said:
29- year -old Mission Viejo salesman "During rush hour, things are
who driven regularly along El backed up a bit, but you can still get
Toro Road for over a decade. "It through this part of town in about
doesn't matter what time of the day five minutes. Sure, there are a
you drive it. And it's "getting couple. of streets where you can
worse," i make left -hand turns "without
Stan Grekowicz, a 37- year-old
computer salesman who drives
along-El Toro Road a couple of
times a day, said that in the last
Year he has witnessed four serious
accidents, usually caused by
motorists cutting off cars or
'speeding through intersections
after the traffic signal has changed.
"Once this guy was hurt so bad
that they had. to bring in a
helicopter to take him to the
hospital;" Grekowicz said.
He was surprised to hear that
traffic signals along El Toro Road
already are'synchronized.
"I'm originally from Chicago, and
you can go 25 to 30 miles per hour,
and you'll make all the lights, even
in rush hour," Grekowicz said.
"Three weeks ago, I was back in
Chicago and in rush hour, I was
able to drive from downtown to the
West Side -20 miles —in 35
minutes. Here it would have taken
me I A hours to go that far."
On the other hand, Jim Hester,
who has been the El Toro branch
manager of Home Savings for 10
years, said" he has mixed feelings
out traffic. "I've heard that
57;000 cats a day pass by our front
door, and that's good and bad.
"It's good because we're in an
area where we can serve a lot of
people, and all businesses want to
be in an area where there's a lot of
traffic," Hester said. "But it's
difficult to deal with a lot of things,
like the congestion' and the
occasional accidents."
Hester said he did not believe
that much could be done to
improve traffic flow on El Toro
Road:
"They've redesigned the
intersection [at Rockfield
Boulevard] and [synchronized] the
lights. We've got three lanes of
traffic going both ways. Entering
and leaving the parking lot
sometimes is kind of tight for
customers, but they've gotten
accustomed to that."
Even more enthusiastic in their
belief that streets clogged with
traffic are a boon to business were
most merchants whose stores
fronted Harbor Boulevard in
downtown Fullerton near
Chapman Avenue, which is
generally "considered one of the
most congested intersections in the
county
"The more cars there are, the
more people will see that we are
here," said Bill Michael, manager of
Sterling Optical. "Our business is
continually getting better, and I
attribute that to the fact that
Harbor is well - traveled."
having a left 'hand turn lane, and
that causes traffic to back up and
some accidents."
But Virginia, who-has managed
the music - equipment store for
three years, said these problems
pale in comparison with the
benefits. "Having all this traffic is,
beautiful because we have unique
window displays; people sitting at
lights notice them and decide to
come in."
Regis Vogel, manager of the
Vision Art gift shop, said, "Traffic's
always slow or at a. dead stop [on
Harbor Boulevard), which is good
because it gives people a chance to
see our display windows."
Steve Rajcic, owner of CM
School Supply, said: "In business
you want as much traffic to pass by
Your store as possible. It's good for
business when traffic comes `to a
dead stop, because people can see
what we have in the store."
A minority of businessmen,
however, said traffic has become so
snarled on El Toro Road and
Harbor Boulevard that it's keeping
customers away
El Toro Overpasses
Yervant Gulsatarian said he is so
frustrated by the traffic signals on
El Toro Road that he'd like to see
overpasses built. "There are too
many lights and you have to wait
too long because there are too
many cross streets," said
Gulsatarian, who operates the
Saddleback Cleaners.
Gulsatarian said his 5-,year-old
"business is suffering because of the
traffic congestion. "A lot of my old
customers have stopped bringing
their clothes here. They're going to
Cleaners that are near them, even
when the cleaners don't do a good
job, because it sometimes takes
them an hour to get here."
Lisa Hackin, manager of the
Birkenstock natural footwear store
in Fullerton, also said traffic along
Harbor Boulevard was driving
away customers. "There's no
left -hand turn lane on Harbor, and
if you try to turn left, you can wait
through five lights before you can
make it," Hackin said.
To make the super- street
improvements a reality, however,
the OCTC needs the cooperation of
Orange County's cities, along with
the county and state governments,
super- street coordinator .Mills
readily acknowledges.
Orange County is responsible for
maintaining El Toro Road, with the
exception of a small section
adjacent to I -5, which falls under
flo;A Attgeles slimes R Monday, September 14,1987/ Part II 3
`SUPER STREETS': Solution fa.
Congestion Might Be, Just Down
the jurisdiction of Cal trans.
County traffic engineer Steve
Hogan said he supports the
super - street plan and believes that
El Toro Road could benefit from
widening some intersections. But
he doubted whether other
super - street improvements could
do much to help traffic flow more
smoothly on El Toro Road.
"The traffic signals along El
Toro are already coordinated,
though a lot of people don't believe
it," Hogan said. "El Toro's
problems are beyond what [signal]
coordination alone will handle. The
best thing that can be done for El
Toro is to give people another way
to get to and from I -5. If the San
Joaquin and Foothill corridors
were built, that would help a lot,
because people would have other
ways to get in and out of the area."
Eight Jurisdictions
Implementing the super- street
program along Harbor Boulevard,
Mills noted, will require - the
cooperation of eight different
jurisdictions: Costa Mesa,, Santa
Ana, Garden Grove, Anaheim,
Fullerton, La Habra, Orange
County and the state.
"Many of these cities have
different [traffic signal] equipment
that can't talk to each other," Mills
said. "So the signals in Garden
Grove don't know what the signals
in Anaheim are doing. And even
where they have the same
supported the sup
proposal 'in principle. Bui
Weldele' noted that
Boulevard at various lc
bisected by the San ITeg
Grove and Riverside free
that the adjacent traffic
operated by the state.
"Where a state highway
intersects with local streets,"
Weldele said, "in general we
attempt to work out the most
efficient traffic flow plan. But if
there is a direct conflict between
the traffic movemeneon the state
highway and a local street, the
state highway has to take priority "
. _ _. ROBERT LACRMAN / in �n8eles Imes •
Yervant Gulsatarian, operator of an El Toro Road dry cleaning store
eA lot of my old customers have stopped bringing their
clothes here. They're going to cleaners that are near them,
even when the cleaners don't do a good job, because it
sometimes takes them an hour to get here.'
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August 1987
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION ACTION COMMITTEE
Gatewav to the Pacific Basin
State's economy based on transportation
Robert Monagan is president
of the California Economic
Development Corporation, a non-
profit organization created by Gov
George Deukmejian to aid the
state's economic development. He
is also a member of the State
World Trade Commission and sits
on the board of directors for the
California Journal, Cubic
Corporation and Delta Dental Plan.
Prior to his election as president of
the CEDC, Monagan was president
of the California Manufacturers
Association. He has also held key
positions in all three levels of
government — as Assistant
Secretary for Congressional and
Intergovernmental Affairs in the
U.S. Department of Transportation,
seven terms as a state
assemblyman and as councilman
and mayor for the city of Tracy,
Calif. The following are excerpts
from his July 23 SCTAC Forum -
presentation.
At the request of the governor,
the California Economic
Development Corporation is
deeply involved in a project where
we're trying to create a vision
about what California's going to
be like and what kind of decisions
and policy questions we're going
to have to address to be prepared
for the future.
We're looking at the entire
spectrum of questions facing
California. And there are two
things which came out of the
preliminary study I thought would
be applicable to our concerns
about transportation. One of those
relates to the state's
demographics. This gets down
to the question of growth.
We need to plan for growth.
There are simply going to be a lot
more people in California. The
alarmists point out that we are
going to be overwhelmed with the
number of people in our state. We
do have to be concerned about
the growth of our state. But we
don't have to be alarmists. We're
going to have more people in
California and, in this instance,
more demands upon our
transportation systems to deliver
the people and the products of
our society
There's a second factor to all
this and that's the changing form
of California's economy California
is becoming internationalized. The
world is shrinking. It's not lust
because of rapid communication.
The rest of the world is also
growing economically at a
tremendous rate. And there's no
more challenging question for us
than what's happening in the
Pacific Basin.
It was as long ago as 1982 that
the balance of trade in the world
shifted from the Atlantic Ocean to
the Pacific Ocean. The world's
economic playing field is
westward, not eastward. California
is the gateway to all that. We are
strategically located for this
tremendous expansion and growth
in the Pacific Basin.
Eighty billion dollars of economy
in California already relates to the
Pacific Basin. Eighty percent of
our traffic — to our seaports, to
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Vital San Diego link realized
Route 52 — coming through
Another coalition of concerned
citizens and forward - looking public
servants has scored a victory for
California's highway transportation
network. On July 11, thanks
largely to the efforts of Citizens
for 52, a citizens' action group,
San Dtegans celebrated the
opening of another segment of
Route 52, an important east -west
link to San Diego's East County
area of residential communities
and business parks.
The two and one -half mile
segment enables 50,000 drivers
daily avoid two major intersections
on jammed Claremont Mesa
Boulevard, saving time in
rush -hour traffic and freeing up
surface streets.
Route 52 is a planned 18 -mile
freeway extending between
Interstate 5 in La Jolla and State
Route 67 in Santee. The first
3.7 -mile segment between
Interstates 5 and 805 opened in
1970, the second in 1975. Then
work lagged. Construction on the
current $12.7 million section
began in 1985.
A Changed Community
San Diego has changed almost
overnight from a self- contained
resort and port city to a thriving
metropolis. Many of the changes
have been as recent as three
years ago, according to many
residents, especially in east
county
Enter Woodie Miller, the man
responsible for Santee's
incorporation. Along with Mary
Jane Heggerness (a former
resident of suburban Tierrasanta)
and former city planner Andy
Schlaeffli, Miller formed Citizens
for 52, a grassroots group
dedicated to completing the much
needed east county route.
Miller, the committee s
chairman, began the group in
1979 Dubbing Route 52 the
area's "missing link,'' Miller said
the committee received much
political support from San Diego's
power structure in the late 1970s
and early 1980s, including then -
Mayor Pete Wilson, County
Supervisor George Bailey, now -
State Senator Jim Ellis and
Assemblyman Larry Stirling, then
a city councilman. Along with
citizen involvement, it was that
vital support which again got the
long- stalled east -west route
moving toward completion.
According to Stirling (R -77th
District), who represents the area,
several local communities were
originally built with the
understanding a completed Route
52 would serve them. Today, with
the cities thriving, the area is
nearly impassible because of
traffic congestion caused by
missing segments of the route.
Miller, Stirling and their many
supporters believe a major key to
relief is connecting Route 52 with
Route 125 so commuters can stop
making the roundabout trip in and
out of east county using 1 -8 as
their connector (The San Diego
Association of Governments —
SANDAG — estimates 30 percent
of traffic currently jamming 1 -8 is
spillover from an incomplete
Route 52.)
A Dream Realized
The newly opened segment was
easier to put together than many
similar highway projects. Rights -
of -way posed little problem since
most construction lay within the
boundaries of Miramar Air Station.
And while officials and Citizens for
52 celebrated the route's newest
extension in July, focus is now on
the 10 -mile segment yet to be
completed between Tierrasanta
and Santee.
Miller and his group intend to
see the route completed and
serving the area. His short -term
action checklist is sinular to what
has worked thusfat — a
six -month plan designed
to attract mote active participants
0
to the Committee, offering joint
informational presentations with
Caltrans and SANDAG to
interested public groups, gaining
more political backers and
sending personal notes of support
about the project to legislators.
"The bottom line is gaining
more consensus and getting more
community involvement with the
issue," Miller said. ''That's what's
worked before and what will work
now We have to provide a
comprehensive public information
campaign about the route to get it
completed."
Citizens for 52 is ''critical" to
the process. Stirling believes,
because the group educates, as
well as helps create consensus.
''But Route 52 itself isn't a
political problem — it's a solution,
which makes it a good issue to
tackle," he said
If all goes according to Miller's
plan, Stages 2 and 3 of the route
will be completed in summer 1988,
a testimony to what dedication
stickturtiveness and a stubborn
group of private citizens can do to
make California's transportation
systems work. 11
Supporters of Route 52 savor the
victory of their grassroots effort
at the July groundbreaking
ceremonies for a $12.7 million
section of the planned 18 -mile
freeway.
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Monagan
(continued from page 1)
our airports and other elements of
our distribution system — relates
to the Pacific Basin. The current
economy in the Pacific Basin is
$3 trillion, growing at the rate of
$3 billion every week. Eighty
percent of our agricultural
products relate to Pacific Basin
trade. One out of every 10 jobs in
California now relates to trade in
the Pacific Basin. The output of
that vast arena is two- thirds the
gross national product of the U.S.
Twenty years ago, it was only
one -third the GNP Sixty percent
of humanity lives in the Pacific
Basin. By the year 2000, five of
.the 10 largest urban areas.will be
located in the Pacific Basin:
Mexico City, Tokyo, Shanghai,
Beijing and Jakarta. We are the
leading destination of tourists who
pour $3 1 /2 billion into our economy
visiting from the Pacific Basin.
I've talked about the internal
growth of our population, with
millions more people added to our
society, and development in the
Pacific Basin. These factors are
going to tax our ability to respond,
now and in the immediate future
What it all comes down to is:
there are going to be more
people, more cars, more
commerce, more tourists, more
people flowing through our
airports. We must address the
significant problems of developing
an adequate transportation
system. All the products and
people involved in trade, our
economy, and our jobs are going
to be moving on our streets and
highways and freeways. They'll be
moving out of our ports and
airports. And it's not lust cars It's
going to be trucks and trains and
anything that moves.
We really need to develop a
total transportation system. It s
going to require great innovation,
investment and a change of out
lifestyle, perhaps how we move
about in society Transportation is
going to be a key vital Issue as to
how our economy succeeds.
Niccolo Machiavelli, a famous
Italian writer on things politic,
once said, "There's nothing more
difficult to take in hand, more
perilous to continue or more
uncertain in its success, than to
take the lead in the new order of
things.'' We're going to have to do
everything in California differently
We're going to have to have
different priorities and policies in
order to take the lead in the new
order of things. When it comes to
transportation, I am concerned
about leadership in our state.
I think we're going through a
different period of time in our
state government. We're trying
to straighten out our priorities in
Sacramento, they haven't made
transportation a high enough
priority We have to get people
into public office who are willing to
make the hard decisions
necessary to make the
adjustments in our transportation
system. I am persuaded the
current policy is politically wrong.
The public is prepared to respond
very appropriately to a positive
program to finance an adequate
transportation system.
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California freeways need help now, says Ferguson
California must act now to
protect its $130 billion investment
in 170,000 miles of highways,
Assemblyman Gil Ferguson (R-
Newport Beach) told the SCTAC
Board of Trustees at its June 12
luncheon meeting.
Ferguson has proposed a
'Motorists' Bill of Rights,'
designed to provide $1 7 billion
annually for highway construction.
The plan proposes no new taxes
and would require a vote
of the people.
"For too long, we've taken our
mobility for granted," Ferguson
warned. "Traffic in our major
metropolitan areas is steadily and
slowly coming to a halt. Without
new, improved highways, we
face gridlock."
Private studies show in
Southern California alone, the
state needs to immediately go to
work on 400 miles of new
freeways, carrying a $20 billion
price tag.
In addition to new projects,
Ferguson said most California
freeways have surpassed their
20 -year life spans and are in need
of major rehabilitation.
The state has reached the
revenue limits of the Gann
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Initiative, Ferguson claimed. The
Motorists' Bill of Rights would
place monies from gas sales
taxes and motor vehicle sales in a
special highway construction
account. Those monies would not
be available until the state's
income exceeded Gann Initiative
limits.
During the 1990s, gas tax and
motor vehicle sales revenue would
generate $17 billion for highway
construction. The Motorists' Bill of
Rights reserves 25 percent of this
money for local government street
construction projects.
Ferguson said in 1965,
California spent about $1 billion
on state highway construction.
That has dwindled to about $40
million annually "We need this
additional $1 7 billion a year," he
said. "Traffic delays are costing
California's economy an estimated
$12 million every 24 hours. It can
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A sign near Gina Skinner's home warns
motonsts to drive slowly because a deaf child
might be nearby.
Although the sign cost the City of Duarte less than
$100 and no one has complained since it was posted in
July, arguments for and against it divided both the
Traffic and Safety Commission and the City Council
for several months. Some city officials still question
its effectiveness.
But Mitchell and Mary Jo Skinner me convinced
that the sign is needed because of their 26- month -old
daughter's handicap.
Gina, whose deafness may have resulted from her
premature birth, has reached the adventurous age,
her mother said.
Mary Jo Skinner said their yard on Park Rose
'Avenue is enclosed by a five -foot chain -link fence,
and the gate is supposed to be always closed.,
However, she said, the Skinners' 4- year -old son,
Swhua, and foster child, Valerie, sometimes forget
and leave the gate open. Gina, meanwhile, is into
fence climbing.
"The gate has to be shut. That's drilled into their
heads 500 times a day," Skinner said. "We are not
lenient. But children forget, especially those who
come over to play' And lima, she said, Is qulcK and
lively and unaware of the dangers of traffic.
The Skinner home is on a cul -de -sac in a residential
area at Duarte's southern tip, several blocks from any
major street Even so, Skinner said, driver's enter the
cul -de -sac thinking it is a through - street and have to
turn around to leave.
The Duarte T raflc and Safety Commission voted .3
to 2 against the special sign when the Skinners asked
for it this year. Instead, the commission recommended
posting a sign Identifying Park Rose as a dead -end
street.
The Skinners took their plea to the City Council
because they had seen another sign warning motonsts
about a deaf child. That one, in Baldwin Park, was
granted to Cheryl Rodrigo several years ago.
The council approved the sign 3 to 2 after
discussing it several times.
Nasser Abbaszadeh, deputy city engineer, said the
California Vehicle Code states that only signs
approved by the state Department of Transportation
may be posted. While Caltrans does not approve signs
identifying specific handicaps. Abbaszadeh said. a
separate —and seldom noticed— section in the Vehicle
Code permits signs that say "Stow —Deaf Child."
"There's nothing about'blind' or any other
handicap, "Abbaszadeh said.
I rank specialists relieve trial signs should warn'
drivers of existing or potentially hazardous conditions
and should be used primarily to expedite traffic,
Abbaszadeh said. The trend, he added, is to have as
few signs as possible and to avoid those that may
distractdrivers.
Abbaszadeh said surveys show that "older drivers'
tend to disregard signs, while speed signs are ignored
by all but 5% of drivers. even though they could be
ticketed
Several city officials said a special sign would do
little to protect Gina and might even have the
opposite effect by giving theSkmners a false sense of
security
"At the same time, we want to krow,'How come
you can't put a lock on your gate to protect your
child ?' " Abbaszadeh said. "Some (city officials] mid
that instead of trying to adapt the world to this child'
needs, the child should be trained to adapt to the
world."
"They said a lot of things we didn't agree with,"
Skinner said The gate, she said, is unlocked so that
other children can come and go as they wish.
"A lot of people talk to us about the sign, she said.
"Neighbors say they see it and it makes them think.
It's a precautionary measure, and we're still going to
keep the gate closed.
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and should be used primarily to expedite traffic,
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few signs as possible and to avoid those that may
distractdrivers.
Abbaszadeh said surveys show that "older drivers'
tend to disregard signs, while speed signs are ignored
by all but 5% of drivers. even though they could be
ticketed
Several city officials said a special sign would do
little to protect Gina and might even have the
opposite effect by giving theSkmners a false sense of
security
"At the same time, we want to krow,'How come
you can't put a lock on your gate to protect your
child ?' " Abbaszadeh said. "Some (city officials] mid
that instead of trying to adapt the world to this child'
needs, the child should be trained to adapt to the
world."
"They said a lot of things we didn't agree with,"
Skinner said The gate, she said, is unlocked so that
other children can come and go as they wish.
"A lot of people talk to us about the sign, she said.
"Neighbors say they see it and it makes them think.
It's a precautionary measure, and we're still going to
keep the gate closed.
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Building a
Subway — It
Isn't Boring
By TED ROHRLICH,
Times Staff Writer
When a pipe broke recently,
leaving the 500 -room Clark Hotel
in downtown Los Angeles without
water, manager Paolo Vinci blamed
Metro Rail construction crews who
were rerouting pipes nearby
To supply his, guests with water,
Vinci hooked a fat hose to a fire
hydrant.
Then he called "Tony, the guy
you complain to."
For Tony Ferruccio, the resident
'engineer in charge of building
Metro Rail's station at 5th and Hill
streets, the call was a small re-
minder of the biggest challenge in
subway building — coping with the
.urban environment that surrounds
the job.
The corner of 5th and Hill, one of
the busiest in Los Angeles, is next
'jii Pershing Square and the Jewel-
ry District. It is home during the
day to wholesale and retail mer-
chants and, by .night, to marijuana
peddlers , winos and prostitutes:
The Great Awakening'
Five months into construction,
after years of planning, people
along Hill Street are going through
what subway builders call "the
great awakening."
They are realizing the extent to
which digging up Hill Street;; from
sidewalk to sidewalk to make a
block -long . crater for a subway
station, will disrupt their lives.
As merchants squawk about dust
and detours and torn -up pavement,
Ferruccio, 31, is having an awak-
ening, of his own — realizing just
how much, easier it, would be to
build the station if it did not have to
be downtown.
Ferruccio already. knew about
Vinci s problem at the Clark Hotel
because water, from the broken
,Pipe was gushing into Ferruccio's
office in the basement of A building
four doors down. But he toljftci-
I Competing Interests
'there was not much he o
Ferruccio has helped build dams,
aboutit.
tunnels; and hydroelectric power
Ferruccio, whose role as.chief
.plants. But nothing has prepared
on -site representative of the
, him to cope with the hodgepodge of
Southern California Rapid Transit
:competing interests that must be
District makes him sort of the
;addressed to build a subway station
unofficial mayor of Hill Street,
:,downtown.
decided that the pipe had broken of
�. There, nothing is as simple as it
` old age, and that made fixing it
seems.
Vinci's responsibility
Even a fence is not just,a fence.
The stage was set for..a debate
Rather, it is something that can put
that could have taken longer to
a man out of business. And Myung
resolve than the subway will take'
Kyun Kim complains that the con -
to build, but Vinci gave in, deciding
''tractor's fence is doing just that_.
that Ferruccio's good will was
.{ The - wooden. fence, eight feet
more important than money to fix
high, is erected in the middle of the
the pipe.
;::sidewalk that passes in front of
Vinci agreed to unhook "our
.. Kim's fast -food restaurant. '
lifeline " —as he called the hose that
It separates the station perimeter
;ran illegally from the hydrant
. ^from public passageways—reduc-
through a hole.in the sidewalk and
-mg the public's exposure to dust —
..down to the, broken pipe in the
:'but it is so tall that it hides Kim's
,Clark's basement —and call a
"restaurant from passing cars.
Plumber.
Kim said his business has de-
' "We just went ahead and paid for I
clined 50% since the fence went up.
it ourselves rather than go into a I
"Even the deliverymen think
y our
lengthy debate," the hotel manager
store is closed," he complained.
recalled.
Worst of all, he said, burglars i
He said he is saving, whatever
' bargaining chips he might have
with Ferruccio for something more
importan . keeping the hotel acces-
sible to guests while the station is
betng built.
•.- Vinci's biggest problem is that
the Clark has only one entrance -
- .on Hill Street. He knows that Hill
Street will have to be closed for I
-
-brief periods to build the station.
:But he hopes nonetheless. that
. Ferruccio will find some way to
avoid it.
- "As, long a -they. keep our en-
trance open, we'll be happy;' Vinci
said.
_ Femecio said he does not know
how he can always keep Hill Street .
open.
But he and a small army of RTD
:construction managers will try to
minimize disruption to the Clark
and biher on the block
- by juggling community . interestsi
.with contractor tieeds.
While the shell of what is ex-
.. petted to be. Metro Rail's busiest',
station is constructed during the
:next three years, Ferrticcio and his
colleagues will keep a lid or the
street as much w possible so that
most construction can go on under-
' neall it, Out of sight, while can roll
.by on top. '
The hitch is that it takes nearly a
I
year just to get the lid =or tempo-
rary decking.—in place, and Hi111
Street will have to be aporad�cally
closed to traffic next spring while
the decking is installed.
Both before and after the instal=
lotion, Ferruccio and his colleagues I
-will have to balance the contrac-
tor's desire to close as many lanes
on Hill Street as possible with the
public's desire to pass by. .
They will also have to factor in
the Fire Department's need for
.constant access, the :Veteraps Ad.- �
- ministration clinic's need for }
- -
parking for its ambulances, the '.
parking lots' need for accessible `LOS
driveways, and the,stores' need for
ANGELES TIMES.
curbside deliveries I MDNDAY �FPTFMRFP 14 19R7
THE SUBWAY BU ILDERS
Oneman Occdsional5eriea
have come to believe that it.ig open
exclusively for them. Since the
fence went up, Kim said, his busi-
ness, Kal's Burgers, has been
struck four times. His theory is that
the fence makes burglars feel safe.
Ferruccio would like to placate
Kim and other people on Hill-Street
by rreplacing the wooden fence with
.ac hain -link model.
But Dean Hansen, the general
superintendent for the contractor,
the Guy F Atkinson Construction
Co., feels strongly that for the
safety of his workers he wants to
keep the fence wood.
Hansen said he is afraid that
winos —Skid Row is only a few
blocks away —will be tempted to
heave their empty bottles at con-
struction workers in the pit if they
can see the workers through the
fence.
Downtown street crime is a seri-
ous complication for the subway
builders.
One construction worker' from
out of town arrived early 'At the
contractor's trailer expecting to
find pre -dawn quiet but saw in-
stead a pimp beating up a prostitute
with a baseball bat. A neighbor-
hood loon walked up to another
worker and kicked him :for no
apparent reason. Hansen for
got involved in breaking up a fight.
Some of the "hands " —as engi -.
neers call the construction work-
ers —are spooked by the prospects
of working downtown. They are
talking privately about breaking
work rules to carry guns.
Ferruccio and his colleagues at
RTD have proposed a compro-
mise—a half wood, half chain -link
fence. But so far the contractor has
balked — quoting prices for the
change that the RTD considers
outrageously high.
Ferruccio and the contractor
frequently butt heads over prices.
Ferruccio's primary job is to-
make sure that the contractor
builds the station safely, on time
according to RTD's specifications
and for no more money than the
$39 million the contractor said it
would cost when he submitted his
low bid.
But the contractor is forever
going to Ferruccio in search of
approval to do things differently.
"I'm always being tested. either
directly or indirectly on how far
I'm willing to go," Ferruccio said.
"The contractor is always
trying to extend the interpretation
of the contract to his benefit as far
as he can."
Often the contractor claims that
he needs to do things differently
because conditions are not what
they were represented to be when
he bid for the work.
"Anytime something costs [a
contractor] more than he thought it
would, it's only human nature for
him 'to -assume that it was a
.changed condition;' remarked
John Fondahl, head. of. Stanford
University's construction engi-
neering and management program.
"Otfieiwise he would have recog-
nized it when he bid the job."
Lawyers are frequently brought
in to justify changes, Fondahl said
and sometimes relations between a
resident engineer and contractor
deteriorate to the point where both
sides keep lawyers on site.
'You Never Give In'
It is a tough business; "You never
give in on anything," said Hansen'
the superintendent for the contrac-
tor. "You can't afford to. They'll-
break you."
Because nearly every major con-
struction project leads to claims
and litigation, both sides try to
protect themselves. with paper
work.
Ferruccio is buried in it. He gets
several letters from the contractor
each day His fordfal weekly meet-
ing's with the contractor are the
subject of detailed minutes, and he
.and his staff of inspectors keep
diaries with numbered pages to
avoid any suspicion that they
changed facts lat to suit them-
selves.
They also keep photo albums of
the contractor's work in progress.
Ferruccio's experience until-now
has been on the contractor's side.
He is an employee of Dillingham
Construction Corp., which entered
into a joint venture with the Ralph
M. Parsons Co. and DeLeuw, Cath-
er & Co. to act as construction
management consultants for the
RTD in the building of Metro Rail.'
The modest 4.4 -mile subway,
which the RTD hopes will be the
first leg of an 18 -mile run from
downtown to the San Fernando
Valley, will go from Union Station
through the Civic .Center and fi-
nancial district to MacArthur Park.
It is scheduled to open in 1992.
By far the youngest of the six
resident engineers assigned to
Metro Rail projects, Ferruccio has
an idealist's view. As the man in
the middle between owner and
contractor; he said he wants to
"promote understanding."
But he keeps his goal in perspec-
tive: A Superman sticker is pressed
to the nameplate on his desk.
One.thing both sides understand
well is the technology of subway
building.
Subway stations are built in a
method called cut and cover, in
which the hole is excavated and
then co vered with a lid, or tempo -
rary decking.
Cars ride on the lid while exca-
vation proceeds underneath.
The station's shell will be
of reinforced concrete poured into
hole about .80 feet deep, 60 feet
wide — extending from sidewalk to
sidewalk —and '835 feet long, ex-
tending from the intersection with
4th Street to the intersection with
5th.
Digging a hole of 'that size re-
quires a substantial support system
to keep the buildings on either side
of Hill Street froiu falling into it, '
The most important elements of
the support system are soldier
piles— pieces of steel 2 feet by 1
foot by 80 feet —that are installed
vertically every six to eight feet
around the edge of the station.
Such beams are ordinarily put
into place with .pile drivers, but
that would make too much noise
Hill Street, where Clark HotW
guests may be trying.to sleep.
So . workers will use augers, three
feet in diameter, to bore holes for
the piles.
Cranes will then lift the piles into.
the holes, which will be filled in
with cement slurry
The, soldier piles will pass
through sidewalks on either side of
Hill Street.
But undernea those sidewalks
SUBTLY: Competing'
Interests Complicate
Supervisors' Duties
'Continued from Page 3
now are building basements that
extend past the buildings' property
lines.
Workers are shortening the
.basements, using saws with dia-
mond- studded carbide bits to cut
through the sidewalk and existing
concrete walls.
They are then putting up new
retaining walls that will be opt of
the way of the piles and relocating
water, power and telephone later-
als that serve each of the buildings
behind the new walls.
They are also relocating utility
lines in the street.
Because there is no frost in Los
Angeles, utility companies here
'have traditionally laid some of their
, lines shallowly— within four feet of
the surface:
But the beams that will extend
`^ nl soldier . pile to soldier pile
across the street and support the
temporary decking on which cars
will ride are three feet thick. The
decking itself adds another foot,
Thus; the beams and decking.
would crush most of the lines if
they were not moved.
Many of the utility lines are old,
however, built ih the 1920s .and
would fall apart if they were
moved.
So the first thing the contractor
has to do is build new utility lines
deeper than the decking will be.
Eventually he will suspend these
new gas, telephone, water, sewer,
storm drain and electric lines, from
the decking.
Installing the decking is the most
disruptive part of the whole job.
With Hill Street closed, probably at
night, the contractor will dig a
trench 60 feet across it and put
down one of the largest steel beams
made anywhere. The contractor
will then cover the beam and
reopen the street to traffic in the
morning.
He will repeat the process night-
ly until he.has spaced.a series of
beams all the way down the street.
Atop the beams he will lay the
timber mats.
Once the whole street is decked
with these mats, he will lift one or
more of them out with a crane and
put a backhoe into the hole to dig it
deeper while cars and trucks rum-
ble by on the rest of the mats.
For years, designers .employed
by the RTa have Worked to predict
what the contractor is likely to
encounter when he excavates.
While some Metro Rail test bor-
ings have led to the discovery of
"historic it such as bottles,
pieces of metal and ceramics, ac-
cording to RTD reports, the only
thing of.archeological significance
;expected at 5th and Hill is a brick
water duct —a portion of La 7ania
Madre, Los Angeles' first water
system.
It is expected.lo be buried under
Hill Street just south of the Clark
Hotel, where in the last century it
carried water from the Los Angeles
River to the outskirts of the pueblo.
If it is found, the contractor is
required to stop work while the
.project archeologist examines and
removes it if he wishes.
Always Surprises
But there are always surprises in
underground work, and no con-
tractor in his right mind would sign
an agreement that did not provide
for additional compensation in the
event he ran into one.
A map of all of the known
underground power, telephone,
telegraph, water and gas lines,
storm drains, sewers, and traffic
light, police and fire connection
looks like .a picture of a plate of
spaghetti.
Even in Los Angeles, where such
maps are said to be good, the
contractor has run into utility lines
that were not supposed to be there.
While drilling a test hole for a
soldier pile, he also ran into a
mysterious steel plate about 20 feet
underground.
A larger hole was dug to get a
look at the plate, and both Atkinson
and Ferruccio had people on the
scene to lake pictures.
Hansen thought it might turn out
to be a remnant of an old Red Car
turnaround.
It was just a few feet away from
the Subway Terminal Building,
from which Red Cars once depart-
ed via tunnels to Glendale Boule-
vard where they hit ground level
and continued north.
But that idea was quickly shot
down when someone noticed crude
oil seeping from the hole:
Hansen then thought the steel
plate might be the capping of an old
oil well.
That theory had some credibility
because the old Los Angeles (Sty
Oil Field, discovered when oil
seeped to the surface in the 1880s,
had been located not far away
That now- abandoned field pro-
duced more than a million barrels
of oil a y ear, ,and no record of the
precise location of many of its wells
exists.
Fire officials, however, discount-
ed the oil well theory; much to the
relief of panicky RTD officials who
feared that the.endre' project might
be shut .down because of public
outcry about a dangerous well
downtown.
But fire officials said the seeping
oil was no big deal in fact, it is
commonplace.
No one knows yet what the steel
plate is, even though a month has
passed, nor does anyone seem in a
hurry to find out.
Both sides have been preoccu-
pied with staking out negotiating
positions on the crucial question of
who will pay to dig it up.
Some. surprises, though, cannot
be negotiated.
We i about a month ago the
contractor was laying a new high -
voltage power line that will snake
from 4th Street down Hill to 5th
when the urban environment in-
truded at its most capricious.
The Bile-is a high - priority item.
Atkinson faces a 85,000 -a -day pen-
alty if it is late getting the line to
another subway contractor who
needs, it to power the machine he
will use to bore twin tunnels from
5th and Hill streets to the next
station at 7th and Flower streets.
Atkinson crews barricaded 4th
Street, which is one -way east-
bound, to eastbound traffic.
But no one thought to barricade
the street to traffic going the
wrong way
A woman, strung out on cocaine,
drove her car into the work site at
high speed.
She barreled into a backhoe and
seriously injured two workers.
Unhurt herself, she handed her
infant to a stunned worker and ran
into a nearby parking structure.
There authorities found her a
short time later, nude and mutter-
ing about God.
"We were really lucky no one
was killed," Ferruccio reflected.
But he noted, "It is getting kind
of spooky around here."
METRO RAIL COMES
TO HILL STREET
- Stages of construction
Of the Metro Rail
Station being built on
Hill Street between 4th
'and Sth streets.
Wo
lay new u
hoes an c,an d cranes drill
sololdeier piles — 80-forit-deelp
key elm
soldier piles key lm
Ar w
�v $ ' 9
A pottion '" B
of the finished
station and restored
environment. The
construction will allow for more
entrances from any buildings that may.
- t -^4' so, this station Is projected to be the l' G ri
Tony Ferruecio, construction busiest in the system. Restoration " y '.•-/.' _
supervisor, In a utility trench work includes replacing or rebuilding
on Hill Stiaat. utility bnes. to Anaela mm�
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Building Metrorail requires that an
gineers de a Plan to work their
way through layers and' layers of
utility, water and sewer lines: A
blueprint, left, shows a spaghetti -
,r?
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I maze of utility lines; at right,
cables that were ripped out. The
construction at 5th and Hill streets-
has caused traffic congestion, be
low left. And while much of the
work is being done at night, below,
:it has angered merchants,
-
including myung'kyuh'kIffi'-bf Kars
Burgers, below right.
RICK MEYER Los Angeles Times
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♦
RUN 08/10/87 REPORT 1.
MOTOR
VEHICLE
INVOLVED WITH
FOR COLLISIONS
AND VICTIMS
BY SEVERITY
NCIC
CA1943
PAGE 2
CUMULATIVE 01/01/87
THRU 06/30/87
�
i
xxxxxxxxxx
*xx *xx�[* COLLISIONS
VICTIMS *xxxx
* * *
*x *x * *x
IOTOR VEHICLE INVOLVED WITH
TOTAL
*x* FATAL *xx ** INJURY xx*
* *xx POO
* **
TOTAL KILLED
INJURY
SEVERE
OTHER
COMPLNT�
COUNT
COUNT
PCT COUNT
PCT
COUNT
PCT
INJURY
VISINJ
OF PAIN. ♦
NON- COLLISION
3
2
1.04
1
.27
3
3
3
PEDESTRIAN
27
2
25
13.08
33 2
31
8
13
10
p
OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE
371
109
57.06
262
71.19
197
197
15
77
105
MOTOR VEHICLE ON OTHER ROADWAY
4
3
1.57
1
.27
5
5
1
4
♦
PARKED MOTOR VEHICLE
92
19
9.94
73
19.83
30
30
3
17
10
TRAIN
•
BICYCLE
17
14
7.32
3
.81
15
15
1
8
6 •
ANIMAL
•
FIXED OBJECT
42
18
9.42
24
6.52
28
28
2
20
6
OTHER OBJECT
5
1
.52
4
1.08
1
1
1
NOT STATED
TOTAL
561
2
191
368
312 2
310
29
140
141
•
•
•
♦
•
•
y >d.
•i
u
ft
JN 08/10/87
REPORT
2 COLLISIONS
BY
DAY OF
WEEK AND HOUR OF
DAY
NCIC CA1943 PAGE
1
QUARTERLY
04/01/87
THRU 06/30/87
-
TIME PERIOD
TOTAL
WEEKDAY
WEEKEND
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
0000 -0059
6
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
0100 -0159
11
5
6
2
3
3
3
0200 -0259
8
4
4
1
2
1
2
2
L
0300 -0359
4
1
3
1
1
2
0400 -0459
4
2
2
1
1
2
0500 -0559
5
2
3
1
1
1
2
0600 -0659
6
5
1
1
1
1
2
1
E
0700 -0759
7
6
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
•
0800 -0859
10
8
2
1
2
2
3
1
1
0900 -0959
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1000 -1059
9
7
2
2
1
1
3
2
1100 -1159
8
7
1
1
1
1
4
1
1200 -1259
9
4
5
1
3
4
1
_
1300 -1359
10
7
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
14_. -1459
16
11
5
3
3
2
1
2
4
1
1500 -1559
26
18
8
4
5
3
6
3
5
1600 -1659
36
26
10
1
6
5
7
7
1
9
1700 -1759
31
22
9
1
6
2
8
5
4
5
1800 -1859
29
23
6
3
7
4
6
3
3
3
3
1900 -1959
24
15
9
5
4
1
1
4
6
2000 -2059
22
14
8
4
3
3
2
2
3
5
2100 -2159
14
9
5
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2200 -2259
10
3
7
1
1
1
4
3
2300 -2359
13
9
4
1
1
2
5
3
1
UNKNOWN
1
1
1
TOTAL
323
214
109
37
45
31
41
60
54
55
u
ft
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REPORT
2. COLLISIONS BY
DAY OF WEEK AND HOUR
OF DAY
NCIC CA1943 PAGE
2
CUMULATIVE
01/01/87
THRU 06/30/87
'
TIME PERIOD
TOTAL
WEEKDAY
WEEKEND MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
0000 -0059
13
8
5 3
1
2
1
1
1
4
0100 -0159
15
8
7 2
4
2
4
3
0200 -0259
13
5
8
1
1
2
1
6
2
r
0300 -0359
8
3
5
2
1
3
2
0400 -0459
4
2
2 1
1
2
0500 -0559
6
3
3 1
1
1
1
2
0600 -0659
14
12
2 2
3
4
1
2
2
�•
0700 -0759
16
15
1 3
2
3
3
4
1
0800 -0859
20
18
2 2
3
5
3
5
1
1
f
0900 -0959
11
8
3 1
1
3
3
1
2
1000 -1059
16
10
6 2
1
2
5
6
1100 -1159
19
16
3 2
2
7
5
1
2
1200 -1259
19
7
12 3
1
3
8
4
r
1300 -1359
17
10
7 3
2
1
4
3
4
1400 -1459
36
26
10 8
6
4
2
6
6
4
S
1500 -1559
38
27
11 5
9
1
3
9
5
6
1600 -1659
57
41
16 6
9
7
9
10
4
12
1700 -1759
56
43
13 8
7
5
15
8
7
6
1800 -1859
46
37
9 5
9
6
10
7
4
5
•
1900 -1959
39
24
15 7
5
2
1
9
10
5
2000 -2059
32
22
10 5
4
6
4
3
4
6
R
2100 -2159
23
14
9 2
2
3
3
4
4
5
2200 -2259
19
6
13
1
1
2
2
8
5
•
2300 -2359
21
15
6 1
2
2
10
5
1
UNKNOWN
3
1
2
1
1
1
4b
TOTAL
561
381
180 72
69
61
74
105
95
85
0
)N 08/10/87 REPORT 3
PRIMARY
COLLISION FACTORS
FOR COLLISIONS
AND VICTIMS
BY SEVERITY
NCIC
CA1943
PAGE 1
QUARTERLY 04/01/87
THRU 06/30/87
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
COLLISIONS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx VICTIMS xxxxxxxxx
*xxxxxx
'IMARY COLLISION FACTOR
TOTAL xxx
FATAL xxx xx INJURY
xxx
xxxx PDO xxxx
TOTAL KILLED
INJURY
SEVERE
OTHER
COMPLNT
COUNT
COUNT PCT COUNT
PCT
COUNT
PCT
INJURY
VISINJ
OF PAIN
)RIVING INFLUENCE ALCOHOL /DRUG
44
1 19
16.37
24
11.65
44 1
43
1
30
12
'MPEDING TRAFFIC
iNSAFE SPEED
41
14
12.06
27
13.10
20
20
2
7
11
OLLOWING TOO CLOSELY
15
5
4.31
10
4 85
6
6
3
3
;RONG SIDE OF ROAD
7
2
1 72
5
2.42
2
2
1
1
MPROPER PASSING
6
1
.86
5
2 42
1
1
1
'NSAFE LANE CHANGE
21
3
2 58
18
8.73
5
5
1
4
,
MPROPER TURNING
31
6
5.17
25
12 13
9
9
4
5
UTOMOBILE RIGHT- OF-WAY
63
28
24.13
35
16 99
46
46
6
21
19
EDESTRIAN RIGHT -OF -WAY
3
2
1 72
1
.48
2
2
1
1
(-
EDESTRIAN VIOLATION
12
12
10 34
13
13
4
5
4
TOP SIGNS AND SIGNALS
32
11
9.48
21
10.19
19
19
4
8
7
AZARDOUS PARKING
IGHTS
'
RAKES
1
1
.86
2
2
2
THER EQUIPMENT
THER HAZARDOUS VIOLATION
6
3
2.58
3
1.45
3
3
2
1
THER THAN DRIVER
7
2
1.72
5
2 42
4
4
4
NSAFE STARTING OR BACKING
21
3
2.58
18
8.73
3
3
2
1
•
THER IMPROPER DRIVING
3
1
.86
2
.97
1
1
1
EDESTRIAN INFL ALCOHOL /DRUG
NKNOWN
10
3
2 58
7
3 39
5
5
2
3
TOTAL
323
1 116
206
185 1
184
17
92
75
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COLLISION FACTORS FOR COLLISIONS
AND VICTIMS
BY SEVERITY
NCIC CA1943
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2
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3. PRIMARY COLLISION FACTORS
FOR COLLISIONS
AND VICTIMS
BY SEVERITY
NCIC
CA1943
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CUMULATIVE 01/01/87
THRU 06/30/87
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* *x * *xx * * * * * * * *xxx COLLISIONS x * * *xxxx * *xx * *xx **
xxxx * * *x * * *xxx VICTIMS
xxxxx
*x * *x
* *x *x*
.MARY COLLISION FACTOR
TOTAL
xxx FATAL xx* xx INJURY xxx
* *xx POO *xxx
TOTAL KILLED
INJURY
SEVERE
OTHER
COMPLNT
COUNT
COUNT PCT COUNT
PCT
COUNT
PCT
INJURY
VISINJ
OF PAIN
!-
'IVING INFLUENCE ALCOHOL /DRUG
71
2 30
15.70
39
10.59
70 2
68
7
42
19
IPEDING TRAFFIC
4i
ISAFE SPEED
70
23
12.04
47
12.77
37
37
3
11
23
ILLOWING TOO CLOSELY
33
6
3.14
27
7.33
7
7
3
4
!
!ONG SIDE OF ROAD
16
4
2.09
12
3 26
5
5
2
3
,
1PROPER PASSING
8
1
.52
7
1 90
1
1
1
;SAFE LANE CHANGE
42
10
5 23
32
8.69
15
15
4
11
.
!PROPER TURNING
53
11
5.75
42
11.41
16
16
1
8
7
!
;TOMOBILE RIGHT -OF -WAY
108
41
21.46
67
18.20
69
69
9
31
29
:DESTRIAN RIGHT -OF -WAY
5
4
2.09
1
.27
4
4
1
3
.DESTRIAN VIOLATION
16
16
8.37
18
18
4
7
7
OP SIGNS AND SIGNALS
62
24
12.56
38
10.32
42
42
5
14
23
,ZARDOUS PARKING
GHTS
AKES
1
1
52
2
2
2
HER EQUIPMENT
♦
,
HER HAZARDOUS VIOLATION
10
4
2.09
6
1.63
4
4
3
1
HER THAN DRIVER
12
4
2.09
8
2.17
7
7
7
;SAFE STARTING OR BACKING
32
4
2.09
28
7.60
5
5
2
3
•
HER IMPROPER DRIVING
3
1
.52
2
54
1
1
1
!
'DESTRIAN INFL ALCOHOL /DRUG
,KNOWN
19
7
3.66
12
3.26
9
9
4
5
!
TOTAL
561
2 191
368
312 2
310
29
140
141
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QUARTERLY 04/01/87 THRU 06/30/87 r
"IME PERIOD x** M 0 T 0 R C Y C L E *xx x *xxxxx M 0 P E D ** **xxx xxxxx B I C Y C L E *** *x *x* P E D E S T R I A N xxx
*x COLLISIONS *x VICTIMS xx COLLISIONS ** VICTIMS *x COLLISIONS x* VICTIMS xx COLLISIONS *x VICTIMS
FAT INJ POO KLD INJ FAT INJ POO KLD INJ FAT INJ POO KLD INJ FAT INJ POO KLD INJ
0000 -0059 1 1
0100 -0159
0200 -0259 1 1
0300 -0359 w
0400 -0459
0500 -0559 •
0600 -0659 1 1 •
0700 -0759 1 1 •
0800 -0859
0900 - 0959
1000 -1059 1 2
1100 -1159
1200 -1259 1 1 1 1
1300 -1359 1 2
1400 -1459 1 1 1 1
1500 -1559 2 3 1 2
1600 -1659 2 2 2 2 2 2
1700 -1759 2 2 2 2 3 3 •
1800 -1859 1 1 1 2 1 2 •
1900 -1959 1 1 1 1 •
2000 -2059 1 2 1 1
2100 -2159 1 2 3 3 •
2200 -2259 1 1
2300 -2359 1 1 •
UNKNOWN
TOTAL 12 1 16 10 2 11 1 17 1 18
•
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CUMULATIVE 01/01/87 THRU 06/30/87 •
MME PERIOD * *x M O T O R C Y C L E *xx xxxxxx* M 0 P E D xxxxxxx xxxxx B I C Y C L E ** xxx P E D E S T R I A N xxx
xx COLLISIONS xx VICTIMS xx COLLISIONS xx VICTIMS xx COLLISIONS *x VICTIMS xx COLLISIONS x* VICTIMS '
FAT INJ PDO KLD INJ FAT INJ POO KLD INJ FAT INJ POO KLD INJ FAT INJ POO KLD INJ i
7000 -0059 1 1
7100 -0159
•
]200 -0259 1 1
7300-0359
•
1400 -0459
7500 -0559 i
7600 -0659 1 1 1 1
1700 -0759 1 1 •
1800 -0859 1 1 1 1 1 1
1900 -0959 1 •
1000 -1059 1 2
1 100 -1159 1 1 1 1 1 i
200 -1259 1 1 2 2
300 -1359 1 2 •
400 -1459 2 2 1 1 3 3
'500 -1559 2 3 1 2 !
600 -1659 2 2 2 2 3 3
700 -1759 1 2 3 3 5 5
800 -1859 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 2
900 -1959 1 1 1 1 1 1 •
'000 -2059 1 2 1 1
100 -2159 1 2 3 3 i
'200 -2259 2 2 1
'300 -2359 1 1 i
iNKNO!dN
TOTAL 15 2 20 15 3 16 2 25 2 28
08/10/87 REPORT 5. ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT BY AGE OF INVOLVED PARTIES
QUARTERLY 04/01/87 THRU 06/30/87
INVOLVED PARTY
xxxx *xxxxxxxxxxx A G
E O
F I N
V O L
V E
D P A
R T Y
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TYPE AND
NCIC
0-
15-
20-
25-
30-
35-
40-
45-
55-
OVER
NOT
IMPAIRMENT
TOTAL
14
19
24
29
34
39
44
54
64
64
STATED
'IVER
18
22
4
9
4
3
IAD NOT BEEN DRINKING
398
3
52
87
66
51
37
25
34
22
19
2
IBD - UNDER INFLUENCE
41
4
9
8
5
8
4
1
1
1
IBD - NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
13
12
1
6
3
3
IBD - IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
7
1
1
1
3
J
4
1 4DER DRUG INFLUENCE
5
1
2
9
2
* MPAIRMENT - PHYSICAL
1
10
2
MPAIRMENT NOT KNOWN
66
•
2
2
1
1
60
LEEPY /FATIGUED
2
1
•
1
'OT STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
12
1
2
2
1
6
TOTAL DRIVERS
542
4
62
108
81
58
50
29
35
23
19
73
DESTRIAN
AD NOT BEEN DRINKING
13
6
2
1
2
2
BD - UNDER INFLUENCE
BD - NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
3
1
1
1
BD - IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
NDER DRUG INFLUENCE
i1PAIRMENT - PHYSICAL
NPAIP.MENT NOT KNOWN
1
1
LEEPY /FATIGUED
OT STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
3
3
TOTAL PEDESTRIANS
20
9
2
2
3
1
1
2
CYCLIST
AD NOT BEEN DRINKING
11
7
1
1
2
BD - UNDER INFLUENCE
BD - NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
BD - IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
NDER DRUG INFLUENCE
"iPAIRMENT - PHYSICAL
'iPAIRMENT NOT KNOWN
LEEPY /FATIGUED
7T STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
1
1
(OTAL BICYCLISTS
12
7
1
1
2
1
is - P, NOT PARKED VEHICLE
,D NOT BEEN DRINKING
ID - UNDER INFLUENCE
SD - NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
1D - IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
;DER DRUG INFLUENCE
iPAIRMENT - PHYSICAL
iPAIRMENT NOT KNOWN
EEPY /FATIGUED
lT STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
TOTAL OTHER NOT PARKED
•
NCIC
CA1943
PAGE 1
-
PARTIES
IN COLLISIONS
FATAL
INJURY
POO
138
260
1
18
22
4
9
4
3
2
3
19
47
1
1
1
6
192
6
349
•
.
•_
1
12
3
L
1
3
J
1
19
9
2
1
10
2
•
•
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08/10/87
REPORT 5.
ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT
BY AGE OF
INVOLVED
PARTIES
NCIC
CA1943
PAGE 2
_
CUMULATIVE 01/01/87
THRU
06/30/87
!
'NVOLVED PARTY
xxxuxxxxxxxx
A
G E O
F I N
V O
L V E
D P A
R T Y
* *xxx
*xxxxxxxx
PARTIES
IN COLLISIONS
TYPE AND
0-
15-
20-
25-
30-
35-
40-
45-
55-
OVER
NOT
IMPAIRMENT
TOTAL
14
19
24
29
34
39
44
54
64
64
STATED
FATAL
114JURY
POO
!
E
VER
.D NOT BEEN DRINKING
715
6
99
144
123
91
76
45
58
40
28
5
233
482
!
-D - UNDER INFLUENCE
62
5
18
10
9
11
5
2
1
1
2
28
32
D- NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
30
2
10
7
2
3
3
1
2
11
19
D- IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
15
1
3
1
1
9
DER DRUG INFLUENCE
6
2
2
2�
2
4!
'FAIRMENT - PHYSICAL
1
1
1
=' ='
PAIRMENT NOT KNOWN
105
4
2
1
3
1
1
1
92
29
76
r
EEPY /FATIGUED
3
1
1
1
T STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
21
3
4
2
3
1
1
7
8 13
!
OTAL DRIVERS
955
7
116
183
144
108
95
55
62
41
30
114
' 2
318
635
ESTRIAN
D NOT BEEN DRINKING
20
10
2
3
3
2
1
19
D - UNDER INFLUENCE
D- NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
3
1
1
1
3
D - IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
DER DRUG INFLUENCE
?AIRMENT - PHYSICAL
?AIRMENT NOT KNOWN
1
1
1
EEPY /FATIGUED
4b
i STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
7
5
2
2
5
L�
OTAL PEDESTRIANS
31
15
4
4
4
1
1
2
3
28
fCLIST
D NOT BEEN DRINKING
15
9
1
2
2
1
12
3
-
O - UNDER INFLUENCE
1
1
D - NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
1
9 - IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
)ER DRUG INFLUENCE
'AIRMENT - PHYSICAL
'AIRMENT NOT KNOWN
�
?EPY /FATIGUED
STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
1
ITAL BICYCLISTS
18
9
1
2
2
2
1
1
15
3
-R NOT PARKED VEHICLE
I NOT BEEN DRINKING
l - UNDER INFLUENCE
4b
l - NOT UNDER INFLUENCE
- IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN
)ER DRUG INFLUENCE
.a
'AIRMENT - PHYSICAL
!
'C
'AIRMENT NOT KNOWN
"
"EPY /FATIGUED
STATED /NOT APPLICABLE
T.AL OTHER NOT PARKED
1
1
1
!
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