Commuters Shift From Cars To Mass Transit In California
Statewide transit gains are reported as bus and rail systems in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Sacramento expand service and cut fares. RTD notes a 19 percent rise in riders over three months, with busways speeding commutes. AC Transit and BART also report stronger patronage, driven by price cuts and ecology concerns.
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Sacramento
Tong
Nals
Bridge
Guardino
Gargage
Southern California
Pat Barry
Southern
Jake
San Bernardino
EL Monte
Los Angeles
RTD
Barry
San Diego
San Diego Transit Corp
Warren Moores
California
AC Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
RANT
Sacramento Regional Transit District
Charles Thomas
BART transport system grows ahead of Transbay tube opening
Woody's World notes BART carries 70,000 daily riders and aims to reach that level by the Transbay tube opening to San Francisco, perhaps this fall. Spokesman Michael Healy says growth will continue as people resist giving up cars but expects a shift toward rapid transit in coming years.
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Michael M. Curry
AC Transit
San Francisco Bay Bridge
Curry
BART
Whicil
San Francisco
Mich
Ael Healy
Women pass grueling CHP tests in pursuit of first patrolwomen
About 176 women completed a demanding set of tests at the California Highway Patrol Academy to qualify as California's first female highway patrol officers. Some withdrew from exhaustion. 29 failed. Survivors face 16 weeks of Army-like training after October, with more interviews and targeted tests for women. Karen Greenfield, 27, praised proving herself to her partners and family.
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Sacramento
UPI
California Highway Patrol Academy
Aeuip
University of California
Karen Greenfield
Dying star FG Sagittae watched by Lick astronomers
San Jose AP reports astronomers at Lick Observatory study FG Sagittae, a dying star about 8 000 light years away in Sagittarius. The star has expanded 500-fold and cooled from 30 000 degrees in 1950 to 6 000 today, a transition seen over two decades.
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San Jose AP
Lick Observatory
Sagittarius
Robert FP. Kraft
University of California At Santa, Cruz
Kraft
Engine fire forces emergency landing at L A Airport
A Trans World Airlines 741 jet made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International after an engine fire minutes after takeoff bound for Boston. Ground crews contained the blaze, with 30 to 40 people suffering friction burns. two later Lidl jetliners also landed with mechanical indications but were cleared to resume flights. Burglars stole stereo gear from Robert A. Bowers’s Long Beach apartment via a skylight.
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Trans World Airlines
Los Angeles International
TWA
Boston
Mass
Lidli
Los Angeles International Airport
Robert A. Bowers
Fourth St
Long Beach
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Steve Lawrence
State Department of Transportion
Thomas
Woody’s
L.A
Los Angeles City
MP Aaveritement
James N. Burtons
Daviess County
Long Beach Public Transportation CO
Gardenia Avenue
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