The Orange Line; Orange County Journalist “Roundtable”; The Last Push For The Special Election
The Orange Line
The San Fernando Valley busway, an exclusive, bus-only lane that runs from North Hollywood to Warner Center, was built by paving over an abandoned rail line. It was billed as light rail without the costs and complexities, but the newly opened line has already been involved in three traffic accidents, including two yesterday which resulted in injuries. Some blame reckless motorists—yesterday’s accidents were caused by motorists running red lights—but that doesn’t matter much to injured bus riders. Bus advocates are calling for railroad-like crossing gates to come down whenever the buses pass an intersection, although there are questions as to whether this is technically feasible. For now, MTA has ordered buses down to 10 miles per hour at every intersection, which is sure to take the rapid out of this mode of “rapid” transit. Larry discusses these issues with Roger Snoble, Chief Executive Officer of the MTA.
Orange County Journalist “Roundtable”
Larry Mantle talks with Los Angeles Times staff writer Jean Pasco, Orange County Register op-ed column editor Steven Greenhut, and OC Weekly senior editorial writer and columnist, Gustavo Arellano about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
The Last Push For The Special Election
Larry Mantle talks about current campaign strategies and public sentiment heading into the November 8th special election with Rachael Myrow, KPCC Reporter, Robert Salladay, LA Times staff writer, and Sherry Bebitch-Jeffe, political analyst for KNBC news and senior scholar at the school of policy, planning and development at USC.