HANG A LEFT — An Olympic bus maneuvers its way along one of twospecially designed bus terminals located at each end of the Los AngelesMemorial Coliseum. Terminals were added with the cooperation of the LosAngeles Olympic Organizing Committee and Los Angeles police and trafficofficials who provided the necessary street access to make them work. Ter-minals allowed RTD to carry as many as 40 percent of spectators whoattended events at Exposition Park.

FOND FAREWELL — Assistant General Manager of Operations Sam Black, center,holds a commemorative plaque presented to him by the District for 13 years ofservice. Black retires this month. Looking on are two associates who worked longhours with Black in developing and enhancing the District's bus program: EdwardNash, director of transportation, left, and Rich Davis, director of maintenance, right.For a story on Black's retirement, see page 6.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

• Thank you from Dyer 2• Olympic Pins 3• Olympic Picture Page 4&5• Sam Black Retires 6

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Volume 12 Number 3 September 1984

RTD BUS SERVICE A WINNER

OLYMPIC GOLDOlympic Service GivesEmployees Rare ChanceTo Take to the Streets

lt was hot and often humid. Youstood so long your feet hurt at the endof the day and often the pain beganmidday. Heels eroded at a faster clip.Days off were spent sleeping longerthan usual. And, maybe most hurtingof all, tickets to Olympic sportingevents, sometimes obtained at pre-mium prices, somehow had to go un-used.

What was the occasion that promp-ted the sacrifice? While millions ofspectators witnessed world classathletes in competition, hundreds ofRTD employees were making sure thatmore than a million spectators got totheir venues and back — by RTD bus.

Nearly 300 District employees tookto the streets serving as passengerassistants, fare exchangers, andvenue captains during 16 days of theGarnes. Throughout much of theSouthland, the familiar RTD logo couldbe seen an armbands, caps andbadges at bus boarding sites whereDistrict personnel directed buses andpassengers to Olympic venues.

Memorable OccasionThe effects of the experience will not

be quickly forgotten by those whoserved as passenger assistants. Notforgotten, they say, for the sense ofcomradery, pride, warmth and effi-ciency evident at each boarding loca-tion.

For many employees, the Olympicbus service provided their first oppor-tunity to work in a function outside theirnormal responsibility.

At RTD's shuttle and express terriiin-al at First and Spring streets in down-town, venue captain Joe Uresti, nor-mally a special events dispatcher,directed the movements of buses intoand out of the site. On a few days, itwas a hectic scene. Sometimes, peo-ple and buses would circle the blockstarting at Spring Street, extending toTemple and Broadway and ending atFirst Street. lt was an operation,however, that experienced few hitch-es. Uresti noted an the final day of theGarnes that at first he wasn't surewhether some of the office personnel

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Help ControlPeople

stands filled to capacity, especially theMcDonald Swim Stadium and the Col-iseum.

At the east end of the Coliseum anoblong bus facility, similar in shape tothe Coliseum track, allowed the RTD todisembark passengers near thefamous Olympic Gateway statues be-neath the Olympic flame.

The turnaround was three bus-widths wide. Buses an the outside laneloaded passengers, with those boundto and from downtown Los Angelesboarding at special passenger controlgates an the north side of the loop. Onthe south side, patrons boarded busesserving three park and ride facilities,including all patrons traveling to andfrom the Garnes from Orange County.

On the inside track, RTD sored upto 20 buses, 10 an each side. Theseidled until a berth opened, then movedswiftly to load passengers. Passingwas done along the center lane.

Bus Control Person

At the entry to the facility, facingwhat is now world famous FigueroaStreet where hundreds of thousands ofspectators traded pins and purchasedOlympic's memorabilia, sat an RTDbus control person.

Often Stephen Parry, the lead plan-ner for RTD's Olympic Bus service,served at this position, calling forequipment during the evening breaks,the critical time when spectators in thethree stadiums served in the Exposi-tion Park area — the Coliseum, theswim stadium and the Los AngelesSports Arena — poured out to ride anRIO bus. lt was his job to anticipatethe need for equipment based an hisview of the 20 loading berths.

Outside, east of the Coliseum, asmany as 200 buses were stored anthree streets — Flower, Hill andBroadway. Those stored an Flowerwere idled facing north, and requiredthree right turns before they were fed,along with the others from Hill andBroadway, down the "chute", 39thStreet, a narrow three-lane roadwayexclusively for buses feeding into thefacility. The line of stored buses oftenextended for more than a mile.

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RTD Buses CarryThousands to VenuesFor Olympic Garnes

The RTD carried hundreds ofthousands of spectators who enjoyedthe record-breaking performances ofworld class athletes at the OlympicGarnes in Los Angeles without havingto compete with traffic.

The RTD also set a few records it-self.

With the world ready to judge theresults, RTD developed a plan to avertwhat many had feared would be ter-minal gridlock where thousands offans would be caught in traffic jamswhile athletes performed to empty sta-diums.

Consider these logistics:• Unlike past Olympiads where

events were scheduled in a cen-tral location, the Summer Garnesin Los Angeles were held in 23separate venues spread over adistance of 200 miles.

• Los Angeles was the first city tohost the modern Olympics sinceRome in 1960 that lacked a railrapid transit system.

• Approximately 500,000 peopleattended the Games each day fora total of six million spectators for16 days of the XXIIIrd Olympiad.

• The most popular sporting eventswere scheduled in Exposition Parknear USC, and at UCLA in West-wood where there was a severeshortage of parking for specta-tors.

Compounding matters, RTD carrieda record 1.6 million weekday boardingpassengers an its existing service inJune, only a month before the Garnesbegan. Many bus lines were operatingat capacity, particularly those travel-ing by Exposition Park, site of boxing,swimming-diving and track and fieldevents, and UCLA, site of tennis andgymnastics.

Two Years of PlanningRTD planners began grappling with

these issues more than two years be-fore the 1984 Garnes. Once specificevent locations and schedules wereannounced, along with seating capa-cities at the various venues, a complextransportation plan began to evolve.

After meetings with city and statetransportation officials, and the LosAngeles Olympic Organizing Commit-tee (LAOOC), the District opted to startfrom scratch a second bus fleet whichwould provide special direct service tothe major Olympic venues during the16 days of the XXIIIrd Olympiad, July28-Aug. 12.

RTD's 550-bus Olympic fleet rankedin size as the fourth largest public tran-sit Operation in California. lt requiredmore than 1,000 workers to operate,including 400 temporary drivers whohad to be hired and trained. Many RTDmanagement employees also volun-teered to work in the field as passen-ger assistants providing fare ex-change and information and supervis-ing bus traffic and security at the va-rious terminals.

Service VariedThe service an 24 routes to venues

varied daily depending upon the num-ber of scheduled events. This posedan administrative and schedulingchallenge of unprecedented propor-tions. Moreover, the District aimed toprovide this special Olympic servicewithout tax dollars.

Flexibility became the watchword.RTD tailored service to meet demandwhile assigning extra buses to handlea sudden surge in patronage.

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New TerminalsFlow of Buses,

The key to the success of RTD'sOlympic bus service to Los AngelesExposition Park, where as many as250,000 spectators gathered daily towatch boxing, swimming-diving andtrack and field, was two specially de-signed bus terminals, one at each endof the Coliseum.

Unchanged since the Garnes wereheld in Los Angeles in 1932, the Col-iseum saw the terminals added withthe cooperation of the LA000, host ofthe XXIIIrd Olympiad, and LosAngeles police and traffic officials whoprovided the necessary street accessto make them work.

The facilities allowed the RTD to car-ry as many as 40 percent of the spec-tators who attended events in LosAngeles' Exposition Park. This made itpossible for the Garnes to proceed notonly with two and one-half billion peo-ple watching an television, but with the

THANK YOUWe did it!The 1984 summer Olympic

Garnes are now part of history andthe accolades continue to flow intoour community. Everything worked— the games themselves, security,the weather, the crowds, and of keyconcern to all of us, transportation.

There were skeptics, in case youhadn't noticed. There were thosewho said Los Angeles and its transitsystem were not up to handling theinflux of Olympics visitors.

We said we would need 550 busesto handle the Olympic special busservice. We got them, thanks to amassive effort involving processingnew buses, reviving old ones, andobtaining leased vehicles.

We said we would have to addmore than 700 temporary em-ployees to operate and maintainthese buses. We hired them, trainedthem, and they performed well dur-ing the Garnes.

We said we would provide asystem of shuttle, express, andpark/ride service to the major

venues to provide a high level ofservice and reduce congestion. Thenetwork went in and was a success.

We said we would get the wordout to Olympic spectators on thespecial service. We printed and dis-tributed more than a million copiesof our Olympic service brochureand worked closely with the newsmedia to provide information.

The results of this were evident:the vast majority of people knew ab-out the system, its routes, and itsfares prior to getting to the bus stop.

Each and every one of you can beproud for your part in this effort thatnot only met the needs of the publicfor 16 days in July and August, butfor the goodwill generated by theDistrict which we will build on in thedays to come.

On behalf of the Board of Direc-tors and myself, thank you for thelong hours and hard work that en-abled your agency to count itself asone of the Olympic winners.

John Dyer

RTD's newest board members Carmen A. Estrada and Norman H. Emersontake their oath of office at City Hall. Both were appointed by Los AngelesMayor Tom Bradley. Estrada is an attorney with the Western Center on Lawand Poverty in Los Angeles. For five years, she served as Director of Em-ployment Litigation for the Mexican American legal Defense and Education-al Fund. Emerson, a 30-year resident of the San Fernando Valley, is Directorof Public Affairs for The Voit Companies, a Woodland Hills commercial realestate development firm. Before joining The Voit Companies, Emersonserved for four years as Manager of Planning Analysis, Public Affairs divi-sion of the Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles.

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Metro Rail

RTD Studies Impact Of4.4 Mile Initial Segment

RTD is conducting an environmentalassessment process to determinewhether there would be any new en-vironmental impacts created by a 4.4mile initial rail segment instead of the8.8 mile originally planned.

The 4.4 mile subway rail segmentwith five stations would run from UnionStation to VVilshire/Alvarado, instead ofall the way to Fairfax and Beverly.

A public hearing on the segmentwas held August 30 to hear commentson the newest proposal.

RTD estimates it will cost $1.75 Bil-lion to construct the new rail segment.The cost includes capital investmentsin control facilities. storage yards andmaintenance shops that will serve theentire 18.6 or 18.8-mile Metro Railsubway.

"If federal funding is approved, RTDexpects to break ground on Metro Railthis fall." said Board President NickPatsaouras. "Construction will notoccur, however, unless the federalgovernment gives RTD assurancesthat it will finance construction of theentire 18.6 mile project when funds be-come available," he added.

Dear Mr. Dyer and the Employees ofRTD:

I hope my letter is one of thousandsyou receive from your "customers" ofthis nation and the world after the L.A.Olympic Garnes, 1 would like to thankall of the RTD staff for the courteous-ness, professionalism, promptnessand efficiency they exhibited as theytook on the gargantuan task of trans-porting tens of thousands of us whorelied upon you to help us see theevent of our lifetime.

More important, however, than thetask of transporting, was the classshown by RTD employees during thegames. No question was answered in-differently, even if it was for the hun-dredth time that day. There were stilllots of smlies . even at 10 pm .after long, long hours and weeks with-out a day off. You seemed proud ofyour city, and the part you played inthe Olympic Garnes, and it showed!There also were special memories ..

In a letter approving the District'srequest to conduct the environmentalassessment, Urban Mass Transporta-tion Administration (UMTA) Adminis-trator Ralph Stanley said his agency"continues to believe in the worthin-ess" of the rail project.

"Our support in excess of the $176million (to date) in federal financialassistance demonstrates this belief,"Stanley said.

"We are pleased UMTA agrees withour suggested approach to analyzethe environmental impacts of the 4.4mile initial segment." said John A.Dyer, RTD General Manager. "We areconfident that at the conclusion of thisprocess it will be shown that there areno serious impacts and that the projectwill remain the most cost effective railtransit improvement project in the na-tion."

"We also trust that at the conclusionof this environmental assessment pro-cess, UMTA will g rant a letter of intentto fund the initial segment and a letterof no prejudice indicating federalapproval for eventual construction ofthe entire 18-mile subway line," Dyeradded.

1 will remember our non-stop talkingdriver from Hollywood Park to Exposi-tion Park. She delighted us on many anoccasion. The driver made us feel likea king and queen as she pointed outspecial sights and points of interest.

I was amazed to be able to pick upthe passes that had not arrived by mail— in an air-conditioned space, in aone-on-one situation with a specialrepresentative. That is unheard ofthese days. Frankly, I expected a twohour line through some parking lot inthe blazing sun. You hand/ed Prob-lems so well!

RTD employees, you should bevery, very proud of yourselves. You alldid an outstanding job during theOlympic games. lt I ever come back toLos Angeles, I am going to "catch abus" for old times' sake. You werevery much a part of my positive Olym-pic experience.

Thank you so much.Kathleen C. Plato

Olympia, Washington

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Olympic VenuesThe challenges were formidable. So

were the stakes if RTD didn't surmountthem.

There was no parking for spectatorswithin the immediate Exposition Parkarea near downtown Los Angeles, thescene of daily commuter tie-ups evenbefore the Olympics.

Exposition Park was the site of open-ing and closing ceremonies, track andfield, boxing, swimming and divingevents. The Coliseum, Sports Arenaand McDonald's Swim Stadiumoffered combined seating capacity for125,000 spectators. Thousands with-out spectator tickets milled outside in afestive milieu which persisted through-out the Garnes.

Yet, within a mile and a half radius ofExposition Park, sufficient parking wasavailable for only 35 percent of thespectators, assuming each auto (sta-tistically) carried two and a half per-sons. This figure includes off-streetparking in neighborhood drivewaysand front lawns.

40 Percent SplitRTD was counted on to carry 40 per-

cent of all spectators attending Ex-position Park events. Charter buses,limos, and taxis were to handle theremaining 25 percent.

At UCLA, site of popular gymnasticsand tennis competitions, RTD againwas assigned a 40 percent mode split.Significant mode splits also were pro-jected for other major venues includ-ing Rose Bowl, the Forum, Dodger Sta-dium, Long Beach and Anaheim Con-vention Centers, Loyola-MarymountUniversity, and Santa Anita RaceTrack.

In response to these challenages,RTD fashioned a three-pronged Olym-pic service plan:

• Park/ride buses operating fromseven suburban parking lots pro-vided non-stop direct service toExposition Park and other majorcompetition sites. Advance re-servations were required for park/ride service so planners couldmore efficiently schedule buses.Nearly 200,000 advance reserva-tions were received and manyother passengers were trans-ported on a stand-by basis.

• Shuttle buses ran frequently toand from major stadiums withidentified parking deficienciesfrom distances of less than fivemiles.

• Non-stop express buses were dis-patched from special terminalareas by City Hall, to UCLA, theRose Bowl, Forum and other sub-urban venues.

Reserved bus lanes were estab-lished on surface streets approachingthe stadiums. Freeway ramps near Ex-position Park were closed except forbuses.

New Bus Facilities

The Los Angeles Olympic Organiz-ing Committee constructed two bus

facilities at the east and west ends ofthe Coliseum so RTD could literallydrop passengers off at the door. Dur-ing peak Olympic activity, buses ar-rived or departed from the Coliseumabout every 10 seconds.

An elaborate traffic managementprogram was developed in conjunc-tion with local and state transportationand law enforcement agencies andthe LAOOC, host of the Garnes.

During the Garnes, helicopters ho-vered overhead relaying traffic in-formation back to the Traffic Coordina-tion Center (TCC) at the Caltrans dis-trict headquarters near City Hall.

Television cameras above the free-ways and sensors in the roadbedsmonitored traffic flow while RTD busoperators, CHP and LAPD law en-forcement officers radioed up-to-the-minute status reports to the TCCenabling quick response to traffic bot-tlenecks.

All this would have been for naught,however, without public cooperation.

An unparalleled RTD communica-tions program was used to inform thepublic of the special Olympic bus ser-vice. City, state and Olympic transitofficials, as well as the RTD, motivatedthem to use it.

Brochures DistributedSpecial RTD Olympic bus stop

signs were provided and installed.Buses were identified by Olympicemblem decals on the front and rear.

Some 1.25 million free RTD Olympicservice brochures were distributedthroughout the world. An intensiveadvertising campaign was reinforcedby an international media blitz. RTDprovided its own videotape about itsOlympic preparations. Copies weremade available to news stations anddocumentary producers from aroundthe globe.

Premium one way fares rangingfrom $2 for the shuttle buses to $6 forpark/ride service were charged to payfor the special Olympic service. Butthe District also sold sets of 24 com-memorative Olympic bus tokens to de-fray costs.

RTD opened an Olympic informa-tion center across from City Hall at Firstand Spring Streets, the hub of Olympicbus service activity, to seil tickets,tokens and a $10-a-day Gold pass,good for unlimited riding on all RTDbuses.

"Take the Bus"Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley

attended the grand opening where herepeated a familiar theme: "Take theBus to the Games."

More than one million boarding pas-sengers heeded his message. Allwere carried with only a few minorhitches.

Commuters altered their drivinghabits, opting for earlier work trips,carpooling and the bus, enabling LosAngeles freeways to absorb bothOlympic spectator traffic and normaltrip volumes as rush hour peaks werespread out. Predictions of traffic log-jams never materialized.

Pin Fever

Pin fever hit RTD Transit Police Offic-er Mario Casas' like thousands ofOlympic enthusiasts.

Casas nurtured an idea: amasspins. He dreamed of a collection ofrare and prized memorabilia. TheGarnes are over, his mission accom-plished.

Casas cannot place a dollar valueon his collection. As with most pin col-lectors, pin value is a subjective mat-ter. What matters, said Casas. are thefond memories his collection providesfor him.

Pins give strangers an opportunityto meet and mingle with tourists andnatives, said Casas. "I met so manypeople that way. lt was one of the un-expected pleasures to come out of theOlympics."

While they were mass-manufactured ornaments, pins mightas well have been priceless gems forsome. There were a few ways of view-ing pin phenomena.

As a prestige item, adorning lapelsor a hat with pins became a statussymbol of sorts: the bigger the aggre-gate and the rarer the components,the longer the stares pin owners re-ceived from onlookers.

And if you were not into gettingattention, maybe you were into makingmoney. Some entrepreneurs who sawthe Olympic pin craze coming, cashedin their Garnes' pins for a minor for-tune. A month's rent, a week'sgroceries, a new pair of shoes or madmoney suddenly became available,these fadish capitalists boasted.Sometimes their stories were true, andsometimes the tales were as improb-able as the money tree they werelikened to.

Friendship FirstFor Casas, the value of these pins

fell someplace in between their pre-stige and monetary value. He says hedid it for the fun and for the friendshipshe made in collecting pins.

Casas only traded pins. "I didn'tthink that pins had to go to the highestbidder," said Casas. And, he neverplans to seil the ones he has. "I want tokeep these to give to the kids I mighthave one day or to look back on themyears from now and recall the happymemories I have from collectingthem," he said.

Casas traded mostly with athletesand tourists at the various Olympicvenues. "There was a tremendousamount of goodwill in doing that," hesaid.

From the athletes he got pins repre-senting China, Italy, Korea and Kenya.And he got some new pen pals as well.A Chinese athlete competing in theshooting events was one of thosewhose friendship Casas especially re-members.

Seeing the officer in uniform, theathlete struck up a conversation onguns. The two exchanged stories ab-out life experiences, gave each other apin and, in parting, promised to visitand write each other. Recently,

WANNA TRADE? — That's thequestion Transit Police OfficerMario Casas asked repeatedly incollecting the portfolio of pins thathe displays. Casas amassed his col-lection while working at variousvenues throughout Los Angeles.

Casas received a letter from theChinese visitor.

Trading BeginsCasas began his collection by trad-

ing a handful of pins that he purchasedfor $30 for Tour District pins. With hispockets warehousing his collection,Casas was able to trade for a colorfulassortment of pins representing na-tions, sporting events, corporationsand government agencies, especiallyother police authorities.

Casas recognized quickly that RTDpins were in relatively small circula-tion. Only full-time employees re-ceived pins, and these employees,especially operators, were a highlyvisible group. Once collectors saw anew pin, such as the District's, theyhad to have one.

Among other corporate pins, RTDpins took on a sudden luster in themind's eye. But what did a District pinbring in dollars or in trade?

Casas said that he was able to tradean RTD pin in a four to one exchange.The most that he has seen a pin beingpurchased for, said Casas, was $100for a multi-colored "LA 84" pin.

Pin MysteryA mystery surrounded the number

of pins made. Manufacturers andsponsors would not give a true figureon the number of pins producedin order to keep their prices high, saidCasas. Casas then developed his ownsystem of measuring pin value. Helooked at design, color scheme andavailability, which he determined byhow often he had seen a pin out on thestreets.

It's been a month now since theOlympics ended. Is the pin fever overfor Casas? Not quite. The 27-year-oldofficer serves as head of the approp-riations committee of the SouthernCalifornia Transit Police Associationcharged with fund raising.

His idea for raising funds? Sell pins,of course. The organization has sold

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Board Approves $449.7 MOperating Budget for FY 1985

A $449.7 million operating budgetand a capital budget of $404.9 millionwas adopted by the RTD Board ofDirectors for fiscal year 1985 whichbegan July 1.

There will be no change in RTD busfares, which have been set by law atcurrent rates through June 30, 1985.However, the new budget proposes a2.3 percent increase in RTD bus ser-vice, which is equivalent to deployingan extra 40 to 50 buses.

Overall, the proposed 1985 operat-ing budget is up 5.8 percent over thecurrent fiscal year's estimated ex-penditures of $425 million. During thisperiod, RTD has shown a 13 percentincrease in ridership and projects a3.2 percent ridership increase abovethat in fiscal year 1985.

Despite the sharp increase in rid-ership, the new budget calls for hiringonly 251 new employees, a 2.9 per-cent increase in present staffing.

Challenging Year

"This year will be one of the mostexciting and challenging periods inRIO history," predicted RIO generalmanager John A. Dyer, who submittedthe new budget.

"The Olympics, alone, representeda formidable challenge with its specialfleet of 550 buses," Dyer said, addingthat the $13.3 million estimated costwas covered in a separate RTD Olym-pics budget.

"RIO is also making final prepara-tions for construction of the 18-mileMetro Rail subway, linking downtownLos Angeles and the San FernandoValley via the Wilshire Corridor," Dyersaid.

• He added the District is currentlyseeking a long-term federal fundingagreement for construction of the pro-ject, which will be the backbone of afuture 150-mile regional rail trans-portation network.

Automation Plans

Besides providing funds for the startof Metro Rail construction, other high-lights of RTD's fiscal year 1985 spend-ing program include plans to automatemany RTD operations and proce-dures.

RTD Reaches AccordOn M-R ConstructionWith Labor Unions

A work stabilization accord de-signed to prevent disruptions fromlabor disputes during Metro Rail con-struction has been reached betweenRIO and the Los Angeles CountyBuilding and Construction TradesCouncil AFL-C10.

"This is the first time the Council andits affiliated unions have signed such apact with a local public agency and itis a significant positive development inRTD's efforts to secure federal con-struction funding for the 18-mile sub-way system," said Nick Patsaouras,RTD Board president. The subway willlink downtown Los Angeles and NorthHollywood via the Wilshire corridor.

Keystone Agreement

"This work stabilization agreementis a keystone for the proposed $3.3billion Metro Rail project," said JohnDyer, RTD general manager. "Con-struction delays because of labor dis-putes could cost nearly $1 million aday because of inflation and othercosts."

RTD's agreement is patterned aftera similar labor-management pact thatBaltimore Transit used successfully incontrolling costs of the Baltimore Met-ro project.

Most of these expenditures are co-vered in a separate $404.9 millioncapital budget for fiscal year 1985.

An estimated $285 million of thosecapital expenditures are earmarkedfor Metro Rail including final designwork, land acquisition and the start ofconstruction.

While RTD plans no major new buspurchases in fiscal year 1985, the Dis-trict will be nearing completion of itsnew central maintenance facility,which will be one of the most modernbus maintenance facilities in the worldwhen it opens towards the end of1985.

TRANSMIS Expansion

The District will be expanding itsTransit Management Information Sys-tem project, called TRANSMIS, duringfiscal year 1985.

When fully implemented, TRANS-MIS will provide an extensive amountof automated information for impro-ving maintenance record keeping,materials inventory, planning, sche-duling, accounts payable, payroll andother operations.

RTD will spend approximately $5million in this fiscal year to improve itsspecial accessible service program.For the first time, these costs havebeen delineated in a separate prog-ram budget to more accurately reflectthe expenditures needed to achievethe program's goals. RTD will be oper-ating more than 1,800 buses this yearequipped with wheelchair lifts.

In the fiscal year 1985 operatingbudget, farebox revenue accounts for26.7 percent of the District's revenue.Other revenue sources include: statefunds (27.5 percent), local Prop. A halfcent sales tax funds (29.6 percent),federal funds (10.8 percent), minirideservice and contracts with local coun-ties (1.2 percent), advertising/invest-ment, rental and other income (4.2percent).

Approximately 73 percent will bespent on wages and (ringe benefits: 6percent on fuel; 5 percent on busparts; 5 percent on insurance; 4 per-cent on interest payments and leases,and 7 percent on utilities, taxes, con-tracted services and other expenses.

Terms of the RTD agreement wereannounced at a recent press confer-ence attended by Mayor Tom Bradley,V.C. "Bud" Mathis, executive secret-ary of the Los Angeles County Buildingand Construction Trades Council, Pat-saouras and Dyer.

"This milestone agreement is thekind of business-labor-governmentcooperation which will send a clearsignal to Washington that all responsi-ble leaders stand 100 percent behindMetro Rail," said Mayor Bradley.

"This is the biggest dollar value pro-ject in which the construction tradeshave negotiated a work stabilizationagreement," added Mathis of theBuilding and Construction TradesCouncil.

We came to this agreement after sixmonths of negotiations and it heralds acooperative relationship between theunions and the RTD," he added. "Met-ro Rail is the only new rail transit con-struction project in the country that isready to begin construction today. Theproject will provide more than 5,000jobs."

The proposed agreement is compa-rable to local project agreements en-tered into between the Trades Counciland its affiliates with private industry inpart with respect to retroactive ap-plication of collective bargainingagreements in exchange with a no-strike provision, the withholding of ser-vices for non-payment of trust fundcontributions, and a grievance proce-dure leading to binding arbitration ofdisputes.

RTD Board President Gordana Swanson iooks on as Sam Black, AssistantGeneral Manager in charge of Operations, points out highlights of the ElMonte's Busway's history during the Busway's 10-year anniversary celebra-tion. Currently, daily patronage is approximately 23,000. A one-mile exten-sion westward across the Los Angeles River is planned which will transportcommuters to what will be the eastern terminal of RTD's Metro Rail UnionStation.

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HOMEWARD BOUND — At the end of the day, spectators again boarded buses. These buseswere headed downtown where passengers could board special or regular buses to take them backhome or to another venue for more excitement. Specially designed signs alerted riders how to payfares on Olympic buses and which lines to board.

ALL SMILES — They may have tired after a few hours of standing in the sun, but their facesdon't show it. Venue Captain Joe Uresti (extreme right) had nothing but praise for thepeople who worked with him at the First and Spring streets express and shuttle terminal indowntown Los Angeles. Standing with Uresti counterclockwise are Steve Kaufmann,mechanic, Jon Hil Imer, senior planner, Anne Odell, supervising planner and DonaThompson, recording secretary.

WAY TO GO — The Olympic bus service program was nearlytwo years in the making. For much of the time, the concept of alarge special fleet of buses to serve a 16-day event was stu-died on paper. Test runs of the program began in June andJuly, and in late July the Operation began. By all accounts, theservice was a success from day one. Through the months,hundreds of employees involved in the creation of the specialfleet dreamed about how the service would perform. In thisspecial Olympics issue, Headway cameras record some of thespecial moments at RTD during an exciting and busy twoweeks of the Olympic Garnes.

LET'S ROLL 'EM OUT — Jeff Diehl, operations concall during another busy moment at the Commanwave radios, computer terminals and maps of rout(dispatched buses to shuttle, express and park 'n

SUCCESS — That's the word being used throughout to desciboardings were recorded on the special buses during 16 dayidentified by a special logo affixed to the front of each coach.

WHICH WAY DO WE GO? — There were a lot of smil€spectators to Exposition Park. As many as 60,000 peopleof buses draped by rows of banners overhead provided

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BOUND FOR GLORY — At least that's what these people hoped when they Iined up at RTD'sCustomer Service Cedee at First and Spring to buy tickets and tokens to ride buses to Olympicsporting events. The magenta colored facility was specially constructed for servicing the Garnes.Located on the site of the old State Building, the center was open seventeen hours daily for eachday of the Olympics.

IT'S OVER! — Meanwhile back at the Command Center at District headquarters,it's all smiles. Planners Byron Lee (left) and Joe Lyle (standing) share a light momentwith Allan Styfee, Administrative Services Officer-Operations, as the OlympicGarnes draw to a close. A hub of activity, the Command Center was in almostconstant activity as it coordinated the movement of Olympic buses.

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tions control and services superintendent, takes aCommand Center. Flanked by telephones, short-DS of routes buses follow, Diehl and his colleagues, d park 'n' ride terminals as demand warranted.

lt to describe RTD's Olympic bus service program. Nearly 1.17 millionng 16 days of the Olympic Garnes. Olympic buses, 550 of them, were:h coach. These buses logged 500,000 miles in serving just the Garnes.

THAT WAY — Planner Ion Hillmer directs passengers to buses leaving from First and Spring streetsdowntown going to various venues throughout the Southland. Hillmer sports an RTD PassengerAssistant cap that identifies him to the crowd as a District employee. The folded handkerchief isHillmer's own creation.

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ot of smiles and laughter and very little confusion in transportingpeople were transported by bus on a single day to the area. Rows

provided a picturesque and festive sight.

Recreation events for mid-September and October are as follows:

September22 La Cage Aux Folles—Pantages 2 p.m. Matinee $39.5022 Fireworks Pops Finale— $6.50 Tickets for $5.50

Hollywood Bowl23 Jeffrey Osborne—Universal $15.00 Orchestra for $14.0025 Dodgers vs. Houston $5.00 Reserve for $4.0028 Dodgers vs. San Francisco $4.0030 Dodgers vs. San Francisco $4.00 (Fan Appreciation Day)

October6 Pointer Sisters—Greek $17.50 Orchestra

10 George Benson—Greek $17.50 Tickets for $16.5027 Patti La Belle—Universal $17.50 Orchestra for $16.50

If you are interested in any of the above events, send a check payable toR.T.D. Include your badge and division number. Send to Employee Activities,4th Floor, Location 32.

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AT YOUR SERVICE — RTD GeneralManager John Dyer briefs membersof the press an the day before thestart of the 1984 Olympic Garnes.Shown standing behind Dyer arerepresentatives of the more than1,000 RTD employees who servedthe public including, Olympic venuecaptains, passenger assistancepersonnel, transit police and plan-ners. RTD had 400 passenger assis-tants at Olympic bus boarding sitesas well as 150 students from va-rious colleges around Los Angelesto answer questions, board passen-gers and seil fares. Also, more than700 temporary employees werehired to operate and maintain a fleetof 550 Olympic buses. The post ofvenue captain was filled by RTD em-ployees who normally work as roadsupervisors, instructors and vehi-cle operation managers. Passengerassistants helped in boarding rid-ers and monitoring bus and passen-ger movements. Fare exchange per-sonnel at RTD bus boarding loca-tions sold tickets and tokens to pas-sengers. Roving mechanics wereassigned to major venues, and Park'n' Ride terminal locations to pro-vide maintenance during layoversand emergencies.

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would be able to withstand the heat,fumes and congestion at a bus site.

"But my people did a good job," hesaid. "In terms of supervision, it's beena good experience."

Supervising planner Anne Odellworked as a passenger assistant forUresti. She directed passengers tobuses, answered their questions onbus service, recorded bus and pas-senger statistics and made sure thatall buses displayed special Olympicidentification. For Odell, working as apassenger assistant meant being ableto meet colorful tourists from all overthe world and a chance to be capturedby the Olympic excitement passen-gers expressed in going to their sport-ing events.

Steve Kaufmann, roving mechanicand an eight year RTD employee,claimed an additional benefit fromworking at the site.

"The service helped break downbarriers," he said. "We got to meet thepeople who work at the office, and theygot to meet the operators, mechanicsand instructors," Kaufmann said.

For bus instructor Bob Johnson, theOlympic service plan gave him abroader perspective on bus opera-tions.

"This is the first time that I was in-volved in something else outside in-struction," he said. "I never get achance to see results out on thestreets. Now that I get to see howbuses operate, it gives me a sense ofself-satisfaction and a sense of pride."

Pride was also felt in moving morethan 1.17 million boarding passengersat all bus sites during the Garnes.

"Perhaps 90 percent of what we didwas public relations work," notedKaufmann. "Some of the passengersdid not know English, so a lot of smiling

and gesturing went on. We even wrotedirections on how to catch busesgoing to different venues in case theperson got lost," he said. "If you'veever been lost in another country, youhave a lot of empathy for people."

Friendships developed over thecourse of two weeks when the samepassengers came to a bus boardingsite. "VVe would ask them how theevents went the other day, and theywould teil us what happened," saidOdell.

The excitement spectators feltgoing to the sporting events had a no-ticeable effect. "People coming intothe loading area were excited and that

• rubbed off on us," said Kaufmann. "1like smiling at people and peoplenaturally smiled back." Although fewof the passenger assistants, mecha-nics or the venue captains spoke anylanguage other than English, com-munication was relatively free flowing.

"lt helped that the passengers werepatient," said Kaufmann.

There was never a dull momentworking at the site, according to Kauf-mann. "You'll never find as rauch en-tertainment in the world as with thepeople on the street," he said.

Odell agreed. She even took pic-tures of the native and foreign passen-gers who used the service. Odell'sfavorite is the hardy Japanese manwho never failed to appear without histop hat patterned after the Americanflag. His attire was all the more amus-ing because of his adamancy in wear-ing his traditional black robes.

lt was, without question, a tiring twoweeks. "lt was a big team effort," saidUresti. "I am sure that venue captainsat other locations would say the sameabout their crew. I extend my thanks toall. Everyone did a great job."

Sam Black SaysGood-bye After13 Years with RTD

Sam Black, RTD's assistant generalmanager of operations, hasannounced his retirement after 13years of employment with the District.Black has been an engineer, construc-tor and manager of engineering pro-jects for 35 years.

Black joined the District in 1971 afterhaving served as owner and presidentof an engineering consulting firm. Ear-lier, he held management positionswith public agencies including Direc-tor of Public Works in Fresno Countyand as Assistant Road Commissionerin Monterey County.

In his career with RTD, Black servedas assistant chief engineer responsi-ble for design and construction of theEl Monte Busway. A $56 million pro-ject, the busway includes three bus

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New TerminalsThe mix of equipment into the loop

was critical and required the selectionof buses based on anticipated traveltime from their storage points, and theflow of buses into and out of the facility.

Scheduling and control of the busesfrom bus division to the storage pointsoften was determined in rough formduring the middle of the night, withfinal determinations made based onobservation over television of theactual crowd size, and phoned reportsfrom the hundreds of venue captainsand traffic monitors used by the RTD todetermine equipment needs.

A Matter of ScienceThe RTD team soon had their dutiesdown to a science. lt became com-monplace for the RTD to load andtransport as many as 25,000 specta-tors from the oblong facility on theevening break. The movement of40,000 people after the fireworks ex-travaganza and closing ceremoniestook only one hour and 15 minutes.

Not to be outdone by the east endfacility, one of radically different de-sign operated successfully from thewest end, carrying over 185,000 pas-sengers during the 16 days of theGarnes. There, passengers arrivingfrom three park and ride lots and oneshuttle line disembarked along twolong lanes, each marked with speciallines for easy bus entry and pull out.

Directly south of the two lanes was astorage facility where up to 110 buseswere kept at the ready until needed.

stations located along an 11-mile pre-ferential lane linking the San GabrielValley with downtown Los Angeles.

Among his other accomplishments,Black supervised efforts leading to thedelivery of 940 buses in 1980, thelargest order of new coaches placedin the District's history.

As manager of operations, Blackhas been responsible for the District'soperating departments, includingTransportation, Maintenance, Tele-comm un ications, Equipment En-gineering, Scheduling and TransitPolice. Approximately 7,000 em-ployees, including all RTD bus oper-ators, mechanics, service and super-visory personnel, are under the juris-diction of the manager of operations.

RTD's General Manager John Dyerpraised Black for his outstanding ser-vice to the District: "His dedication tohard work and long hours made himinvaluable to the success of our busoperations. Although he will be sorelymissed, we wish him all success in hisnewest phase of life."

The venue captain, the person re-sponsible for the operation of the facil-ity, simply anticipated the pullout of abus, and called for another to replacei t.

The west terminal was aided by anLAOOC operation that efficiently con-trolled the flow of spectators awayfrom the stadiums when their eventswere concluded by operating a four-gate system which controlled not onlythe spectators, but the operation ofschool buses leased by Garnes' offi-cials to transport athletes and press toand from the venues.

Team EffortHundreds of RTD employees par-

ticipated in making these two specialbus facilities work, as well as others inWestwood, Santa Anita Race Track,Hollywood Park and the Rose Bowl. Aspecial off-street terminal at First andSpring Streets saw SCRTD transportmore than 260,000 passengers to 14venues, notably the Coliseum.

Jeff Diehl, superintendent of Opera-tions Control and Services, superviseda special 24-hour-a-day operationscommand center which maintainedtwo-way radio contact with all venues.Diehl and his staff were responsible forassigning passenger assistants andvenue captains, as well as the sche-duling and distribution of all equip-ment.

SCRTD Planner Russ Wilson was re-sponsible for liaison with Los AngelesPolice and City transportation officials.He negotiated space for all last minutebus parking needs and arranged fordetours around unforeseen traffic andpedestrian problems.

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SCHEDULECHANGES

Reyna, Mary E. from Personnel Assistant(A/N) to Personnel AssistantVillalon, Teresa I., from Relief EquipmentRecord Specialist to Equipment RecordSpecialistMc Glothern, Jerri A., from Acting MaterialExpediter to Material ExpediterDavis, Yvon S., from Clerk to Typist ClerkPeguero, Tomas B., Mechanic B to Mecha-nic APingarron, Tony M., from Mechanic C toMechanic BPorter, Richard J., from Mechanic A toMechanic A LeaderSebree, Harry L., from Mechanic B toMechanic AStanley, Paul G., from Mechanic B toMechanic AStrickland, Darryl C., fron Stock ShopClerk to Service AttendantUrena, Armando from Mechanic B toMechanic ABanks, Earl from Photocopy Operator toStock ClerkChan, Stephen P., from Mechanic B toMechanic AChui, Donald from Mechanic B to MechanicACuong, Hua P., from Mechanic C to Mecha-nic BHansen, Norman 0., from Messenger Clerkto Service AttendantHolloway, Phillip A., from Mechanic B toMechanic AKhoury, Richard from Mechanic C toMechanic BKielb, John R., from Mechanic B to Mecha-nic ALee, Gerald G., from Mechanic B to Mecha-nic ALee, Terry J., from Mechanic B to MechanicAMascorro, Roque A., from Mechanic B toMechanic AMorales, Carlos B., from Stock Shop Clerkto Service A.ttendantTikidjian, Vahram from Senior ProgrammerAnalyst to Systems Project LeaderOropeza Jr., Gasper from Acting Electro-nics Maintenance Supervisor to ElectronicsMaintenance SupervisorStansbury, Samuel S., from EquipmentMaintenance Supervisor I to EquipmentMaintenance Supervisor IIArriola, Consolacion from Word ProcessorOperator I to SecretaryHays II, Robert F., from Stock Shop Clerk toStorekeeperKaping, Reginnia G., from Typist Clerk toSecretaryOkun, Gary S., from Information Clerk toMessenger ClerkDayrit, Gilbert B., from Mechanic B toMechanic ADiehl, David C., from Mechanic B to Mecha-nic AJohnson, Kurt from Mechanic B to Mecha-nic AJohnson, Steve from Mechanic B toMechanic AMelendez Jr, Rudy from Mechanic A toEquipment Maintenance Supervisor ISalamanca, Jose H., from Mechanic A toMechanic A LeaderWilliams, Joe from Mechanic B to MechanicABrown, Clifford W., from Relief Ticket Clerkto Ticket Office and Reports ClerkFuentes, Martha from Mopper-Waxer toMessenger Clerk/Relief Mail CarrierArnold, John C., from Mechanic B toMechanic ABothwell, Craig from Mechanic C to Mecha-nic BBreazeal, Daniel from Property Mainte-nance A to PlumberCrook, Ray V., from Laborer A to PropertyMaintenance BEspinosa, Francisco from Mechanic B toMechanic APhillips, Eugene from Property Mainte-nance A to Property Maintenance LeaderPho, Thanh from Mechanic B to Mechanic AEller, Gary D., from Equipment Mainte-nance Supervisor I to Equipment Mainte-nance Supervisor IILangston, Cassandra G., from (Acting)Senior Personnel Analyst to Senior Person-nel AnalystZackery, Jonah H., from Printer to Printer IIAnderson, Taylor from Print Shop Clerk toBindery Operator IAzbi, Shamseddin S., from Cutter/FolderOperator to Bindery Operator IIBates, Patrick K., from Printer to Printer IIBillingsley, Walter from Cutter/FolderOperator to Bindery Operator IIMelendez, Luis A., from Multilith Operator toPrinter 1Moore, Joseph from Multilith Operator toPrinter IOrtega, Cruz from Multilith Operator to Prin-ter 1'

Pina, Alfred R., from Multilith Operator toPrinter 1Wooley, Bertha R., from Print Shop Clerk toBindery Operator 1DeSantis, Susan J., from Senior Secretaryto Staff AideGarcia, Roque R., from (Acting) Staff AidetoSchedule Maker ILiu, Andi from Engineer Assistant to En-gineer (Civil)Ott, William D., from (Acting) Material Man-agement to Material Management SystemsCoordinatorStarks, Roy L., from Assistant DivisionTransportation Manager to Division Trans-portation ManagerDuque, Lucila from Ticket Clerk (Temp) toTicket ClerkGomez, Guadalupe M., from Relief TypistClerk to Typist ClerkHuffer, Raymond from Relief EquipmentRecords Specialist (District) to EquipmentRecords SpecialistLopez, Luana from Ticket Clerk (Temp) toRelief Ticket ClerkMarkarian, Gary D., from Mechanic A toMechanic A LeaderMirabal, John P., from Warranty and Equip-ment Mechanic to Mechanic AParker, Alvin from Mechanic A to MechanicA LeaderVan Leuvan, Madeline from (Acting) Sche-dule Maker 1 to Schedule Maker IIVester, Ricki from Schedule Maker I toSchedule Maker IIKelley, Alvin R., from Schedule Maker 1 toSchedule Maker IILacefield, Vera M., from Schedule Maker Ito Schedule Maker IICurry, Darrance A., from Schedule Maker Ito Schedule Maker IITigbayan, Minardo from (Acting) SeniorSecretary to SecretaryThai, Phong T., from Mechanic B to Mecha-nic ACioman, Jim C., from Mopper Waxer toLead Mopper WaxerJenkins, Byron L., from Mopper Waxer toJanitorMayes, James from Electrician to ElectricalLeaderVan Der Geugten, from Operator/Ex Divi-sion Dispatcher to Division DispatcherBiehn, David A., from Equipment Mainte-nance Supervisor I to Mechanic AA LeaderRichards, R., from Operator/Ex Division Dis-patcher to Division DispatcherRiley Jr., Ralph E., from Operator/Ex Divi-sion Dispatcher to Division DispatcherRoss, Armand M., from Operator/Ex Divi-sion Dispatcher to Division DispatcherFoley, Lloyd R., from Operator/Ex DivisionDispatcher to Division DispatcherGonzales, lgnacio C., from Operator/Ex Di-vision Dispatcher to Division DispatcherAsuncion, Milagros R., from ApplicationControl Technician to ProgrammerRivera, Paul from Equipment MaintenanceSupervisor I to Mechanic AMcFate, Tracy R., from Schedule Maker I toSchedule Maker IIWilber, Sue B., from Information Clerk toInformation Schedule Room ClerkGuastaferro, Diane M., from (Acting) SeniorSecretary to SecretaryDaniel, Janice L., from Relief Typist Clerk toTypist ClerkJames, Margaret M., from General Clerk toWord Processor Operator ICovarrubias, Jose H. from Mechanic B toMechanic AEdwards, George L., from Mechanic A Re-lief Leader to Equipment Maintenance Su-pervisor 1Freeman, John G., from Mechanic B toMechanic AJones, Andreas from Mechanic C toMechanic BKawahara, Roy from Mechanic C to Mecha-nic BMcGee Jr., Emmitt from Mechanic C toMechanic B

SHIFTING GEARSMaher, Howard, an Operator since January4, 1969 retired on May 4, 1984Seabron, John H., an Operator since Octo-ber 29, 1973 and transferred to IndefiniteLeave on August 13, 1982, retired on May 1,1984Chrystal, James F., an Operator sinceOctober 10, 1970, and transferred to Indefi-nite Leave on February 15, 1984 retired onMay 5, 1984Phipps, Willie R., an Operator since Octo-ber 28, 1958, transferred to Indefinite Leaveon October 12, 1983 and retired on May 4,1984Kauffman, Alan a Schedule Checker sinceJanuary 15, 1966, retired on May 31, 1984Giaquinto, Ernie C., a Division Transporta-tion Manager with RTD since March 23, 1956retired on June 8, 1984

McMahon, Harold B., a Utility A with theDistrict since November 18, 1948 retired onMay 25, 1984Morales, Roman B., a Mopper-Waxer withthe District since January 1, 1959 retired onMay 31, 1984Bush, David M., an Operator since Decem-ber 24, 1962 retired on June 3, 1984Willis, Lawrence A., an Operator since May25, 1951 retired on June 3, 1984Palafox, Frank A., an Operator since May16, 1960 retired on May 16, 1984Case, Donald R., an Operator sinceSeptember 8, 1962. transferred to IndefiniteLeave on February 4, 1984 and retired onMay 1, 1984.Haas, Edwin M., an Operator since March12, 1959 retired on June 18, 1984Hearn, Cecil T., an Operator since February5, 1957 retired on June 30, 1984DeLaCruz, Francisco an Operator sinceMarch 25. 1969 retired on January 18. 1980Carlson, Lloyd an Operator since May 18,1959 retired on June 30, 1984Saylor, Elaine L., a Senior Secretary withthe District since April 26. 1976 retired onJuly 2, 1984Francey, John an Operator since August24, 1973 retired on July 1 1984Alexander, Charles W., an Operator sinceFebruary 26, 1946 retired on July 2, 1984Edwards, Herman V., an Operator sinceJune 20, 1947 retired on June 29, 1984

IN MEMORIUMCook, Lawrence G., an Operator sinceOctober 23, 1983 died on May 14, 1984Hall, George A., an Operator, retired onSeptember 1, 1975, died on May 4, 1984Derrick, Joseph C., a Mechanic A sinceJune 18, 1979, died on May 11, 1984Dunlap, James R., a former Mechanic A,retired on January 12, 1984, died on April 9,1984Nelson Jr., Willie, an Operator transferredto Indefinite Leave on October 12, 1983 anddied on May 4, 1984Quinten, Dyson L., a Service Attendantsince August 9, 1983 died on May 21, 1984Quesada, Robert an Operator since De-cember 4, 1983, died on May 26, 1984Hill, Paul W., a Typist Clerk since February1, 1982, died on June 16, 1984Pasternak, Barney a retired Operator, diedon June 7, 1984Bass, J.W., an Operator since June 24,1968, died on May 26, 1984Olivera, Primo G., an Operator since March8. 1976, died on June 4. 1984Richards, Neil a Senior Engineer sinceJanuary 2. 1968. died on June 28, 1984Perez, Pedro I., a retired Mechanic, died onJune 19. 1984Sattler, Reinhold a retired Operator, diedon June 12, 1984

COMMENDATIONSTicket ClerkGeri GoersDivision 1Gary QuinnRobert BaynaamWarren MarchElton L. BarnesLorraine ReevesToney GrafRobert PerroneAmilcar PadronDivision 2Danna HumphreyBillie Green (2)Larry BrunerRoscoe WilliamsFreddie ChildressMelborne MoodyWillie KellyAlbert E. Troy (2)Harold JordanRod HagemanWilbur JonesDouglas MadisonConyer ChoiceSteve MaloneFred ThompsonDivision 3Delos CootesJarrell MilesRhodney ShortsRobert SimmoneC. BradfordPhilip ThomasAlphonse WeldonDivision 5Lyvon RodgersJoe EslanoWanda C. BanketEmery Neal

Billy Robinson (2)Bernard GlinCarlos MendizabalClemard HarveySylvester CaslerFrederick DortonSherry SeversonDon HurstonDivision 6Martin CresdiJohn BarbertoSam N. WilsonAlvis PatersonJackie HancockRodney PottsIra LutrellDivision 7Lloyd BlufordRoland HardsonArthur A. HamptonJohn CousinDonald GriffinJim ShortersLamont CollinsDivision 8James BriceLeonard SchmidtRaymond AndrewsDuane BitnerMarshall LongCharles RobinsonRobert BuchananGeorge McFarlandDivision 9Ruben G. GuerraLee MillerRaymond Hawkins (2)Billy EvansFrank RodriguezRose ProctorDebbie FloresJames F. GowinsReymundo BarrosaAngle RodriguezDivision 10Jimmie Shorters (2)Richard WrightDivision 12Robert EwellEddie GossKeith SandsBrenda DavisRomell TresvanWilliam YatesMichael FordTom WeillertBruce LyonAlbe-t Fs --"Division 15Larry ShawJohn JohnstonNathaniel HubbardJames SteinsSylvester PennyRobert CarterMichael TurnerJohn VeinotMelvin VickersUvaldo J. LujanZita R. Goentemiller (2)Dale AleshireWilliam CraigDivision 16Harvey NixDonna QuayDivision 18Yvetta WilsonGordon FitzpatrickHarry E. BaileyGeorge NahraLonnie JacksonEthel JeffersonDivision 23Shirley Marshall

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Pin Fever300 Star in Motion pins so far and hasordered 1,000 more to be sold at $2each, $1 above cost. Nearly half of thenew order is already sold out. Addi-tionally, the organization is selling anOlympic pin series set featuring Samthe Eagle and an Olympic sponsorsset for $105 and $200 respectively.

Orders can be made by contactingmembers of the RTD Transit Police.

With all the trading that he did, whatpins did Casas hold on to? Conspi-cuously absent from his set of nearly30 is the RTD pin. Were all his RTDpins traded, including the one given tohim by the District as an employee?Casas smiles innocently. Only heknows for sure, and he isn't telling.

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