Busway Test Run Gives Riders a Jolt
Officials and others experience the kind of challenge that may lie ahead along the Valley's Orange LineLos AngelesCAL,USA -latimes.com, by Caitlin Liu -Oct 25, 2005: -- ... As a busload of transportation officials, reporters and camera operators rolled across the San Fernando Valley for a test ride Monday on the soon-to-open Orange Line busway, they got a jolting taste of the safety challenges ahead... All of a sudden, the 60-foot vehicle braked hard at Kester Avenue in Van Nuys... "Whoooa!" the riders said, as bodies, notebooks and camera equipment pitched forward.The culprit was a motorist running a red light while crossing the Orange Line route, and bus driver Russell Modell — who had the green light to proceed — had to react quickly. Officials including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is also chairman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, later praised Modell for avoiding a collision...
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