Transit Times Volume 8, Number 1

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Vol. 8 No . 1 OAKLAND, MAY 1965

Rider Survey Planned on District BusesTo Launch Transit Coordination Project

The most extensive transit survey inBay Area history will be made on allAC Transit buses during June to helpdetermine transportation patterns ofthe future.

The study is an origin and destination survey of adult bus passengers onlocal and trans bay lines.

I t will form a basis for the work tobe done in coordinating existing transportat ion facil i t ies with the futurerapid transit network.

Conducting the survey will requireunusual, but significant cooperation onthe part of bus drivers and the public.

The survey will form the initialphase of the Northern CaliforniaTransit Demonstration Project, estab

lished with the help of federal funds,to plan a practical and efficient methodof coordinating East Bay and San Francisco service with Bay Area RapidTransit.

The $792,500, year-long study hasas major goals the planning of localservice routing to "feed" passengers torapid transit stops, the setting up offare and transfer structures, and the

expedient handling of transferringpassengers.

The survey of AC Transit passengers will be followed by a similar survey of riders of San Francisco Municipal Railway service.

To Find Out How to GetThere with AC Transit,Look in IYeliow Pages l

I f you want to know what bu s to take, youca n find out with fingertip ease from no wo n - b y looking in th e "yellow pages" ofth e new Oakland telephone book.

Inclusion of AC Transit's route description an d a two-page route map in th e 1965phone book puts bus infonnation on th e"best seller" list, only a Hip of a page awayfrom the 450,000 customers wh o receivedth e new book this month from Pacific Telephone.

Bus information an d ma p is at the beginning of th e yellow page section, afterthe postal zone maps fo r Oakland andBerkeley. The space, provided as a publicservice, gives bus data for th e same areaincluded in the phone book, from EI Cer

rito south through Oakland, Alameda an dSan Leandro.

To give the project a comprehensive"kick-off," al l adult passengers on inbound trips will be given a card whenthey board their first AC Transit buson the day of the survey.

The card can be returned on the busor mailed, postage free, if the rider

does not have time to note answers tothe questions concerning point oforigin, destination and modes of travel.

The cards will not call for signaturesand will give the rider the preferenceof using either his address or the near-

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State Assembly CommiHee AHirms CharterBus Operation by Public Transit Agencies

Th e right of publicly-owned transitsystems to engage in charter bus servic e was affirmed by the findings an drecommendations of a State Assemblyinterim committee, in a final reportissued this month.

Specifically th e Assembly interimcommittee on Public Util i t ies an dCorporations recommended adoptionof legislat ion restoring charter busoperations rights to th e Southern California Rapid Transit District , to enableth e agency to reenter the charter field.

Th e committee furtherrecommendedthe Legislature review its previouspolicy in prohibiting th e San Mateoan d Marin Counties transit districtsfrom engaging in charter bus operations.

This same policy question shouldbe raised in consideration of an y future legislative proposals to create

Death Takes PensionersGeorge E. Reed, 63, who started hi s

transit career in 1923 as a freight clerk,died Ma y 6 after a long illness.

Mr. Reed, who lived at 3521 WilsonAve., Oakland, transferred from th efreight division to bu s

drivingin

1935an d worked as a dispatcher and supervisor before returning to operating in1949. He was pensioned in 1963.

John V. Branco, 69, of lO39 Armstrong Ave., Hayward, died Ma y 9. Hewa s a track an d road worker from 1925until 1943 an d filled various shopmaintenance jobs at Emeryville andSeminary divisions from 1943 until heretired in 1961.

Michael Burns, 66, 60 5 Cornell Ave.,Albany, wh o went to work as a motorman at Northern division in 1929 an dbecame a bus driver in 1948, diedApril 27. He retired Jan. 1, 1964.

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public transit systems, the committeestated.

Th e committee made its recommendations to the Legislature after studyin g the question of competition between publicly owned and privatelyowned bu s companies in th e field ofcharter service.

Th e hearing wa s ordered after Governor Edmund G. Brown vetoed abill passed by the Legislature tw oyears ago which would have bannedAC Transit from providing charter busservice.

Th e committee found testimony wa s"overwhelming in its opposition tofurthering State policy" limiting publ icly owned bus companies fromcharter activities.

Revenue produced from char te roperations is an integral part of thebalanced budget in most bus firms an dto some, constitutes th e differencebetween deficit and operating in theblack, th e testimony developed.

It also was pointed out that publictransit systems, when formed, usuallyb u y o u t equipment and facilities of aprivate operator, including charterservice obligations, an d develop si gnificant revenue sources using other

wise idle buses for charter operation.Th e State would render a disservice

to the public in prohibiting such service, since loss of charter revenue wouldwork toward increased transit fares,it was argued.

Major t es t imony from pr iva te lyowned systems conceded prohibitionsagainst public transit charter operations are inadvisable.

However, private operators, in statements filed before th e hearing, urgedthat legislation be introduced to reduce the tax burden of private buslines that operate in competition withpublic ownership companies.

ADVANTAGES payroll Savings Bonds program is ex-plained by Mrs. Marianne Weigel to, front row, from left:D. J. Potter, C. V. Warfield, W. G. Skilling,]. T. Stockman,R. E. Nisbet and, back row: J. F. Larson, W. G. Robinson,H. D. White, E. A. Towers, M. C. Chapman, K. F . Hensel. _ " - ___ . . : : : : ~ : . : ; . . _ . . ; . . . J

Employees to Get Word on 'Easy Savings'H ow ca n you save money painlessly

and get a bargain in the process?Employees of th e district will be

getting the answer to this questionduring the next three months, as ACTransit joins forces with the U.S.Treasury Department in stimulatingth e payroll Savings Bond program.

Department heads met during themonth with Mrs. Marianne Weigel,area manager Savings Bonds divisionof th e U.S. Treasury Department, tocollect information on the "painless,automatic" wa y to save - informationwhich they in turn will pass along toall workers.

Since th e payroll deduction plan forpurchase of the Series E bonds startedin January, 1962, 383 subscribers, or26.2 pe r cent of the district's totalemployees, have purchased bondswith a maturi ty value of $583,550an average total monthly purchase of$15,000 .

Nationwide, 8,000,000 persons ar eparticipating, buying $4,500,000 insavings bonds annually. Th e publicto date has $46,000,000,000 investedin U.S. Savings Bonds, Mrs . Weigel reported. She listed these advantages toth e payroll deduction plan :

1 - The bonds ar e safe and secure,

because they are backed by the government .

2 - They can be liquidated easily,tw o months after purchase .

3 - Bonds have tax advantages, inthat there is no income tax on theinterest until th e bonds have matured .Also, no state income tax need be paidoli the interest .

4 - They ar e indestructible, in thateach purchase is recorded and thebonds ca n be replaced, if destroyed.

Besides, Mrs . Weigel pointed out,"You can' t spend what yo u don't have- a n d yo u don't miss it ."

Transit Workers AddedWorkers, hired by AC Transit in

April, included:General Offices

Claims: Virginia Doch e rty, 317 Hanover Ave., Oakland, secretary.

Treasury : Saburo N ishimoto, 2427Acton St., Berkeley, cashier clerk.

Seminary DivisionBus Operators: J. A. Hunt, Jr., 1515

North Main St ., Milpitas; M. P . Morahan, 1926 6t h Ave., Oakland; A. L.Gibson, 2020 Franklin St., San Francisco; W. L. Bohner, 505 D St., SanRafael, an d G. E. McCullar, 15224Galt St., Sa n Leandro .

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Business wa s brisk during March, with 4,891,881 passengers riding the buses-h ighes t passenger count for a single month in AC Transit his tory-and an increase of 8.81 per cent over the same month a year ago.

Passenger revenue also was up, totaling $1,145,679, an increase of $62,951 or5.8 per cent over revenue tallied in March, 1964. The count for th e same month,both years, included service provided for racing at Golden Gate Fields, Albany.

Transbay commute sales reached $198,790 in March, a 9. 5 pe r cent boost oversales of $181,576 in March, 1964. Th e district operated 2,013,540 miles of scheduled service, an addition of 55,142 miles or a 2.8 pe r cent increase. Th e district's

total income of $1,384,198 was sufficient to cover opera t ional expenses of$1,166,933, up $61,919 or 5.6 per cent over a year ago, as well as provide forequipment renewal and bond debt requirements.

Th e transit industry nationally indicated an increase in riding during March,with preliminary figures showing a 2.76 per cent boost in passengers.

Th e business picture for th e first nine months of AC Transit's fiscal year,however, wa s no t as bright. Passenger revenue totaled $9,525,520, an increase ofonly .44 per cent over the first nine months of the past fiscal year. The numberof passengers carried wa s 39,396,156, an increase of .52 pe r cent. Miles operatedwere 16,935,160, down 1.26 pe r cent compared to th e previous period in 1964-63.

District Treats Operators Wh o ' lop Safe ty Goall t wa s coffee and doughnut t ime at a record of 13,258 miles pe r accident

Seminary Division this month, after in April. Emeryville drivers won theoperators topped their safety goal with treat in March.

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Transit Veterans 'Hang-up' Long CareerAfter Rolling with Trains, Cars, Buses

Transportation careers, which included some "firsts," along with yearsof service, were being wrapped up thismonth by Ralph E. Hawes, who inaugura ted Cent ra l Dispa tch , andSupervisor Jack Lyons, wh o took partin the start of bus service across th eBay Bridge.

Hawes plans to le t hi s "itchy feet"start moving next month, ending 411/2years on th e job. He and hi s wife expect to sell their home at 791 MandanaBlvd. an d head ou t in a 30-foot trailer,outfitted for traveling in th e UnitedStates an d overseas.

As first of the central dispatchers,Hawes took over th e post April 25,1943, when it wa s located above agarage behind Key System offices at22nd an d Grove Streets.

Th e "system" consisted of eighttelephones and, according to Hawes,"w e sure got tangled up in that spaghetti." Two men had th e duty, bu the took th e first shi f t -a shift he's retained during the years.

Hawes took a "temporary" jo b withth e Key System in December, 1923,as a street car conductor, switching tobus driving in 1926. Appointed aninspector in 1942 an d stationed at 14than d Broadway, he fought th e war-time

battle of to o little an d too much beforemoving to Central Dispatch.

Lyons, wh o lives at 115 ShareneLane, Walnut Creek, worked his lastshift this month, topping off a careerwhich ranged from work as a streetcar motorman 1925 to 1932; a lay-offduring the depression, an d a returnto th e cars an d trains in 1935.

When th e first bridge motor coachservice was inaugurated in May, 1937,he took part in a three-day celebration,driving celebr i t ies from differentareas over the span. Then, with to pseniority in the newly-formed division,

he picked the Line L-Richmond runan d inaugurated regular service.Veteran of submarine duty, World

War I an d II , Lyons was made a supervisor instructor in 1949 an d supervisorin 1951.

Retirement pins also ar e in order for:Arthur Moore of 6030 Avilla St., EI

Cerrito, wh o went to work as a streetca r operator in 1928 an d became a bu sdriver in 1929. He worked at bothEmeryville an d Richmond divisions .

William Dodd, 1837 Ninth St., Alameda, who entered as a street caroperator in 1926 an d switched to bu sdriving in 1936. He drove out of Seminary an d Emeryville yards.

Edward Lee, 1414 86th Ave., Oakland, retired as a service employee

from Emeryville Division, after 20years of service.

FIRST central dispatcher, Ralph E. Hawesplans to sign of f at same "old stand." Onreceiving end, Supervisor Jack Lyons alsoplans retirement, long career.


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PERPETUAL trophy occupies place o fhonor at Seminary Division, representing"home base" o f operator, who won Drivero f the Year for 1964.

M OS T OF THE DISTRICT'S bu sdrivers will be putting it on the

line, close to th e line, or up to th eline - an d maybe even over th e l i n enext month as they take part in a "Bus-0 - Rama" to pick th e top operator of1965.

Some 650 drivers - incl uding veteran women bus-wheele rs - ha d

signed up for th e driving skill contestby the first week in May, indicating arecord turn-out for the preliminaryrun-offs, scheduled for June 5-6, 12-13an d 19-20 .

Finals are se t for Sunday afternoon,June 27 .

As in 1964, th e obstacle course willbe set up on the paved parking loton 8th St ., north of Youell Field . Bu tth e layout will be d i ffe ren t and"slightly tougher."

Operators wh o have signed entryblanks are wearing green and whitebuttons, indicating their intention ofputting their driving ability into com-

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BUS-O-RAMADrivers Set to Put Skill

On the Line to Pick

Top Operator of 1965

petition to see how they personallystack up against fellow drivers .

They will have the chance to take acoach through seven problems encountered in street operations, bu tsimulated for th e "Bus-O-Rama" witha variety of objects, ranging from ru bbe r balls to barrels.

Th e course itself ha s been set up

differently to make it a little harder towheel smoothly through, around an dover th e obstacles, according to safetY IEngineer Gordon Wadsworth. !

Problem 1 includes a U-turn an da right offset while simulating a narrowstreet with parked cars.

Problem 2 concerns diminish ingside clearance.

Problem 3 covers zig-zagging aroundbarrels as a t es t in overhang and"cheating" - t o show how much spaceshould be allowed in making turns .

Problem 4 is a right turn, with parking lane occupied.

Problem 5 - can you drive an ab-

A NE W problem for contestants in theBus-O-Rama of 1965 - a stop for a railroad crossing - is given a run-through,above, by Instructors Stan Hodge, left, andHarvey Asp.

solute straight l ine?Problem 6 is new, representing a

railroad crossing (not exempt).Problem 7 concerns near side load

in g zone-and th e finish line.Drivers will be scored on perform

ance, elapsed time an d smoothness,measured accurately by a decelerometer.

Actual participants will receiveshoulder patches to wear on their uniforms, showing they have made it toth e starting point.

First, second and third place winners will receive individual, engravedtrophies. The perpetual trophy, whichhas spent th e year at Seminary Division, will be "u p for winners" again,going to th e division represented bythe "Driver of th e Year."

Organized as a "fun contest," forsport an d individual testing, th e "BusO-Rama" is open to all drivers whohave not had a "5 point" or more accident from th e April 1 starting date.

WILL IT make i t or not?Safety Engineer G. G . Wadsworth, below, checks clearanceto see how close to space rubber balls in problem involvingright-side clearance .

TRAINING Instructor Stan Pearce eyes atrial run on the last "obstacle" facing contestants, near-side loading zone - an dfinish line.

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FAVORITE "busjockey"for Hayward Cal-Statestudents, driver ShirleyGaylord has a typicaljoking "hello" for cam-pus riders boarding bus.

Driver Gives 'Lift' to Hayward Students"Bus jockey" for students who ride

Line 91-A to Hayward Cal-State,Shirley Gaylord no t only "makes thegrade" as far as taking a coach to th ehill-top campus, he's made the gradeon his ow n as th e kind of driver wholikes college kids - an d is l iked bythem in return.

As far as the students are concerned,he gives them a real boos t - to theirclassrooms an d to their morale, whenth e going is tough.

According to th e Cal-State newspaper,

The Pioneer,he "interests him

self in their problems, offers encouragement and lightens their day with agay and ready joke."

"H e must know a thousand storiesan d each of them begins and endswith a smile," one student said.

Gaylord, a veteran father as well asa veteran driver, would just say thathe likes to "kid around" with thestudents and pu t them on their ow nto make good.

Students ad d more detail.When on e girl needed a jo b to stay

in school, Gaylord found he r one.When a boy arrived without all his

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registration money, Gaylord - wh ohad never seen hi m before - loanedhi m $32.50. He was paid back - an dwith grateful thanks.

As to behavior, the driver ha s"never had a bi t of trouble. They'rethe best bunch of kids I 've ever seen.Of course, I started off on the rightfoot, telling them what they couldn'tdo, like smoking. We have a good timean d a good ride."

Gaylord, 54, lives with his wife,Evangeline, at 15909 Via de l Sol, SanLorenzo

.He

hasthree children of his

ow n to keep an eye on, Jerry, 18;Gayla, 17, an d Tommy, 12. He also hasfour married children by a previousmarriage an d 11 grandchildren.

He admits youngsters "can give youa lot of heartaches," bu t somehow,he manages to keep an even keel -an d a happy disposition.

A long-time truck an d bu s driver,Gaylord went to work for Key System13 years ago, remaining with ACTransit . He took over the hill ru n toCal-State a year an d a half ago, activating the campus, along with thestudents.

, 3fJuu, , ,AC Transit is proud to reprint below a few o f the many letters of commenda-

tion received during the month -letters unsolicited from residents of th e EastBay who are owners o f the transit system. Letters were selected at random torepresent the quality o f courtesy, service an d safety demonstrated by AC per-sonnel in their most important relationship with our customers.

I would like to take this opportunityto commend you for having such courteous bus drivers . . . I am blind and Icommute from Berkeley to San Fran

cisco . Many times I have been waitingfor someone and they could no t findme because I was in th e wrong place.Th e bus inspector helped me to findth e party I was looking for . . . it's veryenjoyable, riding your buses .. .

Royal HargroveSan Francisco

on th e noon news I heard youhlld increased the number of passengers in the last year. Congratulations!. . . We us e the bus for transportationan d find th e drivers courteous an dskillful. Most of th e coaches are comfortable . . . sometimes I am amazed atthe abuse the drivers have to take . . .we enjoy the Sunday and holidaypasses very much . . .

Mrs. Car l l . TisdaleCastro Valley

. . . I would like to call your attentionto two of your drivers, who in myopinion, certainly are deserving ofworthy mention . . . th e interest theyshow in passengers an d pleasant manner in which they conduct themselvessurpasses anything or anyone I haveever witnessed on a public convey-

ance . . . I refer to Michael Chuba an dAl Gabriel.

Mrs. Edith BartonPiedmont

I want to compliment you for havingsuch a very courteous, efficient an dgracious bus driver .. . as Laura Le eRikli . . . sh e is always th e same an d toeveryone . . . very gracious . . . sheindeed is a credit to your company.

Mrs. Latham AllenSan Francisco

I would like to express my appreciation for th e driver who . . . found anarticle I lost an d I di d not know I ha dlost it - an earring - until he returnedit to me . . . his alert an d courteousmanner is a credit to hi m an d yourcompany.

Mrs. Mary E. MahoneyOakland

I just wanted to thank someone forth e wonderful service given by the information people. They are alwaysquick to answer the phone, unbelievably helpful, always willing to giveyou exact -time, schedules, bu s transfers to ge t to a certain place and so on.My roommate has received the sameservice . . . I decided you should knowthat tw o students very much apprec i-ated the wonderful service.

Miss Whitney SchulzBerke ley

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May, 1937; ne w bridge bu s service gets send-off at Mills College

Without a toot, Ba y Bridge motorcoaches rolled past a 28th anniversarythis month, clicking off inauguration ofth e first bus service to San Franciscoon May 9, 1937 .

Surprisingly, from the viewpoint ofth e 900,000 riders wh o no w us e ACTransit buses to ride to an d from th eTransbay Trans i t Termina l eachmonth, th e inauguration wa s no t expected to attract commuters .

Workers, wh o now keep some 24 5buses whizzing through th e terminalat an average of one every 30 secondsduring rush hours, weren' t even con

sidered when the original coach serv-

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ice wa s introduced as a "deluxe express" for benefit of casual riders.

Only a short time before, Ke y Syste m spokesmen ha d gone so far as todeclare buses "inadequate and impractical" for handling commutingworkers. An d when they bowed to ademand for coach service on th ebridge, it apparently wa s with theintention of attracting midday shoppers.

Th e first lines - L (Richmond), N.(East Oakland) an d R (Hayward), carr ied through passengers only an d nostops were made within 3000 feet of

existing trans ba y train lines - either

MILLS COLLEGE girls o f 28 years ago tryfirst bu s service. Richmond has a parade.

Ke y System or Southern Pacific. Th ecoaches operated express an d at a se tfare, neither accepting no r givingtransfers to other Key System service .

No commute rate was anticipatedan d some time ha d passed before thesystem surrendered to public clamoran d established commuter fares, admitting th e mobility, attraction an deconomy of bus service as a transbayoperation.

Yet th e inauguration wa s an auspicious occasion, with celebrations,parades an d pageantry in Richmond,El Cerrito, East Oakland, San Leandroan d Hayward.

Three days in a row, civic leadersan d Key officials made speeches anda aravan of buses carried dignitiariesacross th e span for a preview ride. ElCerrito an d Richmond ha d a parade. Aband played at San Leandro plaza.Mills College girls posed with th e bu sat the Wetmore Gate terminal of LineN.

While Line N operated from MillsCollege, Line L ha d its terminal atSixth an d Macdonald in Richmond,

traveling via Sa n Pablo an d UniversityAves. Line R originated at PinedaleCt. an d Castro St. in Hayward, stopping in Sa n Leandro to pick up additional passengers.

Th e San Francisco terminal, foralmost a year, was on Fourth St., nearMission, where passengers sometimes ha d to dodge bottles thrownfrom windows while waiting for theirbus. Schedules were simple: half hourservice during a br ie f morning andevening period and hourly serviceduring the rest of th e day.

Opening of the Santa Fe terminalon Fe b . 1, 1939, gave buses an d pas

sengers welcome protection. A $100,-00 0 f l ee t "o f ne w in te rurban typebuses, powered in th e rear," ha d beenpurchased for th e service, bu t operators, wh o remember them as th e "gutless wonders," soon found them toolow-powered for th e job.

Somewhat reluctantly bu s servicecontinued to grow and expand until,with the advent of National City Linesin 1946, they ultimately supersededall rail transportation across th e Bridge .

MAYOR W. ]. McCracken and city officials takepart in East Oakland dedication ceremonies forfirst transbay bus service. At right, Mills Collegepresident, the late Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, is in-

vited to try the bus by Alfred] . Lundberg, presidentof Key System.

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At an adjourned regular meetingApril 28, 1965, the Board of Directors:

Authorized General Manager to execute agreement with Alameda Countyfor purchase of certain materials andsuppl ies , on motion of Direc torWarren. Adopted resolut ion author iz ingGeneral Manager to execute contractwith U.S. Housing and Home FinanceAgency for demonstration grant, onmotion of Vice President McDonnell. Adopted resolut ion author iz ingGeneral Manager to file formal application with HHFA covering capitalgrant for two-way radio communications y s t e m , on m o t i o n o f D i r e c t o rCopeland.

I r a n s l t - ' I I _ . sPublished monthly by the

ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICTlatham Square Building 50 8 Sixteenth Street

Oakland, Californio 94612 Telephone 6547878

BOARD OF DIRECTORSWILLIAM H. COBURN, JR. . . President

JOHN McDONNELL.

ROBERT M. COPELAND.RAY H. RINEHART . .WILLIAM E. BERK .WM . J. BETTENCOURT.E. GUY WARREN .

Word I

Word III. . Vice President

Director a t LargeDirector at large

Word IIWord IVWord V

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERSKENNETH F. HENSEL . General ManagerROBERT E. NISBET . . . AttorneyJOHN F. LARSON. Treasurer-ControllerGEORGE M. T A Y L O R . . . . SecretoryALAN L. BINGHAM . Public Information Manager

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Passengers to Help Shape Future TransitIn Extensive Origin and Destination Study

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est intersection, both as to origin anddestination.

The cards will be handed out on al lbus lines during one full service day,to obtain the most thorough data pos

. sible on travel desires of East Ba yriders.

Passengers will be asked to com

plete one card on each inbound trip.Bus drivers will b e thoroughly

briefed ahead of time on the procedure, which has been designed so itwill not delay service . Each driver willhave a survey kit, with cards, pencilsand simple instructions "ready to go"

Alameda -Contra Costa Transit DistrictLatham Square Building

Oakland, California 94612

on the dates selected for the checks.The survey is being conducted by

Simpson & Curtin, transportation engineers, who were selected as primaryconsultants for the transit coordinationproject.

The project, which includes a jointAC Transit and BARTD study and aconcurrent S.F. Muni and BARTD

study, is under the working directionof E. Sam Davis, who took a leave ofabsence from AC Transit to serve asproject director.

Results will be compared with others tudies being made by di ffe ren tagencies on transit patterns .

GOODWIN SAMMEL U-5

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