Partlythis was to work out concerns raised by the bus drivers' union. The agency admits it is having trouble communicating what this process is supposed to be about - alternative services for low demand areas and times of service. Many proposals made clearly misunderstood this. The MTA staff doggedly continue to hope such service could save funds. In order to help us organize our time and efforts better, I propose that SO.CA.TA's activities be divided into seven 'activity centers'.
Committees are groups of members assigned to a specific project.
I hope that all members will take a look at this organizational framework and think about whether it would make SO.CA.TA more effective. The Page covers transit systems in Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. We will also have information about Citizen's Area Transit in Las Vegas, plus information for the Arizona communities along the Colorado River. In May 1996, he posted a note on the la.transportation and misc.transport.urban-transit Internet newsgroups asking who might be interested in helping develop a transit information site for Southern California. After several positive responses, he then was able to procure free space on a system owned by his co-worker Larry Rosenman.