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Article: BUSES RUN RAGGED; RAIL-LOVING MTA'S ONE-TRACK MIND LEAVES FLEET IN TATTERS.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- February 8, 1998
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Byline: David Bloom Daily News Staff Writer
Los Angeles' public buses - hailed in 1984 for efficiently moving masses in and out of Olympic events - are in such disrepair today that mechanics say they can barely keep enough rolling to meet day-to-day needs.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's bus fleet - plagued by age and mechanical problems - is stretched beyond the city's daily capacity, making buses chronically late and overcrowded.
The deterioration has occurred as the transit agency has poured about $6 billion into subway and light-rail lines that carry one-tenth as many passengers as buses.
Today, the MTA is still ...