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NATION, Page 28American NotesLOS ANGELESGetting Back On Track
Though they may differ over politics, taxes and who puts out
the best video exercise tape, Los Angeles residents seldom
disagree about traffic congestion: it is horrific and steadily
growing worse. Help may be on the way. This week the Blue Line,
the first leg of the city's first light rapid-transit rail
system for commuters, will begin running from downtown to Long
Beach, 20 miles to the south, with 22 stops along the way.
Fare: a flat $1.10.
But will Angelenos use the $800 million line? Says Norm
Jester, director of rail activation for the Rail Construction
Corporation: "It will be attractive enough to encourage people
to leave cars behind." The line is expected to carry 35,000
daily passengers the first year and 54,000 by the year 2000.
That will leave more than enough of L.A.'s 4 1/2 million auto
commuters to clog freeways well into the next century.