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60-645: In June 1988, the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) awarded a contract to Italian company Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie to build 30 train cars for the Red Line at a cost of $ 54 million, with options for additional cars. They were built to the same specification as the Budd Universal Transit Vehicle , built for Baltimore and Miami in the mid 1980s – with artists impressions of

120-579: A Passenger" in October 2010. On January 18, 2013, Boyd announced his band, Sons of the Sea. With Incubus on hiatus, Sons of the Sea toured in 2013 and 2014. On May 29, 2013, Boyd released a teaser video announcing the name of the album, Sons of the Sea . That same year, he embarked on a book-signing tour of the Northeast to coincide with his latest publication ' So The Echo , as well as the release of Sons of

180-576: A contract to Woojin Industrial Systems to overhaul and refurbish the 74 newer trains at a cost of $ 213 million, with the older trains to be replaced by the CRRC HR4000 when they enter service. Work is to be completed before the 2028 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games . In 2014, Metro decided to order a new subway fleet rather than overhauling the older Breda A650 trains. In 2017, 64 CRRC HR4000 cars were ordered – which will replace

240-419: A former Marlboro Man , had nurtured his artistic side since he was a child. Boyd broke his nose twice; once getting an Easter egg to the face, and the other from being hit in the face with Dirk Lance 's bass during a show. He opted to let the injuries heal on their own, but they only worsened his breathing the older he became. He claims to have sung and breathed from one nostril up until having surgery to fix

300-608: A further 32 vehicles in 1996. These cars were built in Pistoia between 1995 and 1997, with the first arriving in Los Angeles in September 1996. Unlike the first batch, these trains use AC (3-phase AC 4-pole asynchronous) traction motors which are lighter and more efficient than DC traction motors. They also use VVVF inverter control using GTO thyristor technology, manufactured by General Electric . Costing $ 1.8 million each,

360-645: A heavy rail public transportation system for Southern California, and for planning for bus improvements. In 1974, the El Monte Busway was opened, a bus-only lane (later converted to a high-occupancy vehicle lane ). In 1973, RTD shed parts of its operations outside of Los Angeles County, (they were taken over by other agencies including what was then the new Orange County Transit District (now Orange County Transportation Authority ), Omnitrans and Riverside Transit Agency although it continued to operate inter-county service to Riverside and San Bernardino until

420-424: A humorous caveman riding the subway. It is also featured in S.W.A.T. and it is seen taking a nosedive plummet from a mountain as the cataclysmic events of December 21, 2012, unfold in 2012 . Southern California Rapid Transit District The Southern California Rapid Transit District (almost always referred to as RTD or rarely as SCRTD ) was a public transportation agency established in 1964 to serve

480-612: A means for environmental activism. September 8, 2008, marked the opening of his first solo show, Ectoplasm , at Mr. Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles, California. In March 2020, Boyd had planned to debut a new large-scale solo exhibit, Impossible Knots , at the Samuel Lynne Galleries in Dallas, Texas. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the in-person exhibit had to be postponed. On April 18, 2020, his work debuted online via

540-406: A new, massive renumbering system, while keeping the earlier grid pattern. The new numbering system is as follows: As a result of the renumbering, the 36F became the 456. The local bus running from Long Beach to downtown Los Angeles became the 60. The bus from Long Beach to LAX changed from 66 to 232. The local route from Pasadena to Pomona, numbered in the 1970s as route 440, became route 187, while

600-503: A parallel route (numbered 434) that went from City of Hope in Duarte west through Monrovia, Arcadia, Pasadena (to JPL), La Canada Flintridge, then to downtown Glendale, was renumbered 177. Probably due to the success RTD had in clarifying where its routes went by the renumbering, Long Beach Transit would also change its numbering system as well. Foothill Transit would also keep the line numbers that it inherited from RTD, and later from

660-419: A result, persons traveling from Long Beach to Santa Monica would take an RTD bus from Long Beach to LAX, then transfer at the airport to a Santa Monica Municipal bus. All of the transit agencies in the county issued local transfers (a transfer from one of their lines to another). Most issued the same transfer blank for every bus on their route, where they just issued a single transfer where the driver punched in

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720-515: A six-month period during the middle 1970s, RTD, and possibly other transit agencies in the county, received a massive subsidy, cutting prices for bus trips from 60¢ to $ 1.25, depending on the route, to 25¢ on weekdays and Saturday, and 10¢ on Sunday, for all trips anywhere within Los Angeles County. Trips outside the county remained the regular price. During this period, all transit agencies in the county discontinued issuing transfers. When

780-516: A virtual exhibition preview on Instagram . This online debut will be followed by the in-person exhibition in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021. Boyd released a card-matching game called Two Doors/Deux Portes , based on a series of his watercolor paintings. Boyd has written and curated three books, each of which comprise his personal illustrations, photography, song lyrics, and additional thoughts and writings. His books are White Fluffy Clouds (2003), From

840-764: Is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Incubus , with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. In addition to his work with Incubus, Boyd has released two solo albums – The Wild Trapeze (2010) and Echoes & Cocoons (2022) – and has collaborated with producer Brendan O'Brien under the name Sons of the Sea . Boyd graduated from Calabasas High School in 1994 and attended Moorpark College for two years before committing to Incubus . Boyd grew up in Calabasas, California with Ricky Taylor who inspired him to write music. His parents, Priscilla "Dolly" Wiseman and Charles Boyd, both of whom had experience in entertainment , with his father being

900-742: Is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("LACMTA"). LACMTA is the product of the merger of RTD and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC). RTD and LACTC officially merged on April 1, 1993. Initially, the agency retained the locations of the predecessor agencies in Downtown Los Angeles , but later moved to the 25-story Gateway Plaza Building adjacent to historic Union Station in 1995. In

960-476: Is to drive on the driver's right side of the road or on a ramp), where at the bottom, a display lamp would indicate which of the 15 berths the bus was to terminate at. The driver would then turn left and go around the bus berthing area, which was in the center of the terminal. This prevented buses from ever having a danger of collision as the buses would always travel through the terminal in a clockwise direction, whereas in standard American traffic, vehicles drive on

1020-653: The Fairfax District . By 1986, due in part to last-minute lobbying by RTD president Nick Patsaouras, a compromise was reached between Waxman and Representative Julian Dixon . The deal allowed funding to go through as long as it did not pass through the Wilshire corridor. With a Wilshire corridor alignment prohibited, the Metro Red Line was reprioritized and routed north up Vermont, the next highest projected ridership corridor, to Hollywood . Because of

1080-633: The Greater Los Angeles area. It was the successor to the original Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). California State Senator Thomas M. Rees (D-Beverly Hills) sponsored the bill that created the RTD, which was meant to correct some deficiencies of the LAMTA, and took over all of the bus service operated by MTA on November 5, 1964. RTD was merged into the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1993. RTD

1140-511: The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC) was formed in 1976 resulting from the requirement that all counties in the state form local transportation commissions. Its main objective was to be the guardian of all transportation funding, both transit and highway, for Los Angeles County. The creation of the LACTC required RTD to share some of its power. The governing structure of

1200-572: The Metro E Line Eastside Extension light rail has a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) segment where it runs underground. In the following years, several light rail and subway lines were opened. In 1990, RTD opened the Metro Blue Line , the region's first modern light rail line. In 1993, the first segment (known as MOS-1 for Minimal Operable Segment 1) of the heavy rail Red Line opened, running from Union Station to MacArthur Park . Three years later,

1260-400: The 800s (801 or 829, for example) served the southern Los Angeles County area. In addition to renumbering, most of the routes were modified into a more logical grid system, following major thoroughfares and moving route termini to near other routes to allow for efficient transfers. In theory, most residences were no more than a quarter-mile away from any bus route. In 1983, RTD would institute

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1320-489: The LACTC was similar to that of the SCRTD, however, the city of Los Angeles had three of the eleven board members, compared to two on the SCRTD board). By law, the commission included the mayor of Los Angeles, a city council member appointed by the mayor, a private citizen appointed by the mayor, all five county supervisors, a member of the city council of Long Beach and two city council members from other municipalities, elected by

1380-571: The Los Angeles branch of the California League of Cities. Each of the members had an appointed alternate. In 1980 voters passed Proposition A, a half-cent sales tax for a regional transit system. The measure succeeded after proposals in 1968 and 1974 had failed. The map that accompanied the initiative showed ten transit corridors with the Wilshire subway line the "cornerstone" of the system, according to former SCRTD planning director Gary Spivak. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn

1440-546: The Murder... was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance in the 2005 Grammy Awards. On November 28, 2006, the band released Light Grenades . In June 2009, Incubus released a greatest hits album, Monuments and Melodies . In 2011, Incubus finished their seventh studio album If Not Now, When? , released on July 12, 2011, followed by a tour. It was their final release under Sony . On December 13, 2014, they performed their single entitled "Trust Fall" at KROQ. They announced

1500-578: The Murks of the Sultry Abyss (2007), and So the Echo (2013), all published under his book imprint , Endophasia Publications. On July 6, 2010, Boyd announced that his debut solo album, The Wild Trapeze was released. On June 21, 2010, a music video for Boyd's first single from The Wild Trapeze , "Runaway Train", was released. A second music video was released for the album, for the song "Last Night

1560-658: The Red Line showing these trains. The first batch of 30 cars was built in Pistoia, Italy between 1988 and 1993. They use chopper control and DC traction motors designed by Garrett AiResearch in Torrance California, later manufactured by ABB . They entered service in 1993 with the opening of the Red Line. To allow service on further phases of the Red Line, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) ordered an additional 42 cars in 1994, and

1620-590: The Red Line was extended to Wilshire/Western in Koreatown . RTD pioneered experimenting with alternate fuel buses in what the Transit Coalition derisively called "the fuel of the month club." At the start of Metro's existence, there were buses running on ethanol , methanol , regular diesel , low-sulfur (clean) diesel, and CNG . Battery-operated buses and trolleybuses were proposed but never operated in regular service. The successor agency to RTD

1680-599: The Sea's eponymous record. On March 11, 2022, Boyd released Echoes & Cocoons , produced by John Congleton . In 2022 and 2023, Boyd appeared as White Jesus in seasons 2 and 3 of the series Reservation Dogs . In February 2024, he was featured on the Night Verses 's single "Glitching Prisms". In the spring of 2011, Boyd made a large mural at the Hurley Space Gallery in order to raise awareness about single use plastics and their harmful effects on

1740-507: The ban, along with several other factors such as traffic congestion, lessening racial prejudice, increasingly progressive and environmental attitudes, have rekindled interest in what has come to be known as the Metro Purple Line . However, a separate measure passed locally in Los Angeles has prohibited use of Metro's local sales tax revenue on "new subway construction". This had deterred Metro from building underground, . However,

1800-510: The change in alignment, a 1-mile (1.6 km) stub line on Wilshire between Vermont and Western persists until the D Line Extension is opened in 2025. On October 27, 2005 an independent group of experts stated that there was no significant problem with methane explosion. Congressman Waxman then proposed legislation to lift the federal ban on subway construction in the Wilshire Corridor, which passed. By 2007, this lifting of

1860-448: The city which was south of Willow either had to be for transportation north of Willow Street or outside of the city. Buses which traveled into the area south of Willow Street could only discharge passengers, and could not pick up any passengers until they resumed travel either north of Willow or outside of Long Beach, and such passengers could not exit the bus until north of Willow or outside the city. On Long Beach Boulevard, for example, RTD

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1920-496: The customer could optionally purchase admission to the park on the same transport ticket. This required the customer to change buses in Downtown Los Angeles to the bus bound for Valencia, and vice versa on return, but Greyhound could not directly sell a ticket for travel between Long Beach and Los Angeles, unless the person was traveling outside RTD's service area. The South of Willow prohibition occurred because of

1980-475: The dispute between RTD and Long Beach Transit, wherein only Long Beach Transit was permitted to pick up passengers within the City of Long Beach south of Willow Street for transport to any other place in the city that was also south of Willow. RTD (and all other transit agencies except Long Beach Transit) were prohibited from providing a pick up and drop off both south of Willow Street. Generally, any pickup anywhere in

2040-588: The downtown Long Beach Transit Mall . RTD was essentially the "800 pound gorilla" as far as public transportation in Southern California was concerned. In a 1983 video created by RTD, the District stated its operating service area was larger than that of the transit systems of Miami, Buffalo, Atlanta, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. combined. RTD operated all service in the city of Los Angeles, and operated some service to neighboring cities. Many of

2100-536: The first batch of A650 trains when they enter service in 2024. It was initially planned to replace the second batch of A650 trains with further orders of HR4000s, but instead they will be replaced by the Hyundai Rotem HR5000 trains, which were ordered in 2024. Two trains have been named: Because Los Angeles is the home of many television and production agencies, A650 subway cars are featured in countless commercials, TV shows and movies. The Breda A650

2160-475: The formation of LACMTA. From 1967 until 1982, RTD operated a main downtown terminal in the basement of the Greyhound bus terminal at 6th and Los Angeles Streets. Greyhound used it until 1991, when they moved to their current terminal on 7th St. Because of the positioning of mirrors in the single entrance/exit ramp, buses entered the ramp and drove in on the left hand side of the ramp (standard American practice

2220-447: The issuance of "interagency transfers" where a rider was switching between one bus line (bus company) and another, e.g. Torrance Transit to Orange County Transit. RTD issued one transfer, which was good locally on its own system for all of its bus routes and functioned as an interagency transfer for credit toward the fare on a different bus line. All other bus lines issued an "interagency transfer" different from their own local transfers. It

2280-704: The issue in December 2019. Boyd designed concert fliers that advertised Incubus' early performances. He occasionally plays guitar during live performances and brings other instruments into his songs, such as the didgeridoo and djembe . Boyd's voice was part of what enticed Sony's Epic / Immortal Records , along with the self-released album Fungus Amongus . The band was signed in 1996. Boyd's singing style in Incubus has often been compared to Mike Patton , vocalist of Faith No More and several other projects. Boyd has mentioned Patton as being an influence since he

2340-424: The local bus agencies operating in the county (all of them either owned by a municipality or operated on its behalf) either had a "live and let live" or an out-and-out hostile relationship with RTD. One of the more serious rivalries was between Long Beach Transit and RTD. RTD had wanted to take over all or part of the operation of Long Beach Transit. However, it was considered that RTD would probably stick to covering

2400-628: The local restriction and the Long Beach South of Willow prohibition. The local restriction prohibited any private carrier such as Greyhound or Continental Trailways from selling one way or round-trip bus tickets between any two points within the same area that RTD operated. For example, Greyhound sold a ticket for transport between Long Beach and the Magic Mountain amusement park (now Six Flags Magic Mountain) in Valencia , and

2460-658: The major areas (" cream skimming ") and might let service languish in the less profitable areas, as witness some of the problems that some of the poorer areas in Los Angeles (such as Watts) had had in getting reasonable bus service. As a result of the animosity, a kind of pettiness grew between the two agencies. One example of which is, of all the bus lines which operated in Los Angeles County: Long Beach, Norwalk, Cerritos, Torrance Transit, City of Santa Monica, Culver City Municipal Transit, Orange County Transit, and RTD, all of these agencies would allow any of

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2520-594: The other's employees to deadhead free, if in uniform (or had identification issued by their agency), except that RTD and Long Beach would not allow each other's drivers to ride free on their buses. One benefit that RTD offered, which no other bus line in the region offered, was the very generous practice that, in addition to RTD employees being allowed to ride free on RTD buses (and as noted above, every other bus transit operator except Long Beach), their spouse and all children under 18 were also given free passes. Two features of transportation in Southern California were

2580-638: The release of two EPs in 2015 with the first, Trust Fall , released on March 24, 2015, through Island Records . On February 5, 2015, the single "Absolution Calling" was released. Two years later, in February 2017, Boyd and Incubus worked with Skrillex on a collaboration that was released under the title "8" in April 2017. Boyd had been drawing his entire life. Between 2003 and 2008 he focused more on creating fine art, specifically painting. He participated in different group and solo art shows, using his artwork as

2640-467: The right and a traffic circle or "roundabout" has traffic moving counterclockwise . The terminal also had a rule, indicated on all signs leading to the bus berths, that cash payments were not accepted on buses in the terminal; a person had to either have a monthly pass or purchase tickets on the ground floor (one floor above the bus area). Tickets were standard paper coupons with amounts of 10¢ to $ 1.00, and could be purchased at any time, not merely when one

2700-465: The route number, possibly the direction of travel (to prevent people who were taking short trips from getting on a bus going back where they came from without paying for the return trip) and the month and day. Long Beach issued a specific transfer preprinted with the specific route number. But RTD issued a new transfer every day, so that the transfer would have "Mon Nov. 27 1978" preprinted on transfers issued on that day. Another different practice involved

2760-667: The same train. The fleet is maintained at the Division 20 yard, located south of Union Station on Santa Fe Drive near 4th Street on the west bank of the Los Angeles River in Downtown Los Angeles . In 2016, Metro awarded a contract to Talgo to overhaul and refurbish the newer 74 trains at a cost of $ 73 million, as they were more heavily used. This contract was cancelled in 2022 for "non-performance" after work had started on 14 trains. Talgo and Metro subsequently sued each other for breach of contract. In 2024, Metro awarded

2820-445: The small number of routes that left its downtown area. RTD operated a small office on Ocean Boulevard, required tickets to be purchased, either there or in advance, and prohibited acceptance of cash payment for buses leaving the stop in front of its Long Beach downtown terminal. When the City of Long Beach introduced the consolidated transit mall, RTD discontinued the use of its own terminal, and allowed persons to pay cash on buses leaving

2880-473: The subsidy ended, prices returned to the original amounts, and RTD resumed issuing transfers. Bus routes in the county originally had various identifications. The route from Long Beach to Los Angeles, which operated most of the route as an express service along the freeway of former California State Route 7 (now Interstate 710 ), was known as the 36F (for "Freeway Flyer"). Other routes had various numbers that at times seemed somewhat random, as they were added to

2940-533: The system when RTD had absorbed earlier systems—for example, routes 107, 108, 109, and 110 were in the Pasadena area, as they had been originally part of Pasadena City Lines, while routes 106 and 111 were elsewhere in RTD's system. In the mid-1970s, RTD began to group their routes by region—for example, routes in the 400s (such as 423, 434, and 496) served primarily the San Gabriel Valley, while those in

3000-488: The trains usually run in four to six car consists, and feature automatic train control , air conditioning, emergency intercoms, wheelchair spaces and emergency braking. Initially it was planned to upgrade the DC-motored cars with AC motors, and it was claimed vehicles of either type could run with each other. However, this never occurred and the original batch cars retain their DC motors, and the two types rarely operate in

3060-602: The wake of local media reports of expensive Italian marble used in its construction, the structure was derisively dubbed the Taj Mahal . Housed within the building is the Dorothy Gray Transportation Library, a comprehensive collection of transportation-related books, videos, and other materials, said to be one of the largest in the nation. The library is open to the public. Brandon Boyd Brandon Charles Boyd (born February 15, 1976)

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3120-421: The world's oceans. Boyd is involved with many organizations and charitable causes and in 2003, along with his Incubus bandmates, he founded the 501(c)(3) non-profit The Make Yourself Foundation, which has raised over $ 1.4 million for various philanthropic causes locally and globally. The organization has awarded grant funding to over 60 nonprofit organizations. In a recent Rolling Stone Interview, Boyd stated he

3180-811: Was an early teenager. Incubus' first two releases on the label, Enjoy Incubus and S.C.I.E.N.C.E. went largely unnoticed in the mainstream but subsequent releases Make Yourself and Morning View were commercial successes. Boyd attracted a large number of female fans. In a 2001 interview, Spin wrote "Considering his androgynous beauty and sweet demeanor, plus Incubus' kid-tested/mother-approved guitar rock, it's no surprise he's MTV's newest weapon of mass heartbreak. Girls scream for him to take his shirt off at Incubus shows (he usually obliges) and Teen People voted him one of 'The Hottest Guys in Music.' His sensitive-guy appeal sets him apart from today's testosterone-drunk rock". The band's 2004 release A Crow Left of

3240-476: Was believed that the reason for this was that RTD actually printed the interagency transfers and sold them to all the other bus lines. In the early 1980s, Long Beach Transit would also break from this system, and would have ticket printers installed on every bus to issue both local (Long Beach Transit-based) and interagency transfers (drivers would, in case the printer failed, keep a book of Long Beach and standard interagency transfer for just such emergencies.) For

3300-520: Was created on August 18, 1964, to serve the urbanized Southern California region, including Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County , Orange County , and Riverside County . RTD replaced the major predecessor public agency, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority , and took over eleven other failing bus companies and services in the Southern California region. RTD was placed in charge of creating

3360-502: Was depicted as being burned in the tunnel between MacArthur Park and Metro Center in the 1997 film Volcano , when a lava flow through the tunnel causes all passengers and conductor to pass out on board. The A650 was featured in Speed when the emergency brake feature stops and the train derails. Incubus filmed part of the video for their 1996 song Take Me to Your Leader with a segment featuring lead singer Brandon Boyd portraying

3420-409: Was not allowed to discharge any northbound passengers anywhere on Long Beach Boulevard south of Willow Street. Buses going southbound were to be "discharge only" south of Willow, and were to be "embark only" going northbound if south of Willow Street. Over the years, RTD made a number of strategic purchases and trades to extend service. The original bus line operating between Long Beach and Santa Monica

3480-439: Was operated by Western Greyhound Lines from 1923 until it was acquired by RTD in 1974. RTD broke the line in half, kept the portion running from Long Beach to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then took the portion from Los Angeles International Airport to Santa Monica and sold or traded it to the City of Santa Monica Municipal Bus line in exchange for the right to run buses from Downtown Los Angeles into Santa Monica. As

3540-569: Was taking a bus. Tickets were accepted on all RTD routes at all times, and could also be purchased at various locations around the region, although RTD buses accepted cash everywhere, except when departing from the downtown terminal. RTD eventually discontinued use of the Greyhound bus terminal in the late 1980s, and resumed having connections for buses on the various streets in the downtown area. A similar practice occurred in Long Beach for

3600-639: Was the author of the proposition, declaring, "I'm going to put the trains back." The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission's first light rail line was on the old Long Beach Red Car route from Los Angeles to Long Beach, which passed through Hahn's district (this would become the Metro Blue Line ). Caltrans surveyed the condition of former Pacific Electric lines in 1982. On September 11, 1985, U.S. Representative Henry Waxman added an amendment to that year's Federal Transportation Budget removing all subway construction funds, citing tunneling safety concerns after an entirely unrelated methane explosion in

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