The Los Angeles Valley MTA Transit Chief is trying to prove transit doesn't have to be part of secession. But bigger is not always better.
"...At the same Chatsworth stop, Armijo boarded a second bus--a battered diesel vehicle with threadbare seats, scratched windows, a graffiti-splashed rear wall and an ancient analog Motorola radio. Unlike the Simi Valley coach, this bus is part of the 440-vehicle fleet that Armijo supervises... The Valley sector serves a politically charged region where, until recently, a group of local officials and community leaders agitated to break off from the MTA to form a separate transit zone."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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