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the city is very human and optimistic. It awakens each morning with a fresh outlook, trying to forget yesterday's hassles and confusion. And like people, the city retains the knowing frustration deep down that today will probably be every bit of difficulties. Any other day. In a few

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moments, thousands of suburbanites will leave their homes and lay siege to the city. Today, there will be strangers, among them people who lived and worked somewhere else before on. And there is a new factory, a new office, a new store to go to new businesses that

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were not in the city last year or last week. No, the city can never be fully prepared for the onslaught each morning. Nor can the commuter be pleased at the prospect of fighting his way to work daily. Uh huh. I

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think this is assignment for the award winning weekly report to the West. Presented in the community interest by the documentary Department of Koron TV tonight is we ask, where are we going? We'll see if there is a solution to the tangled snarl of Bay Area transportation.

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Almost a Zeman e people live in the suburbs, as in our central cities Now, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, In another decade, our super cities, the megalopolis is will expand to such an extent that traveling 70 or 80 miles to work each day will

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become commonplace. Thing answer for many families is to locate is close to a convenient and comfortable mode of transportation as possible if such a situation could be found and afforded. A few 100 Marin County commuters avail themselves of the last remaining regularly scheduled ferry service on

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San Francisco Bay one, which makes a single run each way between Tiburon in San Francisco. Daily Thing Angel Island State Park line some something A to the other end of the Bay Area on the peninsula. Another last of its kind conveyance, the Southern Pacific commuter train,

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makes its way to the city. There are few commuter trains and service in the United States as compared with a few decades ago on the remaining lines were usually conspicuously insolvent. But the SP stoutly maintains that its services the most efficient in the nation, e o.

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The Southern Pacific has announced to its patrons that its fares will be increased when the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes the hike when the increase goes through, SP says it will consider adding new passenger cars to handle the burden of hundreds of new users each year. K

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R O N T. V found that there exists a similar increased burden for other modes of transportation. SFO Helicopter Airlines operates between the San Francisco and Oakland International Airport and downtown heliports in Oakland and Berkeley. There are also runs to local airports in San Jose, Palo

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Alto, Marin County and Contra Costa County. The fair varies from $4 to $9.50 which automatically prohibits the service from being a widely used daily commuter mode. If volume increased sufficiently to lower rates, helicopter commuting could become a tremendous boon to the transportation. Seen locally. San Francisco

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has a subway of sorts. The municipal railways market. Streetcar line cuts through the Twin Peaks tunnel to bring local commuters to the heart of town. Unfortunately, the tunnel was built toe handle streetcars only. The money has maintained its flat 15 cent fare for all conveyances in

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the city. Gas Busses, electric trolley coaches, cable cars and street cars. Costs are up, and so are loads almost three quarters of a million passengers ride them uni each weekday that the city feels that public transit is the least costly solution to the overall traffic problem.

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Oh E yeah. The Tiburon to San Francisco Ferry run costs 80 cents one way, $1.50 round trip and $13.50 for a 20 ride commuter book. And it appears to be a pretty pleasant and peaceful ride for

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most of its passengers, quite a contrast to the steering wheel clutching going on at this time on the freeway. Ironically, the fantastic population growth in the counties across the bay from San Francisco occurred about the time that some of the old fairy lines had to call

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it quits because of economic pressures. Some critics of the Bay Area Transportation seen have indicated that the reestablishment of Mawr Transbay boat service could serve to alleviate congestion now clogging the freeways, bridges and city streets. They have said that subsidy should be developed if needed to

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support modes of water transit. Mhm, beautiful. Fittingly enough, the ferry building is the San Francisco terminus of the Angel Island line. At this point, the passengers joined the army of commuters entering the city from other areas. And on other mode. E

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What? Yeah, yeah, I don't know. Yeah. The theme of the Southern Pacific commuter system celebrated its centennial in 1964. Its all time peak in terms of passengers carried into the city was reached in 1954 when 16 0 commuters

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boarded daily. The figure has dropped to about 11,500. With the competition of new freeways and the growth of local shopping centers. SP claims that its peninsula affairs are the lowest per mile in the country, averaging less than two cents a mile for all classes of tickets.

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All right, a half century old third in towns and street station still handles the San Francisco train traffic. A vital element of any transportation system is coordinated effort between the various modes. The municipal railway in the city runs frequent commuter bus is

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between the third in towns and station and nearby downtown points. Except for traffic jams, the idea appears toe work quite efficiently, mhm for good traffic jams. Nothing beats the freeway. Critics blast them for their congestion, their cost and their lack of aesthetic qualities. But most officials

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agree that we can never build them fast enough to handle the tremendous increase in the number of vehicles they serve. Yeah, most of SFO helicopter airlines passengers come from outside the Bay Area. There is a large number of commuters from Los Angeles for a time, Ah,

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hello Fort was located at San Francisco's Ferry Building, and it is expected that the facility will be reopened in the near future. I get that San Francisco is thought of as the City of Bridges. For many years,

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the Bay Bridge was the world's longest span. It used to limit auto traffic to one deck, with commuter trains utilizing the other. With the demise of the train service from Oakland, both decks were pressed into use for a vehicular traffic. Now the jam ups air so

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frequent and frustrating that it has been suggested that another East West Transbay bridge be built. The cost would be tremendous, but the advocates claim it would be worth the expenditure. E yeah, yeah. One of the chief users of the Bay Bridge is the Alameda

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Contra Costa Transit line. Its major San Francisco terminus is the key system station downtown on Mission Street, again coordinated services apparent since debarking passengers may catch money streetcars outside the building or they may exercise the most efficient means of transportation. Their feet. For those who choose

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to drive to work or to shop, parking poses a dilemma which seems to grow daily. There just isn't enough land available for new parking facilities, so it must be Hurry up and wait for the beleaguered motorists. A rather radical proposal offered by a European city planner

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would have everyone come toe work different hours, with offices, stores and factories open 24 hours a day. Business leaders would meet and plan the day and night schedules to ensure a steady and even flow of activity around the clock. As it stands now, with everyone converging

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on the city simultaneously, the idea would seem to be of some merit from no, yeah, yeah, right. Of course, there are those who are too concerned with traffic problem. Okay, the

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English have devised a fast moving, water born mode of transportation called hovercraft. Strange looking conveyance travels considerably faster than conventional boats on a cushion of air. For a while, there was a hovercraft flying the bay between Oakland and San Francisco on an experimental basis. It was

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determined that more research was necessary before regular service was established. Mhm, the more conventional ferry might be termed an old solution revisited. This boat used to be part of the San Francisco fleet. It is one of several in service in Seattle on Puget Sound and Lake

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Washington. Seattle bought them when they were deemed unnecessary. After the construction of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, many citizens feel that the Bay Area would do well to buy new ones, particularly the type that carry autos as well as people. Marin County traffic is growing

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in volume as fast as any of the nine Bay Area counties. A repeated suggestion is to double deck the magnificent symbol of the city, the Golden Gate Bridge. Detractors shudder at the thought of changing the bridge's design. They suggest a second bridge to Marin. Nothing in

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the total transportation picture has ever received the publicity and prompted the controversy that the Bay Area Rapid Transit system has engendered. BART is now under construction in several areas, and this test track in the scale model mock up of the passenger car are located in the

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Walnut Creek Concord area. The billion dollar system was approved by the voters of the Bay Area in 1962 and encompasses a 75 mile network of subways on underwater tube and elevated in surface trains. Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties okay, the original bond issue. But

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San Mateo and Marin County's are attempting to implement the plan. The major reason for their non involvement has been their share of the cost. Funds for the system come from a 37 year obligation bond issue, Bay Bridge tolls and eventual revenues from the system itself. The

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central terminus of BART will be a large plaza and subway station at Powell and market streets on other transit systems such as money will tie in with bark. Controversy now rages over increased costs and subway and elevated station design. And state Senator Eugene McAteer has proposed

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an increase in Bay Bridge tolls to 35 cents to help pay for the skyrocketing expenses. Eventually, BART will be the most exciting catalyst in Bay Area transportation. It is unlikely that it can fail to untangle part of the mess we now face daily. In

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1963 the California state Legislature established the Bay Area Transportation Study Commission to make a comprehensive urban transportation study and prepare a master regional plan. It's work has been coordinated with Bay Area government agencies, and observers agree that such coordinated efforts are imperative to the future of

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the region. All modes of transit are understudy, continually air, water and surface conveyances alike. Until the region's problems are resolved by new studies and implementation of existing plans. Going home in the evening will remain as difficulty as coming toe work in the morning. Yeah, mhm.

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What? Hey Oh NPD talked to a number of experts in the field of transportation. Most of them voiced alarm at the present situation. Officials have offered a myriad of proposals to solve the problem of moving people around. Lawrence K. Edwards of Palo Alto, Engineer suggests that

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three quarters of a billion dollars tube system between Santa Clara and Marin County's to complement bark compressed air would drive the train through the tube 100 ft underground. It speeds up to 120 MPH. The principle is used to make change in department stores. At present, state

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Senator Nicholas Petrus has proposed legislation to limit families toe one gasoline powered automobiles starting in 1975 so that electric cars could be developed more quickly than now scheduled by the major auto manufacturers. Primarily an anti air pollution idea Petra scheme would also provide for more space

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on our city streets, since the electric vehicles are less than half the size of conventional cars. Most experts agree that no single plan will solve the transportation puzzle, but rather a combination of efforts. Before our citizens reach the end of the line, they must choose either

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to leave the situation in chaos, leave money for research and development or leave town final word in a moment. Whatever is said about transportation in the Bay Area must be tempered by the thought that all 86 cities in nine counties have been through the treadmill of

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plans, counter plans, arguments and possible solutions. For decades. The transportation tangle is but one of dozens of problems the metropolitan area faces. But there is one nuance confronted by the citizenry of the sixties and seventies that previous generations did not have to cope with more new

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families and automobiles will be added to the area in the next 15 years than in the past century. only if the counties and municipalities plan together can an effective and meaningful system of living emerge. It's not enough just to get to work and back quickly. Most

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people would like to enjoy the trip. Yeah, Assignment four is presented each week in the community. Interest by the documentary department of Koron TV be with us again next week for another report to the West on

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assignment for.