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CORRECTIONS: • The article “Practicum challenges students” published on June 7 contained several errors. Dennis Mabasa and Anuraag Jhawar are environmental science students. The photo captions for the article also contained several errors. Environmental science students presented their senior capstone research on Eco-Certification programs for green hotels at UCLA’s Environmental Science Senior Practicum on Wednesday. Fourth-year environmental science students Jaryd Block, Brittney Laver and Dennis Mabasa presented on vegetation change in Rancho Sierra Vista in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area at the environmental science senior practicum presentations. Corrections should be addressed to corrections@media.ucla.edu.

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The Metro 305 line travels daily through South Los Angeles. It will permanently shut down this month to make way for a new Expo light-rail line, forcing many commuters to find alternative routes.

Expo line changes bus routes BY YANTING LI Bruin reporter yli@media.ucla.edu Early in the morning, the Metro 305 bus lumbers through South Los Angeles, picking up passenger Patricia Smith on her daily commute. For 50 minutes, the orange bus zigzags northwest, carrying Smith straight from her home to UCLA, where she works as a faculty support services manager at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. But starting June 17, Smith will have to find an alternate mode of transport. The Metro 305 line will close permanently to accommodate a new Expo light-rail line that w ill run through Los Angeles, said Rick Jager, spokesman for L.A. Metro. “The line is kind of staircased,” Jager said. “We have a lot of lines running east-west and north-south, so there was a lot of duplication of service.” Financially, the line required a much higher subsidy than the other bus lines in the Metro system, he added. Around 45 students and fac-

ulty at UCLA will be affected “There are other buses you when the line is discontinued, can take, but (with this line) you said David Karwaski, senior don’t have to transfer,” Smith associate director for planning, said. “Without this line, I’ll have policy and traffic systems for to take two buses – three if I UCLA Transportation. don’t want to walk.” The direct nature of the line T he pla n ned Ex po l i ne, in bringing riders from South which runs east-west, will not Los Angeles to the Westside be as convenient for those who leaves riders with no compa- use the 305 line. Feeder buses rable alternative, will run to the Expo as there is no other line, but that will uninterrupted route still mean time-conWithout (the suming and costly from Westwood to the parts of South Metro 305), I’ll have transfers for riders, Los Angeles the 305 Karwaski said. to take two buses – Smith said taking covers. For Smith, who three if I don’t want the bus is a lifestyle takes the bus Mon- to walk.” choice. day through Friday, W h i le she h a s the change means Patricia Smith a car, she said she losing the conve- Faculty support services prefers to take the nience and dependbus for environmenmanager, Anderson tal reasons, and also ability she has been accustomed to for to avoid driving to three years. Since one year ago, work in morning traffic. she has created two petitions She said she will miss the against Metro’s decision that camaraderie that has formed have made little headway – even with other riders on the bus. though others have signed and “People know each other,” presented them to Metro. Smith said. “In the dark months, The change to the bus lines has been in the works for about BUSES | Page 3 a year, Jager said.

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