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New warning system tested on local buses MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
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DISCUSSION Locals gathered at Fairview Library to discuss climate change, Hurricane Harvey and other current events as part of a weekly discussion group held at the Fairview Library. Visit www.smpl.org for more information.
The Big Blue Bus is installing new technology on 12 buses to help drivers avoid preventable accidents. The Mobileye Shield+ Collision Avoidance System Pilot Program will remain in place for one year at a cost of $124,263 before officials decide if it should be rolled out to all buses. “As part of the pilot program, Shield+ has been installed on 12 buses; 10 existing 40’ transit buses and two existing 60’ articulated buses,” said in a report by Liseth Guizar, Transit Safety and Training Manager. “The 40’ buses are equipped with a four sensor system, while the 60’ buses are equipped with six sensors. The sensors allow
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Angels Flight, the beloved little railroad that’s almost as much a symbol of Los Angeles as the Hollywood Sign, began pulling people toward the heavens and back down again Thursday after four years of idleness triggered by a 2013 derailment. Mayor Eric Garcetti and other supporters and admirers of the funky little funicular turned out on a blazingly hot downtown morning to see the train’s two wooden antique cars, Olivet and Sinai, officially return to service. “This is a railway that always had a little engine that could,” Garcetti said of the 116-year-old railway that stretches only 298 feet (90 meters) up downtown’s stunningly steep Bunker Hill. “It is one
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for front and side-sensing capability of pedestrians and cyclists in a complex urban environment, including turns and intersections, with outputs to the (driver) that will improve the ability to detect potential collisions with these targets in time to stop the bus. The buses are equipped with three driver alert display modules that alert the (driver), visually and audibly, when the bus is in motion and a pedestrian and/or cyclist is in a danger zone around the bus.” In addition, the sensors provide warnings of up to 2.7 seconds before a rear end collision, displays the amount of time to the vehicle in front if that time is less than 2.5 seconds, a lane departure warning
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of the last relics of Victorian Los Angeles, an iconic LA landmark and it’s right up there with the Griffith Park Observatory and the Hollywood Sign.” He added that just like those landmarks it’s made frequent cameo appearances in movies, including last year’s Oscar-nominated film “La La Land” when Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling climbed aboard for a romantic ride. Later, with a thumb’s up, Garcetti led a small delegation of officials and longtime riders onto the train and up the hill. A few minutes later he returned in the other car. “It was great,” he said afterward, dismissing concerns of a couple first-time riders that the old railroad cars seemed to shake and SEE ANGELS PAGE 6
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