FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Volume 13 Issue 303
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE ELECTION FALLOUT ISSUE
BBB times improve, still behind goal BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Staff Writer
CITYWIDE Three in 10 Big Blue Buses were not on-time last fiscal year, according to BBB data, but timeliness improved slightly over the previous year. In fiscal year 2013-14, 70.6 percent of buses were on time compared to 67.2 in
2012-13. “This improvement was hard won and there is much room left for continued work in this area,” Director of Transit Services Edward King said in a report to City Council. “Big Blue Bus is continuously analyzing the lowest performing routes for ways to improve their on-time performance including retiming, elimination of little used bus
stops, rerouting, and signal prioritization.” Some routes, like the 6 and 10, are missing the mark almost half the time. The three most commonly used routes, 1,3, and 7, were ontime between 61 and 65 percent of the time. The fourth most used route, the Rapid 7, was on time less than 60 percent of the time. Ridership declined 2.6 percent last fiscal year. Overall, there were 18.8 million rides
taken on Big Blue Buses in 2013-14. “This correlates to the reduction in the total number of operating service hours programmed and the service changes implemented during the year,” King said. “These adjustments were made to offset the conditions created by inefficiencies. Efforts to balSEE BBB PAGE 7
Mixed election results for SMRR, Residocracy BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
CITY HALL Tuesday’s election was a test for two local political groups and yielded mixed results for both. Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) is the city’s largest political party. It has a strong track record of getting its candidates elected, so every year is a test of its strength. Residocracy came onto the political scene earlier this year, taking the lead on a successSEE ELECTION PAGE 8
Measure R Passes in Malibu BY MELISSA CASKEY
VOLLEYBALL VICTORY
Special to the Daily Press
Morgan Genser editor@smdp.com
MALIBU The hard-fought Measure R cam-
The Santa Monica College women’s volleyball team played West LA on Nov. 5. SMC won in 3 straight games (25-15, 258, 25-12). With the win SMC improves their record to 8-1 in conference and 16-5 overall. Pictured are Aybike Topuz setting up a teammates shot and Jene Price spiking the ball.
paign culminated late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, as the controversial chain store and development ordinance Measure R was passed with support from nearly 60 percent of Malibu. Approximately 59.3 percent of registered voters who participated in Tuesday’s elecSEE R PAGE 7
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