Judge Blocks Private Bus Lines
RTD bus drivers and mechanics won a Superior Court ruling today temporarily blocking the July 1 formation of a new transit system that would use private bus companies to take over a large share of the transit district’s bus service in the San Gabriel Valley.
Superior Court Judge Eli Chernow granted the unions a preliminary injunction against the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, which voted late last year to create the new “Foothill Transit” system as a pioneering cost-cutting project. Chernow said the commission exceeded its authority because RTD approval, which is required by state law, was not obtained.
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