Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 11

'J1A i- V-, jR( r- 4k-' 1 -q f. OAKLAND TRIBUNE iTrrroi Sunday, November 17, 1991 A-If Mf- station near. hemPegeA-l Cortijnmp The new Capitol Corridor pa Oakland songer trains, linking i and Sacramento, start rolling Dec. IS and will nse the existing depot But Cindy lIcKlm, the state Department of Transporta rail division chief, said she eventually wants the Jade London station. Jack London Square "affords lots of the attractions for the market that we are trying to serve, McKim said.

Wlederfaorn said the port is primarily targeting the estimated 410,000 yearly passengers Iran long-distance trains like Amtraks Coast Starlight from Seattle to Los Angeles, or the California Zephyr from Chicago. Bf JMttav I IwWW Mop Waiting! at Amtrak station 1000 eerthqnake, yff mb JackLondon Square affords lots of the attractionsfor themarket that we are trying to llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll has i dosed beeaese el, damage bf Omm Ctnbmfth Tnburm can we lose? SONIC 100. property and business owners, who have not taken a formal position either way, have raised questions about the station exacerbating an al- serve; Cindy IldUm, A he And while the port; has shopped the concept. around, North Oakland resident Robinson Foster has algo shopped around his opposition, contend-, ing the Jack London ate may. be good for business but it does not serve the best interests of public transit or the West.Oakland community, Foster, a UC-Berkeley graduate student in transportation studies, said an "intermodal at Fifth Street and Man-webkFarkway could combine the station with a Grey- ready bad parking FOR EMERGENCIES.

ASKANURSE Beyondcommnters "Were trying to broaden the apprel beyond just the commuters, Wlederfaorn said. The value to us is not only Unpeople who are getting on and off the train, but the people who come to meet But Jack Atkin, executive director of Citizens Emergency Relief Team, or CERT, the West Oakland community organization, said this focus wu patently absurd. "It calls for Amtrak to feed retail customers into Jack Loo-don Village, which to me doesnt i qualify as a dream, At-kin said. "Commuters are adore likely to stop off and have a drink or rent a video. The old Amtrak station building has remained closed since October 1989 when the earth quake caused major structural damage.

Amtrak is using other buildings nearby to serve trains. What will happen to the old station is unclear. Both Amtrak and Southern Pacific Railroad, which owns the site, say they are waiting to see how the Jack London proposal fares. ROYAL OAK. Mich.

Work-tors sorted letters through tears yesterday as the post office where a fired employee killed four supervisors reopened for "You feel kind of funny walk-wftng around the building," said Elaine Washington, a clerk who called police from the customer counter Thursday when Thomas IcDvane opened fire. 'v- Bob Fisher, who transferred Friday from St Paul Mina, to replace the Royal Oak postmao- ter, said his first order of busi- Hess will be getting employees to talk about the violence. "The most important thing la the communication, the listening, the understanding, said) Fisher, a 30-year U.S. Postal Service employee. "Its going to be a long healing process." Four supervisors were killed and five workers wounded in tbe attack by Mcllvane, who shot himself and later died.

Three, other workers were hurt trying to flee the Sl-yearold gunman. UJ5. Postmaster General Anthony Frank announced Friday that the postal service will re-: view the backgrounds of the nations 750, 000 postal workers. Fisher, 54, replaces Dan Pre-silla, who took a voluntary paid leave of absence. '-r.

with a sawed-off rifle. Passers-by left flowers at the base of a flag pole. Amtrak wanted to move even before the qnake and first ep-preached the port in 1000. The original cost estimate of million grew to 10 million after Amtrak decided to stationls fractions. The CaUfondATnnreortation Commisslonrcarinarked $1.2 million In state Transit Capital Improvement frnds in 1009 and another $0J million from Prop-' osition 100 rail bond frnds early this year.

The port will chip in $793400 Cahrans officials have indi- and cated the remaining $9.4 million could come from Proposition' 100 gasoline sales tax revenues, Wlederborn laid. But Caltrans said that before-it commits, it needs California Envioramentel Quality Act certification. And Caltrans needs that agreement by June 1992, or the state funds may go to other transportation projects that are more ready. Because Caltrans first needs three months of internal review, that leaves the port until February to complete the environmental review. The port has circulated conceptual plan i plans to small groups of nearby property owners and businesses to foster support Meanwhile, planners are sorting out how the spaghetti-like network of tracks leading to the station can be reworked to accomo-date both passenger and freight rail traffic.

Wlederfaorn said that planners have found a way to do that by taking away one track, adding two at the station and improving track switches and signals. And, he said, "traffic impacts are not as bad as we thought they would be." The affected railroads and surrounding businesses and property owners say they are cautiously enthusiastic, but non- committal because many ques reopens rFkaak Postmaster General Customers mixed hushed greetings and condolences with businesslike transactions in the brick, building' that covers a block in this suburb about 10 miles northwest of Detroit Tm glad to seeyoure'all assttssaasB- knows. Fourteen of about 125 employees didn't report for wort Satur day, postal spokeswoman Susan Moore said. About 99 employees of nearby branches volunteered to work in Royal Oak for a day to help process mail left unsorted since the rampage. A MOTMHiig eon ter at the nearby Royal Oak Public Library remained open.

Grief counselors were on hand in the post of flee work area to help employees deal with their feelings. Wednesday and Thursday In Los Angeles. The proposal is the second phase of an effort to reduce air pollution in the state. The first phase goes into effect In January. It prohibits the sale of leaded gasoline and requires that unleaded gas be reformulated to include additives that keep fuel injectors dean.

The second phase would make emissions i statewide emissions standards even more stringent than those called for by the federal Clean Air Act for the luted areas The ARB estimates that the in -i Stole Department el Transportkm TT hound depot, have easy access the West Oakland BART Station and AC Transit and have direct; -connection ramps to the new CFr press freeway route. "There is an opportunity -for an alternative that is not befog seriously considered, Foster said. "No other city has this sort of an intersection for publte: transportation and Oakuwai woukt become a crossroads for the Bay' Area. Foster, how.ever, admits bf1 lt hf may be transits Don Quixote, adoll especially with the head' oil steam the port has already built with the Jick London project'- 'VI nt i rr'W 1 A ylfA I i M- Cerritn. Lafovne, Moraga.Oakbmd4 nrws about odw cmununiiies som.

i' 4 IN jweliSMrUldrifiSunnhiiiiqf I tions will remain until they see more precise plans. "The idea is an exciting one," said Gary Knecht of the South of the Nimits Improvement Council. "With good planning, how spree "Some people are still taking it hard, said a clerk who would give only her first name, Tamara. I thought I was Just fine because I wasnt right there where the killing was, but I came -in yesterday and my whole body got the Jitters. Some people are crying and trying to work.

Two customers paused to talk with another worker as he passed through the lobby. "I lost three friends," the worker quietly told them. Tm still too numb to even feel any-v; thing "rEmployees'afid customers $lfoe said the quiet, "somber Jnood of the building's reopening is appropriate but disturbing. "Its not the same, said Ober-son, a longtime Royal Oak resident "When I walked in, I got a Mg chill down my spine." -McBvane apparently was en- raged by an arbitrators decision that upheld his July 1990 dismissal for falsifying his timecard. Co-workers said he had promised v- job back.

Since 1985, U.S. postal workers have died in five sepa-; rate shootings all by gun-wielding colleagues bent on revenge. Complaints about poor service and low morale rani ting from strong-arm jnaqagement tactics congressional investigation of the post office prior to Mdlvanes spree. Rep. William R-MidL, said he will meet Monday with General Accounting Office officials to discuss the request pump prices proposal would cut overall emissions by 1,500 tons statewide each Auto mteriniii include hydro-carbonA and nitrogen oxides, which speed the aging of lungs; carbon monoxide, which reduces ability to carry oxygen; sulfur dioxide, which Irritates the respiratory tract; and such carcinogens as benzene and acetaldehyde.

State officials estimate that oil companies would have to spend $4 billion to $6 billion to reformulate their fuels to meet standards called for in the second phase of the cleanup. FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. When its a medical emergency, you caU 911. But who do you call if you have a high fever, you need a doctor, or you just have a general health question? Keep our number and youll have a trained registered nurse to call, day or night 1 Clean air plan could force hike 1-800-322-1322 A free community service of Alta Bates-Herrick Hospital WiblritiHeiimtAepte LOS ANGELES Gasoline prices in California would Jump by 10 cents to 16 cents a gallon under a plan officials hope will bdp dean up tho states smoggy Under the plan, refiners would be required to produce fuela that give off SO to 40 percent fewer pollutants than today's blends, said Bill Sessa, a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board. It literally affects every car on the road," The board is scheduled to con-sider the proposal at auneeting ASK-ArNURSE is new available in thewcmmunHies: Alameda.

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