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...inspected Uganda's military bases seeking possible sites for transit camps for the 40,000 to 50,000 Asians of British citizenship whom he has ordered expelled by Nov. 7. Amin accuses the British government of not granting immigration vouchers quickly enough, but the real bottleneck is his own government-which, as of last week, had issued exit permits for only 60 Asians. Nonetheless, Amin insists that any Asians still in the country on Nov. 7 will be interned. The decision to uproot the Asian community, he has said, came straight from Allah...
...travelers were stranded in Moscow last week by an overbooked regular flight on Aeroflot, the twelve Americans involved had a very different experience. The U.S. and British consuls painstakingly negotiated with Aeroflot to fly the strandees out the next evening-although not before the travelers, who had no transit visas, spent several hours locked up in their hotel. When the U.S. consul went to convey the good news, he was besieged by angry Japanese who claimed that they were ignored by their consul. "A novel experience for an American consul," he commented...
This would be an impressive package by any standard. For residents of the San Francisco region, who will see the $1.4 billion Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) begin operation this week, it represents not only a considerable achievement-it is the first new rail transit system to be built in the U.S. in 65 years-but something of a challenge as well. BART was built as an attempt to entice San Francisco commuters out of their cars and onto a fast, smooth rail transport system that serves the entire Bay Area. Says Lawrence Dahms, BART'S assistant general manager...
Another side benefit is aesthetic. BART's 34 stations are designed to be bright and appealing-quite a change from the usual dreary transit stop. The main station at Lake Merritt even has a pool and a plaza. About a third of its extra-wide tracks will be underground and out of sight. Another third will use freeway medians, and the rest will be elevated on graceful concrete columns. BART has spent $7.5 million on landscaping alone...
...issue, of course, is whether enough people will ride the lines. BART is expected to pay its own way. (One reason for all the space-age automation was to minimize the labor costs that account for about 80% of the costs of the East Coast's deficit-ridden transit systems.) Projections for 1975 predict 200,000 riders on weekdays, or 60 million a year. This would account for 11 % of the present commuting traffic. But a telephone survey indicated that only 7% of those questioned intend to use the system once it goes into operation...