‘Keep Moving Day’ Called a Success

Sponsors of an annual ride-sharing campaign aimed at luring commuters out of their cars proclaimed “Keep California Moving Day” a success Wednesday, with rush-hour speeds up an average of 5 to 8 m.p.h. on busy freeways in five Southern California counties.

“We are pleased with the results,” said Peter Hidalgo of Commuter Transportation Services Inc., also known as Commuter Computer. “We didn’t expect free-flow freeways.”

More than 75,000 people signed cards pledging not to drive to work alone by taking a bus, car-pooling, van-pooling, biking or walking to work, according to organizers of California Rideshare Week 1990.

KNX radio traffic reporter Bill Keene said traffic was lighter in outlying areas Wednesday, but he told Associated Press, “I don’t think the rideshare day worked too well in the downtown area.”