00:12This is the greater Los Angeles area, an urban megalopolis that is home to over 10 million
00:21human beings.
00:22To most people, Los Angeles is a thriving city.
00:26Palm-shaded streets and gentle ocean breezes, but there is something else, something more
00:33sinister.
00:35Exhaust-spewing vehicles clog the freeways, residential streets have turned into busy thoroughfares,
00:40and our famous L.A. smog is now thicker than a billionaire's billfold.
00:45But fear not, L.A., all is not lost, there is a solution.
00:49This is April O'Neil reporting from the RTD Metro Blue Line Station at Delamo and Santa
00:54Fe in Long Beach.
00:55Behind me, you see one of the 54 trains that will soon start operating between Long Beach
01:00and downtown Los Angeles as it completes another test run before opening to the public on July
01:0514th.
01:06But this is not just a new state-of-the-art transportation system.
01:10This is one of the best tools we have to unclog our freeways and improve our air quality.
01:15But something is not quite right.
01:17For some reason, people seem to be unaware that the RTD Metro Blue Line will soon be open
01:23for business.
01:23And because of me, people will never learn about the Blue Line.
01:28It's Gridlock!
01:29Great you are, my dear!
01:31And thanks to my blue gate!
01:34Ah!
01:35The public will never know the Blue Line even exists!
01:38I might have known you do something like this, Gridlock!
01:41You are against anything that will make life easier and people happier!
01:44Yeah, it's a sightless job, but somebody's got to do it!
01:47Uh-oh!
01:48Trouble!
01:49But fortunately, in a secret underground command post, I think I'm in love!
01:57Cowabunga, dudes!
01:58Hey guys, looks like an April alert!
02:01Michelangelo, punch her up on the turtle monitor!
02:04This is April calling the turtles!
02:06Are you there, turtles?
02:07Hi, April!
02:08How's our favorite news reporter?
02:10Not good, guys!
02:11We got trouble!
02:12Gridlock is trying to sidetrack the RTD Metro Blue Line!
02:15He's programmed his Gloomsday device to make all public information about the RTD Blue Line just disappear!
02:21Sounds like he's the one who should disappear!
02:23If we don't stop Gridlock, our freeways, streets, and air quality will only get worse!
02:28Don't worry, April!
02:29You can count on us!
02:31Good! Meet me at the RTD Central Control Facility!
02:35There's a Metro Blue Line test train leaving in 10 minutes!
02:38Let's hurdle, turtles!
02:39We haven't got a moment to lose!
02:41Come on!
02:42Way to go, guys!
02:44When the new RTD Metro Blue Line opens on July 14th, it'll be the best way to get from L
02:49.A. to Long Beach and anywhere in between!
02:53Hey, Michelangelo, aren't you buying a ticket?
02:55Don't have to, dude!
02:56I already bought an RTD monthly pass!
02:59Oh!
02:59And all 22 stations between L.A. and Long Beach are well-lit for safe, easy access!
03:06Mondo, beyondo, dudes!
03:08This is some trip!
03:09Yeah, it sure is smooth and quiet!
03:12Hey!
03:13Scope it up, bud!
03:14Now that's one of the best arguments for taking the RTD Metro Blue Line I've ever seen!
03:19Okay, guys, it's right over here!
03:21Alright, here we are!
03:21Alright, now, according to this map, the RTD Central Control Facility is two miles from here!
03:27No problem!
03:28We can take a bus the rest of the way!
03:30Hey!
03:30Hey!
03:31Come on!
03:32Better step on it, guys!
03:33Because across town, someone else isn't wasting any time!
03:38Yeah-ha!
03:39Just as I thought!
03:42You knew it was indifferent!
03:45Man, getting around town can't get any easier than this, you guys!
03:49The RTD has bus routes and schedules that make connections easy!
03:53Ow!
03:55Radical, dudes!
03:56We just walked into the world's biggest video game!
04:00Hi, guys!
04:01It didn't take you long to get here!
04:04Alright!
04:05Beam me up, Scotty!
04:07Whoa!
04:08Whoa!
04:09That is one awesome map!
04:12Check it out, dudes!
04:13Well, this map is the future of transportation in our city!
04:16And the RTD Metro Blue Line between Los Angeles and Long Beach is just the beginning!
04:22Before you know it, we're gonna have the Red Line, the Green Line,
04:25and then our city will be linked by one of the most modern, state-of-the-art mass transit systems
04:31in the world!
04:32That's why we have to find a way to stop gridlock!
04:35Yeah!
04:35We can hit the streets and start spreading the word about the RTD Metro Blue Line ourselves!
04:41Totally awesome, dudes!
04:42Let's boogie!
04:44Turtle Power!
04:45Turtle Power!
04:46Come on!
04:47Good luck, you guys!
04:50Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles take to the streets to let everyone know about the imminent opening of the RTD Metro
04:57Blue Line!
04:58It's an awesome task, and the turtles have little time to think of anything else!
05:04I don't know about you dudes, but I think better on a full stomach!
05:08Well, that explains it!
05:09While you're thinking on a full stomach, the rest of us are using our heads!
05:12I'm worried, guys!
05:14No matter how many people we tell about the RTD Metro Blue Line, Gridlock's Gloomsday device is keeping thousands more
05:20from hearing about it!
05:22April is right, guys!
05:24I mean, if we don't stop Gridlock once and for all, traffic is only gonna get heavier, and the smog
05:30is gonna get, whoa, thicker!
05:31Uh, excuse me for asking, but how will the RTD Metro Blue Line keep the smog from getting worse?
05:38You know, Raphael, that is a very good question!
05:42And not too long ago, I did a report!
05:44I taped this earlier this month!
05:47This is Southern California Edison's Alamitos Generating Station!
05:50As the primary power provider for the new RTD Metro Blue Line, Southern California Edison expands its commitment to improve
05:57our air quality with the cleanest transportation fuel available!
06:01That fuel is electricity, and along with being the cleanest fuel available, it is one of the most efficient and
06:07economical!
06:09This is April O'Neil reporting from Southern California Edison!
06:12Well, I guess that answers my question!
06:15Thanks, April!
06:15No question about it!
06:17The RTD Metro Blue Line is something we can all rally behind!
06:21Wait a minute, guys!
06:22That's it!
06:23What's it?
06:25A rally!
06:26We can stage a giant rally for the RTD Metro Blue Line!
06:30What good will that do?
06:31It will save us the trouble of looking for Gridlock!
06:35Sorry, guys, but you lost me!
06:37It's simple, April!
06:38The obvious solution is to bring him to us!
06:41Sure!
06:42He's bound to show up and try to stop it!
06:44Guys, you are all geniuses!
06:48Well, what are we waiting for?
06:49Let's all show!
06:50Yeah, come on!
06:51Let's do it!
06:52Let's do it!
06:53My heroes!
06:54Bring us back together once again!
07:00I'm Steve Woods.
07:02I'm Sam Plumbing.
07:03103.9 K-A-Z-E.
07:04It's...
07:07Word of the rally spread like wildfire!
07:10Friends told friends!
07:12Neighbor told neighbor!
07:13Husbands told wives!
07:14Wives told children!
07:16And...
07:16Well...
07:17You get the idea!
07:24As a spokesperson for RTD, I'm happy to help introduce the RTD Metro Blue Line.
07:30And I'm even happier to know you don't have to be a grown-up to ride it!
07:33Ha-ha-ha!
07:35Hmm...
07:35So they're having a rally for the Blue Line, are they?
07:39I guess they lost my invitation in the mail!
07:41Does it matter?
07:43While those repulsive reptiles are waving to the crowd, I'll turn this shindig into a non-event!
07:50Ha-ha-ha-ha!
07:52Ha-ha-ha!
07:52Ha-ha-ha!
07:53Ha-ha-ha!
07:54Ha-ha-ha!
07:57Ha-ha-ha!
07:59A few waves of my gloomsday device, and all the TV cameras and radio microphones will disappear
08:06into thin air!
08:07No one will ever know this rally ever took place!
08:10Uh-oh!
08:12Could it be that Gridlock's plan will succeed?
08:15Will our streets remain congested?
08:18And our air polluted?
08:20Nah!
08:22Ha-ha-ha-ha!
08:23Ha-ha-ha-ha!
08:24Freeze, Gridlock!
08:24You're busted, dude!
08:26That's what you think, you muterous morons!
08:29Oh, get him!
08:30Daddy's getting away!
08:34All right!
08:41I know what it's going to do!
08:45He's gone.
08:46Oh, there he is!
08:52I know...
09:01I know!
09:04He's gone.
09:05No, he's gone.
09:05I think he went into him!
09:07I...
09:07Hey!
09:08Oh, my God!
09:09He's gone!
09:09He's been told...
09:20Stay back! Another step and I'll zap you all!
09:25The batteries are dead!
09:28Oh, no! It's a bayon safe system!
09:31I don't like the sound of this.
09:33You'd like it even less if you were holding it.
09:36What happened?
09:37I'd say his Gloomsday device backfired.
09:40But I'll be back, you pizza-packed Pollywogs!
09:44I'll be back!
09:45Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
09:47And so, with the help of our really rad reptiles,
09:51the RTD Metro Blue Line is definitely on track.
09:55Operated by the RTD, it is the first leg of a new state-of-the-art transportation system.
10:01So do yourself and everyone else a favor.
10:04Ride the RTD Metro Blue Line at every opportunity.
10:08Do that, and we'll all breathe a little easier.
10:12I'll be back!
10:18I'm out.
10:19I'm out.
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