Cerritos drives to stampede passengers onto COW. (Cerritos On Wheels; new public transportation system)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: November 22, 1993| Author: Rackham, Anne | Copyright information

Cerritos residents are riding the COW all over town.

COW roams the streets seven days a week -- stopping off at such places as malls, parks, schools, libraries and City Hall -- and no one gives a lick. In fact, many Cerritos residents seem downright bullish on their new public transportation system -- Cerritos on Wheels, or COW for short.

The acronym is the result of a city "Name the Bus" contest and is reminiscent of the town's beginnings as the City of Dairy Vall...

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