1 option
Hidden history of transportation in Los Angeles
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hobbs, Charles P., Author.
- Series:
- Hidden History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation--History--Los Angeles--California.
- Transportation.
- Local transit--History--Los Angeles--California.
- Local transit.
- Transportation and state--History--Los Angeles--California.
- Transportation and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] History Press 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Los Angeles transportation's epic scale--its iconic freeways, Union Station, Los Angeles International Airport and the giant ports of its shores--has obscured many offbeat transit stories of moxie and eccentricity.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The Foot that Moves the Pedal: Horace M. Dobbins's California Cycleway
- 2. "It'll Put the Pacific Electric Railroad in a Museum!": Joseph W. Fawkes's Aerial Swallow
- 3. From Nickel-Seekers to Smart Shuttles: The Jitney in Southern California
- 4. "A Millionaire Twice": O.R. Fuller's Motor Transit
- 5. The Way to Terminal Island: The San Pedro Harbor Ferry and the Vincent Thomas Bridge
- 6. Brunner, Rindge, Hoyme and Hendler: Transportation Pioneers of the Malibu
- 7. Buses Run in This Family: The Carsons
- 8. The School Bus Scandal: The Landiers
- 9. Helicopters Over Traffic: Clarence Belinn's Los Angeles Airways
- 10. "Watts Will Have Its Bus Party!": Dr. Thomas W. Matthew's Blue and White Bus
- 11. Groovy Buses to the Beach: The Kadletz Brothers and the Pink Bus Line
- 12. Diamonds Are Forever: Adriana Gianturco and the Diamond Lane
- 13. The Future Is an Abandoned Tunnel: The Los Angeles Downtown People Mover
- 14. Moving Toward Metrolink: The Oxnard-Los Angeles CalTrain
- 15. Jump in the Buspool: Mac Barnes's Ground Link
- 16. A Freeway Runs through It: Driving on the Los Angeles River
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781625852007
- 1625852002
- OCLC:
- 944513566
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.