A Bygone Era
What was Pacific Electric (in brief)?
...with route map and statistics.
The 1933 Rapid Transit Plan for Pacific Electric
How accurate was Changeling's portrayal of L.A. streetcars?
Tour of the San Pedro via Dominguez
Line
Tour of the Glendale-Burbank
Line
Tour of the Santa Monica via Beverly Hills Line
Tour of the Redondo Beach via Playa Del Rey Line
Why was Pacific Electric dismantled?
Was the "GM conspiracy" the cause? Why wasn't a subway system built in L.A. earlier in
the 20th century?
Los Angeles Railway:
The Streetcar System that Built L.A.
...with route map, statistics and photo tours of Yellow Car lines.
Red Car Tours
Tour of the
Hollywood Boulevard Line
Tour
of the Santa Monica Boulevard-San Fernando Valley Line
Tour of the
Sierra Vista Local Line and Pasadena Short Line
Bits of Los Angeles, Past and Present
A Downtown Los Angeles
Walking Tour (Part 1)
Downtown Tour Part 2: Angels Flight and Bunker Hill
...with a look at the Bunker Hill redevelopment project.
What caused the decline of downtown Los Angeles?
How Buses Came to Los Angeles:
Henry Huntington versus the People's Bus Company
...with starting dates for various lines
What was the biggest circulation daily paper in L.A. in the 1910-1920 period?
Hint: It
wasn't the L.A. Times.
The Carless Majority: A History of Transit Ridership in Central Los Angeles
Housing, Transportation and Sustainability
Organizing Around Transit: At the Intersection of Environmental Justice and
Class Struggle
Origins and history of the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union.
A Look at the Strategy Center's Arguments Against Measure J
The Limits of New Urbanism/Smart Growth
Good ideas but what about affordability?
The Shared Equity Housing Solution: Resident Control and Permanent Affordability
Chinatown land trust helps low-income housing (S.F. Chronicle 6/30/09)
Worker Management of the Barcelona Public Transit System, 1936-1939
San Francisco Fare Strike (2005)
Opposition in L.A. transit union (2006)
Organizing Worker Struggles Through Direct Democracy
The Barcelona Bus Drivers Struggle for Two Days Off, 2007-2008