04/18/2007: "historical materials on Southern California transportation"

To encourage various perspectives we present links to historic articles and other materials on Southern California transportation while noting Southern California Transit Advocates presents them merely to foster discussion and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed therein.

A 1976 article by economic historian George Hilton on the demise of the Red Cars: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon/transit6.html

Ethan Elkind's paper Rail Leaders: A History of the Modern Public Rail System in Los Angeles County 1973-2004: http://www.calmaglev.org/documents/2004_rail_leaders_ethan_elkind.pdf

MTA Library History Archive page on its website includes digitized versions of historic maps, photos and documents plus other useful resources: http://www.mta.net/about_us/library/metro_archives.htm#TopOfPage

MTA Library presentation to the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group -- New Mass Transit Plans – Los Angeles 1951 to the Present: http://www.mta.net/images/HuntingtonLibrary.pdf

Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation digital collection: http://www.larhf.org/collections/index.html

Transportation Topics and Tales - Milestones in Transportation History in Southern California: http://www.lacity.org/LADOT/TopicsandTales.htm

Los Angeles in the 1900s: http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/index04.html