Los Angeles Metro Transportation Research Library and Archive

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Research Library and Archive is the largest transit operator research collection in the US. We are recognized for providing the research, resources, history, and archives that give context to...

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(via LA’s first bus line got rolling 100 years ago today: here’s to a century of innovation and grit)

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Happy 100th birthday to L.A.'s buses

https://thesource.metro.net/2023/08/18/las-first-bus-line-got-rolling-100-years-ago-today-heres-to-a-century-of-innovation-and-grit/

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Electric Moons: A Social History of Street Lighting in Los Angeles

*This title is on pre-sale. Hardcover, 3-piece binding6.75" x 9.5" | 236 pages Los Angeles is known for many things: its traffic jams, its t

Do you love LA's iconic historic street lights? Then this is the book for you: Electric Moons: A Social History of Street Lighting in Los Angeles

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@metrolosangeles

From our first board meeting in 1993 to nine unique grand openings (Union Station East, the B, C, D, E, K and L rail lines and the G and J bus rapid lines), we've been busy over the past 30 years building more options for Angelenos to get around. A few nuances we couldn't squeeze into this thirty seconds, for those of you with eagle eyes: When the D (Purple) Line opened in 1996, it was initially part of the B (Red) Line. Ten years later, that leg of the line, running underneath Wilshire Boulevard, was turned into its own distinct line (and three sections of extensions are currently under construction; eventually it will run the distance between Union Station and Westwood). The three new stations in downtown -- Little Tokyo, Historic Broadway and Bunker Hill/Grand Av Arts (collectively known as the Regional Connector) -- are slated to open very, very soon and will profoundly impact our rail system by creating direct connections between East LA and Santa Monica and between Azusa and Long Beach. Stay tuned for more content showcasing 30 years of Metro's history! #metrolosangeles #losangeleshistory #cityplanning

♬ Love You So - The King Khan & BBQ Show

Los Angeles Metro turns 30.

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The Yellow Car and Los Angeles. An exhibit at L.A. Union Station. Collaboration between the Metro Transportation Library/Archive and Metro Art. https://art.metro.net/artworks/exhibitions/yellowcar-la/ 

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History of Women Transit Operators. By the L.A. Metro Women & Girls Coun...

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Hollywood Bowl Park-Ride Flyer Service by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: T.M. Chubb, Pat Moore, Jesse L. Haugh, R.Finlay Jr., and an unidentified police officer pose in front of bus no.400 on Spring Street to commemorate the beginning of Park and Ride service from downtown Los Angeles to the Hollywood Bowl on November 26, 1956.

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Metropolitan Coach Lines Employees by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Metropolitan Coach Lines employees at work in the back office of an unidentified division, circa 1953.

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SCRTD 7154-PE 1057 by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: SCRTD Southern California Rapid Transit District 1964-1993. Photographer: Scott Page

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33752364041 by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Metro Gold Line

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716 PERY 1216-1371 Sepulveda & Santa Monica Bl. 19480509 AKW by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Alan K. Weeks photo. All Rights Reserved.

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LARy 294 02-02-47 by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Digital donation from Sean Davies and Thomas Helliwell.

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LARy 479 12-07-46 Arcola by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Digital donation from Sean Davies and Thomas Helliwell. First Aftrican-American streetcar conductor in Los Angeles, Arcola Philpott.

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MCL NO. 318 - Torrance shops MTA_0796 by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Metropolitan Coach Lines, the successor to Pacific Electric, wishes its passengers a Merry Christmas in 1953 from the Torrance Shops maintenance facility. 

#classic 

MCL NO. 318 - Torrance shops. Built by GM 1953. 48 sets, model TDH 4801. 11/1953.

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Los Angeles: The Great American Transit Experiment

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Los Angeles Railway streetcar system, Plaza Substation powerhouse, Olvera Street. Buidling still stands, unused, with a small commemorative plaque. (at Olvera Street Plaza) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6njEngbtd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rndzbcm9296x