LACMTA transit videos collection 1979-present

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LACMTA transit videos collection 1979-present

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The LACMTA Transit Video Collection contains over 700 items in video format from the 1970's forward. Items come in a variety of video formats: VHS, Beta, 3/4 inch Umatic, and other commercial grade video.

27 shelves (81 linear feet).

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Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6656330

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Southern California Rapid Transit District

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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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Biography / Administrative History The videos held in this collection were produced and/or collected by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its predecessor agencies. The Scope Content note provides more detail regarding the context of creation of these videos, which agency departments were involved, and out of which functions and activities they were produced. From the guide to the LACMTA transit video...

Los Angeles County Transportation Commission

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Biography / Administrative History As traffic and congestion continued to worsen in 1970's Southern California, civic leaders realized that a new approach to regional transportation planning was required. The last two public transit agencies, the LAMTA and its successor, the SCRTD, were not legally equipped to deal with the fractious political landscape that characterized the Southern California region, nor were they authorized to develop the...