Committee on Modernization of Electric Transportation records, 1935-1983 (bulk 1962-1972).

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Committee on Modernization of Electric Transportation records, 1935-1983 (bulk 1962-1972).

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Correspondence, photographs, reports, initiatives, newsletters, news releases, ephemera, and clippings, 1935-1983 (bulk 1962-1972). The bulk of the records concern COMET's efforts to reinstate trolley service in Seattle through the initiative process. Major correspondents include Elmer E. Van Ness, an engineer, and the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), the eventual operator of the public transportation system. The following organizations are also documented in these records: Citizens for Clean Air, Engineers' Task Force for Transit Evaluation, and its parent organization, the Seattle Chapter of the Washington Society of Professional Engineers.

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Ittner, Charles K., 1905-1944.

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Seattle Transit System

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Citizens for Clean Air, Inc.

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Committee on Modernization of Electric Transportation.

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Citizen action group. The Committee on Modernization of Electric Transportation (COMET) was incorporated on January 15,1963, with Charles K. Ittner, an engineer and community activist, as its president. The committee was originally formed to oppose a 1964 Seattle charter amendment which would approve the replacement of the existing electric trolley system with diesel on grounds that a diesel bus system would not be profitable. Despite COMET's efforts, however, the amendm...

Washington Society of Professional Engineers. Seattle Chapter.

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Van Ness, Elmer E.

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