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From private to publicly owned transit in the Bay Area : oral history transcript : reflections of the attorney, lobbyist,
and general manager of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, 1950s to 1980s / 2003.
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From private to publicly owned transit in the Bay Area : oral history transcript: reflections of the attorney, lobbyist, and general manager of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, 1950s to 1980s / 2003Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Nisbet, Robert E., 1918-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McCreery, Laura, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Upbringing in San Diego and Beverly Hills, California; University of California, Berkeley, 1937-1941; Navy service during
World War II; law school at George Washington University and Hastings College; deputy legislative counsel for California Attorney
General, 1949; attorney with Edwards & Friborg; attorney with U.S. Department of Labor, San Francisco; attorney with Public
Housing Administration, San Francisco; deputy city attorney of Oakland, California, 1953-1957; attorney and general manager
of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, 1957-1984 (transition from privately owned Key Route transit system to publicly
owned special transit district); writing Transit District Law of 1955; lobbying the California legislature; collective bargaining
issues and labor strikes; forming the Regional Transit Association; relations with district board; interface with BART, Muni,
and other California transit agencies; considerations for regional government; Transit Development Act of 1971; effects of
Proposition 13 of 1978; bus safety and access issues for senior citizens, disabled passengers, drivers; affirmative action
and other staff management issues; financial aspects of managing the district; lifelong interest in Democratic Party politics.
Date:
2003 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLawyers -- California -- Interviews
Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History
Transportation and state -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Transport -- Politique gouvernementale -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Transportation and state
Transportation
Lawyers
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
California
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.) -- History
Regional Transit Association of the Bay Area (Calif.) -- History
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.)
Nisbet, Robert E -- 1918-
Note:
Robert E. Nisbet ; with an introduction by Betty Barber. Interviews conducted by Laura McCreery in 2000. Regional Oral History
Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3641 C:1-9.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
History.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (v, 146 p.) : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
9 audiocassettes.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.