Description
The Jacqueline Bacharach office records document late
twentieth century Los Angeles transit history. By the early 1980's it became clear
that the division of power and responsibilities between the Los Angeles County
Transportation Commission (LACTC), local transit agencies such as the Southern
California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD), and local government bodies was proving
to be an obstacle to the rational and efficient development of a countywide mass
transit system. The reports and office correspondence in this collection illustrate
how these problems and their solutions were being formulated and developed by the
LACTC. Also at this time, the LACTC and its sister transit agencies were preparing
to re-introduce rail lines as part of the mass transit system of Los Angeles County.
Samples of the reports and studies generated at the early stages of these projects
are represented here. Detailed descriptions of series and folders is contained in
the Arrangement and Description section of this finding aid.
Background
The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC) was created by the
California State legislature in 1976 as part of the County Transportation
Commissions Act. The privately owned and operated companies which had dominated
public transit in Los Angeles since the 1890's had given way in the 1960's to an
array of uncoordinated and disconnected publicly held agencies operating at state,
county and local levels. The mandate of the commissions was to oversee mass transit
planning and policy setting at the regional level, coordinating the previously
disparate efforts of the various local agencies and government bodies involved in
mass transit construction and operations.List of Abbreviations
CTC - California Transportation Commission
LACMTA - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority
LACTC - Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
SCAG - Southern California Association of Governments
SCRRA - Southern California Regional Rail Authority
SCRTD - Southern California Rapid Transit District
List of Sources
- Compass Southern California, http://www.socalcompass.org/index.php
(accessed May 5, 2006).
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Research
Library and Archive,
Los Angeles Transit
History
, available at
http://www.mta.net/about_us/library/transit_history.htm , (April
6,2006).
- Los Angeles County Transportation Commission records, 06-DPGTL. Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Research Library
and Archive.
- LACMTA, "Goodbye Jacki, Ray, Judy and Jinny - We'll Miss You!",
Inside Moves, n. 3, March 1993, Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Research Library
and Archive, LACTC Publications.
- LACTC, "New Commission Chairwoman Jacki Bacharach Looks Ahead -
Discusses Her Objectives and Priorities for the LACTC's Next 12 Months",
Promotion, v.1, n.2, Winter 1985, Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Research Library
and Archive, LACTC Publications.
- Mobility 21, http://www.mobility21coalition.com/overview/index.html
(accessed May 5, 2006).
- Palos Verdes Library District.
- South Bay Cities Council of Government (SBCCOG),
http://www.southbaycities.org/ (accessed May 5, 2006).
Restrictions
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and Archive. Permission for reproduction or publication is given on behalf of the
LACMTA Research Library and Archive as the owner of the physical items. The
researcher assumes all responsibility for possible infringement that may arise from
reproduction or publication of materials from the LACMTA Research Library and
Archive collections.