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On schedule : oral history transcript : recollections of a planning and scheduling manager at the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit
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On schedule : oral history transcript: recollections of a planning and scheduling manager at the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Larson, Donald S., 1941-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McCreery, Laura, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Family roots in Oakland, California; first AC Transit job as traffic checker, 1961; role of the schedule analyst; history
of National City Lines; changing rail lines to bus lines; effects of drivers' contract; learning scheduling from Warren Robinson
and Dick Videll; the Bay Bridge and other commute routes; cost issues for schedule department; starting a planning department;
writing AC Transit's first five-year plan; developing public transit outside the district; the federal government's increasing
role in planning, 1970s; the Metropolitan Transportation Commission; transit access for disabled patrons; transit provisions
for senior citizens; the advent of BART; the AC Transit strike of 1974; Proposition 13, 1978, and long-term effects on planning;
the Dial-a-Ride Program; the district's annexation of Fremont and Newark; service to BART's outlying areas; computerizing
the schedule department, early 1980s; AC Transit's management environment over the years; overview of general managers and
board relations; AC Transit as an employer; retirement, 1999.
Date:
2003 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caTransportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History
Paratransit services -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
People with disabilities -- Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Older people -- Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Transports semi-collectifs -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Personnes handicapées -- Transport -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Personnes âgées -- Transport -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Transportation
People with disabilities -- Transportation
Paratransit services
Older people -- Transportation
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.) -- History
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.)
Larson, Donald S -- 1941-
Note:
Donald S. Larson. Interviews conducted by Laura McCreery in 2001. 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 3708 C:1-6.
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:
biographyHistory.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (ii, 130 p.) : port. ; 29 cm.
6 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.