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Straight run : oral history transcript : thirty-nine years driving a bus for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003.
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Straight run : oral history transcript: thirty-nine years driving a bus for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Gauer, Reba L., 1921-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McCreery, Laura, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Childhood in Missouri and Arkansas; streetcar conductorette in Los Angeles; driving streetcars for Key System in Alameda County
during World War II; change to driving buses; National City Lines purchase of Key System, 1946; and AC Transit purchase, 1960;
changes to public transit with BART, 1972; women and minority employees for Key System; disability access on buses; mechanical
and physical aspects of bus driver responsibilities; labor strikes and union relations; working for Contra Costa County Connection;
safety issues and outstanding safety record at AC Transit.
Date:
2003 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caTransportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History
Bus drivers -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews
People with disabilities -- Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Personnes handicapées -- Transport -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Transportation
People with disabilities -- Transportation
Bus drivers
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.) -- History
Key System Transit Lines (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority.
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)
Key System Transit Lines (Calif.)
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority.
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.)
Gauer, Reba L -- 1921-
Note:
Reba L. Gauer. Interview conducted by Laura McCreery in 2002. 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 3706 C:1-2.
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. (i, 41 p.) : port. ; 29 cm.
2 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.