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Safety first : oral history transcript : a bus driver's story of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003.
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Safety first : oral history transcript: a bus driver's story of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Zorman, John, 1922-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McCreery, Laura, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Childhood in Colorado; father's work as a coal miner; military service in World War II; first job as a bus driver with Key
System, 1946; job training, routes, and equipment; thoughts on the union; two-month strike, 1953; transition to all-bus fleet;
advent of BART; AC Transit purchase of Key System, 1960; installation of wheelchair lifts and bicycle racks; thirty-five year
safe driving award; retirement, 1985.
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.)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)
Key System Transit Lines (Calif.)
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.)
Zorman, John -- 1922- -- Interviews
Note:
John Zorman, Jr. ; 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 volume (i, 39 pages) : portrait ; 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.