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Title: New bus fleet of the Southern California Rapid Transit District, 1971
Date Created and/or Issued: January 22, 1971
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3213
Description: ECOLOGY ORIENTED'--The first of 200 new buses being put into service by the Southern California Rapid Transit District are shown off at the company yards. The buses, costing $8.4 million, are air conditioned, radio equipped and "ecology oriented," that is, they have the latest in pollution controls. Half the cost has been provided by a grant from Urban Mass Transit Administration.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b671_266566
ark:/21198/zz0002w5q3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Transportation
Bus rapid transit--California--Los Angeles County
Buses--Purchasing--California--Los Angeles County
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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