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Straight run : oral history transcript : thirty-nine years driving a bus for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003

1 v. (i, 41 p.) : 29 cm · 2 sound cassettes · 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 · Forms part of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series · Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library · Volume includes index

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