Introduction
Public transportation in Los Angeles begins in the early 1870’s. What was at first a small and isolated agricultural town, soon grew into a prominent metropolis thanks to the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Los Angeles completed their Southern Pacific rail line going to and from San Francisco in 1876, only to build two other direct lines to the East a few years later. The southern Pacific and the Santa Fe were completed in 1881 and 1885 respectively 1. These direct lines to the northern of california and to the east coast facilitated immigrants being able to settle in Los Angeles and along the rail’s path. The success of these rails led to new routes being created and would set the path for many of Los Angeles cities to be populated and interest in expansion.
Figure 1. Picture of a train at the Los Angeles station.
As towns became more and more populated, private developers saw this as an opportunity and in 1887 completed the first electric trolley and streetcar 1. Red cars, as they were known, served to connect the various cities, while the Yellow cars, operated on a local system in central Los Angeles. The expansion of the routes and increase in streetcars allowed metropolitan Los Angeles to have the largest trolley system in the world 1. By mid 1900s, streetcars had become the most popular mode of transportation in the Los …show more content…
LAMTA would then take over and operate the existing privately owned bus lines, the former streetcars, and the railway lines 1. The streetcar network was removed late 1950’s and early 1960’s, thus leaving busses as the only form of existing public transportation network. The construction of the freeway network in Los Angeles had started in the 1950’s so this had facilitated vehicular
Public transportation in Los Angeles begins in the early 1870’s. What was at first a small and isolated agricultural town, soon grew into a prominent metropolis thanks to the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Los Angeles completed their Southern Pacific rail line going to and from San Francisco in 1876, only to build two other direct lines to the East a few years later. The southern Pacific and the Santa Fe were completed in 1881 and 1885 respectively 1. These direct lines to the northern of california and to the east coast facilitated immigrants being able to settle in Los Angeles and along the rail’s path. The success of these rails led to new routes being created and would set the path for many of Los Angeles cities to be populated and interest in expansion.
Figure 1. Picture of a train at the Los Angeles station.
As towns became more and more populated, private developers saw this as an opportunity and in 1887 completed the first electric trolley and streetcar 1. Red cars, as they were known, served to connect the various cities, while the Yellow cars, operated on a local system in central Los Angeles. The expansion of the routes and increase in streetcars allowed metropolitan Los Angeles to have the largest trolley system in the world 1. By mid 1900s, streetcars had become the most popular mode of transportation in the Los …show more content…
LAMTA would then take over and operate the existing privately owned bus lines, the former streetcars, and the railway lines 1. The streetcar network was removed late 1950’s and early 1960’s, thus leaving busses as the only form of existing public transportation network. The construction of the freeway network in Los Angeles had started in the 1950’s so this had facilitated vehicular