REPORT ON A COMPREHENSIVE RAPID TRANSIT PLAN FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Entry/Object ID
98.17.1.2
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REPORT ON A COMPREHENSIVE RAPID TRANSIT PLAN FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Color: Green
"Report on a Comprehensive Rapid Transit Plan for the City and County of Los Angeles" by Kelker, DeLeuw & Co. (Chicago: Kelker, DeLeuw & Co., 1925), 202 pp. A green-colored hardcover book without dustjacket having gold lettering on the spine with the title, author and date and on the cover with the same information. Contents include a summary of the report and its recommendations regarding the rapid transit needs for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, followed by chapters on the general conditions of the area; descriptions of street traffic; existing transportation facilities; transportation systems in American cities like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston; a plan for a coordinated system for Los Angeles; its physical plan for both immediate and future construction; the design of rapid transit structures; and methods of financing. Appendices include legal opinions; time savings; the influence of rapid transit on real estate values in New York and Philadelphia; abstracts from the Detroit Charter Amendment; abstract of the duties of the rapid transit commission in New York; and an abstract of the Philadelphia mill tax and the Pennsylvania Constitutional amendment. A notice on the inner front cover regards the availability of copies of the Plan from the Board of Public Utilities. There are many charts, graphs, photographs; maps and plates. With spine end dents; light page discoloration; cover scratches; page stains; a long tear on the first plate; and adhesive residue on the inner front cover, the object is in fair condition.
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Three-dimensional, Books, Kelker, DeLeuw & Co., Los Angeles. City Council, Los Angeles County. Board of Supervisors, Local transit--Research--Los Angeles (Calif.), Transportation--Planning--Los Angeles (Calif.), Transportation--Research--Los Angeles (Calif.), Transportation consultants