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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates the third-largest public transportation system in the United States by ridership with a 1,433 mi 2 (3,711 km 2) operating area and 2,000 peak hour buses on the street any given business day. Metro also operates 109 miles (175 km) of urban rail service. [1]
The Los Angeles Free Press, also called the " Freep ", is often cited as the first, and certainly was the largest, of the underground newspapers of the 1960s. [2] The Freep was founded in 1964 by Art Kunkin, who served as its publisher until 1971 and continued on as its editor-in-chief through June 1973. The paper closed in 1978.
The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line) opened in 1990. Today the system includes over 160 miles (260 km ...
Predecessors. LACMTA is the product of the merger of two previous agencies: the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD or more often, RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC). RTD was during the 1960s and 1980s (until the LACTC was created) the "800 pound gorilla" in bus transportation in Southern California.
MTA Records was established in New York City in April 1966 as a subsidiary of talent management firm MTA Productions, Ltd. Vice-president Bob Thompson and general manager Bob Mack headed up the label, and Dick Behrke was named music director. [1] The initials were said to stand for M usic T alent A rtistry.
The Organ, San Francisco, 1970–1971. Peninsula Observer, Palo Alto. The San Diego Door, San Diego, 1966–1970 (formerly Good Morning, Teaspoon) San Diego Free Press, San Diego 1968–1970 (changed name to San Diego Street Journal) San Francisco Express Times, San Francisco, 1968–1969 (changed name to Good Times) San Francisco Oracle, San ...
Number of vehicles. 2,429 commuter rail cars. 6,418 subway cars. 61 SIR cars. 5,725 buses [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.
Metro Transit Assassins. Metro Transit Assassins, also known by the initialism MTA or as Melting Toys Away and Must Take All, [1] is a graffiti street artist collective based in Los Angeles, most famous for its half-mile graffiti "MTA" tag along the concrete walls of the Los Angeles River. [2]
The Metro Headquarters Building (or One Gateway Plaza) is a 398 ft (121 m) high rise office tower in Los Angeles, California. It is located in Northeastern Downtown Los Angeles, east across the tracks from Union Station . Completed in 1995, it serves as the main headquarters for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority .
November 1966 – January 1967 [1] Location. West Hollywood, California, United States. Parties. LAPD. hippies. The Sunset Strip curfew riots, also known as the " hippie riots", were a series of early counterculture -era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States in 1966.