The following documents are the key resources in Los Angeles transit and transportation planning history prior to the LAMTA publicly-governed era. The Library and Archive has begun digitizing them to provide full-text access online:
| Date | Title | Prepared By: | Commissioned By: |
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1911 |
Preliminary Report Upon The Transportation Problem of Los Angeles |
Bion J. Arnold |
Los Angeles City Council |
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1914 |
Rail Transit |
George A. Damon, W. L. Newton |
City Planning Association |
| 1915 | Study of Street Traffic Conditions in the City of Los Angeles and the Practicability of Subsurface or Elevated Construction for Urban and Interurban Transit Facilities | E. W. Bannister | Los Angeles Railways? |
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1920 |
Report on Railroad Grade Crossings Elimination and Passenger Freight Terminals in Los Angeles |
California Railroad Commission, Richard Sachse, Chief Engineer |
California Railroad Commission |
| 1922 | The Los Angeles Plan: A Selected Traffic Program | Los Angeles Traffic Commission | Los Angeles Traffic Commission |
| 1922 | Study and Plan of Relief of the Street Traffic Congestion in the City of Los Angeles, Calif. |
John M. Terrass | University of California, Berkeley |
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1924 |
Olmsted, Bartholomew, Cheney |
Traffic Commission of City and County |
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1925 |
Report and Recommendations on a Comprehensive Rapid Transit Plan for City and County of Los Angeles |
Kelker, DeLeuw & Company |
City Council and Board of Supervisors |
| 1926 | Traffic Problem in Los Angeles | Clarence R. Smethen | The Municipal Employee |
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1929 |
County of Los Angeles Regional Plan of Highways, Section 2-E, San Gabriel Valley |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1930 |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1930 |
Olmsted, Bartholomew |
Citizen's Committee on Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches |
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1931 |
County of Los Angeles Regional Plan of Highways, Section 4, Long Beach-Redondo Area |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1933 |
Donald M. Baker |
Central Business District Association |
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1934 |
Report of a Highway Traffic Survey in the County of Los Angeles |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1935 |
Report on the Public Transportation Requirements in Los Angeles |
California Railroad Commission |
California Railroad Commission |
| 1935 | A Study Of The Feasibility and Desirability of a City Wide Motor Coach System to Replace Existing Local Transportation Systems in the City of Los Angeles | Board of Public Utilities & Transportation | Los Angeles City Council |
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1937 |
Report of a Highway Traffic Survey in the County of Los Angeles |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1937 |
Automobile Club of Southern California |
Automobile Club of Southern California |
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1938-1939 |
Report on Traffic and Transportation Survey |
WPA Transportation Engineering Board, Stone & Webster, Madigan-Hyland, Donald M. Baker |
Citizen's Transportation Survey Committee and City of Los Angeles |
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1939 |
Transportation Engineering Board, Stone & Webster, Madigan-Hyland |
Citizen's Transportation Survey Committee and City of Los Angeles |
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1939 |
An Analysis of Proposals to Provide Rapid and Adequate Mass Transportation for the Los Angeles Area |
Evan W. Thomas |
University of California at Los Angeles |
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1940 |
General Conclusions and Recommendations Concerning Mass Transit in the Los Angeles Area |
Board of Public Utilities and Transportation, City of Los Angeles |
Board of Public Utilities and Transportation, City of Los Angeles |
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1940 |
Report on Urban Mass Passenger Transportation Facilities and Requirements in Los Angeles |
California Railroad Commission |
California Railroad Commission |
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1941 |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1941 |
A Parkway Plan for the City of Los Angeles and The Metropolitan Area |
City of Los Angeles Planning Commission |
City of Los Angeles Planning Commission |
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1941-1942 |
WPA Traffic Survey |
County Regional Planning Commission an I.S. Shattuck |
County Regional Planning Commission |
| 1942 | Cities Are For People: The Los Angeles Region Plans For Living | Mel Scott, Alvin Lustig, Bob Holdeman | Pacific Southwest Academy |
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1942 |
City of Los Angeles Planning Commission |
City of Los Angeles Planning Commission |
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1942 |
Results of Emergency Transportation Survey |
California Railroad Commission |
California Railroad Commission |
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1943 |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1944 |
County Regional Planning Commission |
County Regional Planning Commission |
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1944 |
Central Business District Association |
Central Business District Association |
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| 1945 | Parkway Transit Lines in the Los Angeles Central Business District | Central Business District Association | Central Business District Association |
| 1945 | Downtown Los Angeles Parking Study | Downtown Business Men's Association of Los Angeles | Downtown Business Men's Association of Los Angeles |
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1945 |
DeLeuw, Lewis, Ong |
City of Los Angeles |
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1946 |
Los Angeles Metropolitan Parkway Engineering Committee |
Los Angeles Metropolitan Parkway Engineering Committee |
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| 1946 | Suggested Down Town Traffic Solution Program | Plant Engineering Co. | Presented to Los Angeles Railway Corp. |
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1946 |
Traffic Facility Improvement |
Central Business District Association |
Central Business District Association |
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1946 |
Los Angeles Parkway and Transit System |
Central Business District Association |
Central Business District Association |
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1947 |
Traffic: Historical Summary |
Los Angeles Traffic Association |
Los Angeles Traffic Association |
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1947 |
Town Hall |
Town Hall |
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1947 |
Report on Engineering Survey of Operations and Facilities of Los Angeles Transit Lines |
California Public Utilities Commission |
California Public Utilities Commission |
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1947 |
Basic Data for Formation of Rapid Transit Action Group |
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce |
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce |
| 1948 | Rail Rapid Transit Now! | Rapid Transit Action Group | Rapid Transit Action Group |
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1948 |
Traffic: Traffic Problems in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area |
Los Angeles Traffic Association |
Los Angeles Traffic Association |
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1948 |
A Report on Statistical Data and Trends Applying to the Transit Industry of the United States |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1948 |
Pacific Electric Modernization Plan |
Public Service Survey |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1948 |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1948 |
Engineering and Economic Features of Passenger Transportation Operations - Venice Short Line |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1948 |
Street Traffic Management for Los Angeles: Appraisal and Recommendations |
Traffic Survey Committee, City of Los Angeles |
City of Los Angeles |
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1949 |
Final Report of the Assembly Interim Committee for the Investigation of Traffic Control |
California Assembly Interim Committee (Burkhalter Report) |
California Assembly |
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1949 |
Assembly Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges |
California Assembly |
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1949 |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1949 |
Engineering and Economic Features of Passenger Transportation Operations - Western District |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1949 |
Engineering and Economic Features of Passenger Transportation Operations - Santa Ana Line |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1949 |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1949 |
Nonproductive Use of Investment, Schedule Man Hours Analysis and Traffice Data |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1949 |
Supplemental Data Relating to Passenger Loading Standards and Resume of Evidence on the Subject |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1949 |
Application for Authority to Make Certain Changes in Passenger Rail and Motor Coach Service, Operations and Facilities |
Arthur C. Jenkins |
Pacific Electric Railway Company |
| 1949 | Rapid Transit for Metropolitan Areas And Related Problems: Preliminary and Supplemental Report No. II of the Assembly Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges | Assembly Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges, Ernest R. Geddes, Chairman | California State Assembly |
| 1950 | In The Matter of the Application of Pacific Electric Railway Company, Los Angeles California, Before The Board of Public Utilities and Transportation of the City of Los Angeles: For Authority To Make Certain Changes In Passenger Rail and Motor Coach Service, Operations and Facilities Pursuant to Franchise Ordinance No. 90344 | Arthur C. Jenkins | Pacific Electric Railway Company |
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1951 |
University Presidents' Advisory Committee On Los Angeles County Transportation Problems |
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors |
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| 1951 | Final Report of the Assembly Interim Committee For Investigation of Traffic Control | California State Assembly | California State Assembly |
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1953 |
Monorail Systems for Mass Rapid Transit: Presented Before the Regional Planning and Development Section of Town Hall, Los Angeles, California, August 12, 1953 |
Gibbs & Hill, Inc. |
Regional Planning and Development Section-Town Hall |
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1953 |
Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic Association |
Board of Directors, Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic Association |
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1954 |
Report to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority on a Monorail Rapid Transit Line for Los Angeles, January 15, 1954 |
Coverdale & Colpitts Ruscardon Engineers, Gibbs & Hill, Inc. |
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority |
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1954 |
Express Busses in Subways: 1954 Supplemental Study of Mass Transportation |
Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic Association |
Board of Directors, Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic Association |
| 1954 | Mass Rapid Transit for Metropolitan Los Angeles: Analysis of the Problem, Summary of Economic Engineering Report, Plan of Action for 1954 | Ralph P. Merritt | Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority |
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1955 |
Symposium on Mass Rapid Transit for Los Angeles |
University of Southern California, "SC Engineer" |
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1956 |
Wolfgang S. Homburger |
Institute of Transportation and Engineering, University of Southern California |
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1957 |
Citizens Traffic and Transportation Committee for the Extended Los Angeles Area |
Mayor Poulson and City Council, City of Los Angeles and County Board of Supervisors |
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1957 |
Express Buses on Elevated Roadways |
Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic Association |
Board of Directors, Los Angeles Metropolitan Traffic Association |
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