Search results
26 kwi 2013 · The city’s cars would see an even greater increase, from 161,846 cars registered in L.A. County in 1920 to 806,264 registered in 1930. In 1920 Los Angeles had about 170 gas stations. By...
19 wrz 2017 · “The city’s cars would see an even greater increase, from 161,846 cars registered in L.A. County in 1920 to 806,264 registered in 1930. In 1920 Los Angeles had about 170 gas stations. By 1930...
20 lip 1991 · Six years after Chrysler closed, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. shut down its Los Angeles plant. Three years later, Ford closed its Pico Rivera plant after producing a total of 1.4 million cars.
23 maj 2019 · During the 1950s and under the leadership of Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker, local law enforcement invented the squad car, equipped with short-band radios, sirens, rifles, shotguns, spotlights, and powerful engines.
In Downtown Los Angeles, train cars operated in the middle of city streets, and the introduction of cars on to lanes previously dedicated to pedestrians, horses, and public transit, created traffic jams.
Now streetcars are making a comeback in Los Angeles. There’s a plan to run them through downtown again and LA’s old rights-of-ways have been brought out of retirement for use by the city’s burgeoning light-rail system. The E-Line and the A-Line both use extensive stretches of the old Pacific Electric red car network.
2 lis 2021 · The trolley cars shared the fate of the family horse: abandoned for gas-fueled horsepower. The Red Cars were stacked up and sold for scrap, offered for as little as $500 each with no takers.
