Pacific Electric Blues - LA Part 1: Episode 63

Today, we’re diving deep into the strange and sordid past of Los Angeles' various transit systems, and what made them collapse the first time around. We'll talk Red Cars, Yellow Cars, and more after The News. Links and stuffs Merch:https://shop.trlpod.com/ Twitter:@TheRedLine_pod YouTube channel:The Red Line Podcast Spotify:The Red Line Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theredlinepodcasters Email:[email protected] Website:https://www.trlpod.com/ Timestamps References & notes [1]Wikipedia: Pacific Electric [2]Wikipedia: Los Angeles Railway [3]PBS SoCal: The History and Rebirth of L.A.'s Public Transit [4]USC Libraries: The Red Cars and L.A.'s Transportation Past [5]Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society [6]The Guardian: Story of cities #29: Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal' [7]The Santa Clarita Valley Signal: The History of Los Angeles Freeways [8]Wikipedia: Southern California freeways [9]PBS SoCal: L.A.'s First Freeways [10]Southern California Railway Museum: Pacific Electric [11]Vox: The real story behind the demise of America's once-mighty streetcars [12]MotorTrend: America's First Freeway: The Arroyo Seco Parkway, aka, the 110 [13]Smithsonian Magazine: Nobody Walks in L.A.: The Rise of Cars and the Monorails That Never Were [14]Wikipedia: General Motors streetcar conspiracy