Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

CTL-E-1692 · Organization · civic · 1983

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Los Angeles County transit agency; its 1983 report "An Overview of Jitney Operations in Los Angeles" documented an illegal jitney service on Chicago's "Kings Drive" still operating as of 1971.

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Also known as: LA Metro

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Jiffy Cab — Black-owned jitney cabs on the South Side — profiled by
LA Metro's 1983 'An Overview of Jitney Operations in Los Angeles' documented an illegal jitney service on Chicago's 'Kings Drive' still operating as of 1971.

Sources

LA Metro — An Overview of Jitney Operations in Los Angeles (1983) (primary source)

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