From private to publicly owned transit in the Bay Area
Subtitle: reflections of the attorney, lobbyist, and general manager of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, 1950s to 1980s
By: Robert E. Nisbet ; with an introduction by Betty Barber. Interviews conducted by Laura McCreery in 2000. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: McCreery, Laura.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2003
Subjects: Nisbet, Robert E., 1918-; Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.) -- History.; Regional Transit Association of the Bay Area (Calif.) -- History.; Lawyers -- California -- Interviews.; Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History.; Transportation and state -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series.
Description: Upbringing in San Diego and Beverly Hills, California; University of California, Berkeley, 1937-1941; Navy service during World War II; law school at George Washington University and Hastings College; deputy legislative counsel for California Attorney General, 1949; attorney with Edwards & Friborg; attorney with U.S. Department of Labor, San Francisco; attorney with Public Housing Administration, San Francisco; deputy city attorney of Oakland, California, 1953-1957; attorney and general manager of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, 1957-1984 (transition from privately owned Key Route transit system to publicly owned special transit district); writing Transit District Law of 1955; lobbying the California legislature; collective bargaining issues and labor strikes; forming the Regional Transit Association; relations with district board; interface with BART, Muni, and other California transit agencies; considerations for regional government; Transit Development Act of 1971; effects of Proposition 13 of 1978; bus safety and access issues for senior citizens, disabled passengers, drivers; affirmative action and other staff management issues; financial aspects of managing the district; lifelong interest in Democratic Party politics.