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Ethan Elkind

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Ethan Elkind is the Director of the Climate Program at UC Berkeley School of Law's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment. His book Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City (UC Press) details the history of the modern Los Angeles Metro Rail system.

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A 1925 map of the Los Angeles Pacific Electric Network. The map covers the Los Angeles area and parts of Orange County and the Inland Empire, stretching as far as Santa Ana and Ontario. The Los Angeles Pacific Electric Network is marked in red and blue lines that spread across the region.
From Rail to Roads and Back Again: The Rebirth of L.A.'s Public Transit
Los Angeles is famous for its freeways and traffic jams, but the metropolis actually began as a railtown — and looks like it may become one again soon. This is the story of a railtown's rise, demise and rise again.
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