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[edit]Author |
Jim Pickerell, 1936-, Photographer (NARA record: 4588217) |
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Record creator InfoField | Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
THESE PEOPLE WHO OWNED MOTORCYCLES TURNED TO THEM FOR COMMUTING IN GREATER NUMBERS THAN USUAL DURING A BUS STRIKE IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, IN MAY, 1974. SOME 250,000 PERSONS WERE FORCED TO FIND ALTERNATE METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION, USUALLY THE AUTO. MONUMENTAL TRAFFIC JAMS RESULTED AS DRIVERS LEARNED THERE WERE MORE AUTOS THAN PLACES TO PARK LEGALLY. DRIVERS USED TRAFFIC "ISLANDS", BUS LANES, SIDEWALKS AND LAWNS. POLICE ISSUED VERY FEW TICKETS BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE |
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Depicted place |
Washington (Washington (D.C.)) inhabited place (38°52′59″N 77°01′59″W / 38.883°N 77.033°W / 38.883; -77.033; NARA geographical record) |
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Date |
May 1974 date QS:P571,+1974-05-00T00:00:00Z/10 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q38945047 Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S) |
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Record ID InfoField |
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-412-DA-14267
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Source | U.S. National Archives and Records Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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THOSE PEOPLE WHO OWNED MOTORCYCLES TURNED TO THEM FOR COMMUTING IN GREATER NUMBERS THAN USUAL DURING A BUS STRIKE IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, IN MAY, 1974. SOME 250,000 PERSONS WERE FORCED TO FIND ALTERNATE METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION, USUALLY THE AUTO. MONUMENTAL TRAFFIC JAMS RESULTED AS DRIVERS LEARNED THERE WERE MORE AUTOS THAN PLACES TO PARK LEGALLY. DRIVERS USED TRAFFIC "ISLANDS", BUS LANES, SIDEWALKS AND LAWNS. POLICE ISSUED VERY FEW TICKETS BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE (English)
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