February 1
Division 2 South Park Shops, 1938 (Click to enlarge)
1904: Crossroads Depot (later, Division 2) is officially opened as a Rail Division by Los Angeles Railways at 53rd Street and South Park Avenue (later, Avalon Boulevard).
It stays in operation until July 31, 1932.
A second “Division 2,” known as the 16th Street Garage, opens on October 10, 1923.
1906: All Pacific Electric Railway and Los Angeles Railway cars are to be equipped with fenders.
1917: Jitneys become subject to regulation by the California Board Of Public Utilities.
Olympic Tunnel opening day, February 1, 1936 (Click for more information)
1936: A new 400-foot tunnel under Colorado and Ocean Avenues in Santa Monica is dedicated and opened.
The Olympic Tunnel joins the Roosevelt Highway (later, Pacific Coast Highway) with Lincoln Boulevard, as one more unit in the coast highway improvement program designed to eliminate traffic congestion between Santa Monica and Long Beach.
The tunnel is later renamed McClure Tunnel after Robert E. McClure, member of the State Highway Commission, in April 1970.
1982: Southern California Rapid Transit District introduces a new $1 token featuring the portrait of local transportation pioneer Henry E. Huntington.
It is the first time an individual is honored by a public transit agency with the minting of a coin for fare payment.
