The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive is one of the most comprehensive transit operator-owned library resources in the United States. It is the only transportation library in all of Southern California, and its collections and circulation rank it among the top 10 transportation libraries nationwide. The library is a member of OCLC, the largest international library services network (OCLC Symbol: CRD).
The library is a partner of the National Transportation Library, and together we are working to improve the availability of transportation-related information critical to Federal, state and local decision-makers. We aim to provide timely access to information that supports transportation policy, research, operations, and technology transfer.
The library's archive seeks to enhance the understanding of the role public transportation has played in defining Los Angeles for the past 135 years. The collection consists of over 20,000 photographs, films, audio tapes, maps, letters, contracts, hundreds of video tapes, ephemera, books, journals, and artifacts documenting public transportation in the greater Los Angeles area -- dating back to 1873.
