Cars Jammed Into Every Spare Space in a Commercial Parking Lot
5/1974
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The original caption for this photograph reads: Cars were jammed into every spare space at a downtown commercial parking lot during a bus strike in Washington, District Of Columbia, in May, 1974. Some 250,000 people who normally rode the buses were forced to find alternate forms of transportation[,] usually the car. Monumental traffic jams were the result as drivers learned there were more autos than places to park legally. As a result they used bus lanes, traffic "islands", "No Parking" zones, sidewalks and lawns.
This photograph was taken as part of the Documerica project – a social and environmental photography project sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency during the 1970s.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.
National Archives Identifier:
556721Full Citation: Photograph 412-DA-14269; Cars Were Jammed Into Every Spare Space at a Downtown Commercial Parking Lot During a Bus Strike; 5/1974; 238/49/014269; DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/cars-jammed, May 18, 2024]