SCRTD - 1972 - California Steam Bus Project 

Steambus
by Peter Adair and Pat Jackson.
San Francisco (Calif.) : KQED, 1972.
Film explores the history of steam power and looks at the steam engine as a possible alternative to reduce traffic-induced air pollution; in particular, looks at the California State Legislature's federally-funded project, initiated in 1968, to develop a steam bus - a project in which three firms were selected to construct three separate buses. Southern California Rapid Transit District and two other district agencies participated in the project.
For more on the project, see California Steam Bus Project Final Report, available online here:
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